Festival Publicity

The Cavalier Daily
April 5th, 2005

Wilson mania
by Defne Gunay

"Mark Johnson, who produced the film and is a U.Va alum, supports the Virginia Film Festival, so he wanted to come and show the movie here in Charlottesville," said Kate Malay, a fourth-year College student and the festival’s publicity intern.

... Although Owen and Andrew Wilson were also slated to attend the event, neither was able to accompany their brother due to scheduling confl icts and an extremely difficult flight respectively. According to Luke, even "Lynyrd Skynyrd had a smoother flight than [Andrew and I] did."

The Daily Progress
September 15th, 2005

Professional filmmaker screens ‘Cry_Wolf’ in Charlottesville
by David A. Maurer

The town’s native son also is using the occasion to help raise funds for the Virginia Film Festival and the University of Virginia’s Clinical Care Cancer Center.

"I couldn’t imagine being anywhere else," Wadlow said about his return to Charlottesville for the special screening of his fi rst feature film.

Indiewire
October 20th , 2005

“Fever” & “Claremont” Bookend Virginia FF 60 Film Slate
by Aileen Torres

Charlottesville’s Virginia Film Festival, taking place October 27 - 30 recently unveiled its 60 film slate. Opening VIFF is Carlo Gabriel Nero’s “The Fever,” starring Vanessa Redgrave, which is a story about a middleclass woman who becomes a political activist when her social conscience is awakened. This year’s closing screening will be Dan Ireland’s "Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont," about an elderly lady who befriends a young writer as she resides in a retirement hotel in London.

Richmond Times-Dispatch
October 23rd, 2005

Literati/glitterati
by Daniel Neman

Here is a joke that is sure to be making the rounds at the Virginia Film Festival: Director Harold Ramis will introduce his movie "Groundhog Day." Then he will introduce it again. And again. And again.

Ramis is but one of the cinematic lights that will help illuminate the 18th annual festival, set for this week in Charlottesville.

... Of course, the Virginia Film Festival has never been only about the stars. Every year’s edition has had a theme, and the theme this year is “In/Justice.” Most of the 57 movie presentations are in some way connected to the idea of justice or injustice, many of them specifi cally about the death penalty.

The Daily Progress
October 23rd, 2005

Making a Difference
by David A. Maurer

[The Fever] fits seamlessly with the film festival’s theme of In/Justice.

"I’m especially looking forward to this festival for two reasons," said Redgrave, who has starred in such classic films as "Camelot" and "Julia," for which she won an Oscar for best supporting actress. "One, is because its theme is injustice with a doubled-edged meaning.

"We want things to be done in justice, meaning with justice, but on the other side of it there’s so much injustice. The other reason is that this is our U.S. premiere of ‘The Fever,’ and we’re just thrilled to pieces about that."

Scottsville Monthly
October 2005

Virginia Film Festival Event at Victory Hall Theatre

Recalling that a Virginia Film Festival event was presented at Victory Hall several years ago, Robert Spencer, ex-officio member of the recently organized Theatre Events Committee, says, "I am gratified that this is happening again for two big reasons. Obviously, it is a distinct privilege to be part of the Virginia Film Festival, and also this will give us the opportunity to showcase the theatre’s new movie equipment, made possible through generous contributions from the John L. Pearce family. The late Mr. Pearce was projectionist in the 1940s and ‘50s at the old Victory Theatre."

C-Ville Weekly
October 25th, 2005

All the trimmings
by Erika Howsare

“The Fringe Festival has always been a really exciting way for [artists] to stray from their normal themes that they’re working with," says Kim Dylla, one of the students organizing the festival (she’s also lead singer of metal band This Means You). "They’re not just working in their realm of comfort." All semester, UVA art professors like longtime Fringe volunteer Bill Bennett have consulted with festival organizers to develop assignments for their students that link to the "In/Justice" theme, so that the show will represent a kind of collective musing on the topic at hand.

The Daily Progress
November 2nd, 2005

Film fest produces big draw
by Melanie Mayhew

The verdict is in for the 2005 Virginia Film Festival.

The annual event, held last weekend in Charlottesville, drew more movie lovers than any other in the festival’s 18-year history.

The In/Justice-themed festival, which featured more than 60 films and 100 speakers, drew 13,139 viewers to venues throughout the area, topping last year’s tally of 11,074 and the festival’s previous record-high attendance of 12,764 in 1993.

Inside UVA
November 18th, 2005

‘In/Justice’ a festival blockbuster
by Jane Ford

The festival ended on Sunday evening with the world premiere of "Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont," starring Dame Joan Plowright and rising actor Rupert Friend. A family affair, the film was produced by alumnus Lee Caplin (Law ’72), and the screenplay was written by his mother, Ruth Sacks, who with her husband, alumnus Mortimer Caplin, are long-time champions of U.Va. arts and arts education.