Click here for a 30-minute overview of this year’s Virginia Film Festival, including clips and interviews.
Archive for October, 2007
Film Flyers now online
Flyers are now available in .pdf format for 49 of the festival’s films. Feel free to print, email, and distribute these to interested audiences!
A Walk Into The Sea
Autism: The Musical
Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead
Brand Upon The Brain
Crocodile Dreaming and Yellow Fella
Daughter of Keltoum
Dirty Dancing
Profiles of 2007 Festival Guests
Read about the featured guests of the 2007 Virginia Film Festival here.
Final Guests and Films Announced!
We’ve just put out our final announcement, and slotted three more films in the 2007 Film Festival program. John Turturro will be our featured guest on November 3 at the Paramount with his rude and remarkable new musical on marriage and infidelity, Romance and Cigarettes. The following morning, he will screen his first impressive directorial effort, Mac, in which Turturro plays a working man whose ambition destroys his family ties. We’re also announcing the scheduling of Sony Classics’ extraordinary new animated feature, Persepolis, about an Iranian girl’s coming of age, and the addition of actor Sean Patrick Thomas as a special guest joining John Sayles and Maggie Renzi with Honeydripper.
Virginia Film Festival Announces More Guests
Charlottesville, VA – October 15, 2007 – The Virginia Film Festival, set for November 1-4 at venues throughout Charlottesville, is expanding the guest list for its 20th annual event with the addition of famed actor/director John Turturro. Known to movie audiences for his roles in more than 60 films, Turturro will be coming to Charlottesville to present his work as a director, including his first film, Mac, and his latest, Romance and Cigarettes.
Also joining the impressive guest list will be actor Sean Patrick Thomas, a U.Va. alum known to audiences from high-profile roles in films including Save The Last Dance and the highly successful Barbershop franchise. {More}
Virginia Film Society Fall Season 07
(click title for full-size image)
Jane Austen Book Club: Wed. Sept. 19 at 7:00pm
Manhattan Short Film Festival: Wed. Sept. 26 at 7:00pm
From the Archive of the Brother’s Maysles: Wed. Oct. 10 at 7:00pm
LaLee’s Kin: Thurs. Oct. 11 at 7:00pm
Killer of Sheep: Fri. Nov. 1 at 10:15pm and Nov. 2 at 10:15am
The Fall: Wed. Nov. 14 at 7:00pm
Smiles of a Summer Night: Wed. Dec. 5 at 7:00pm (co-sponsored with Live Arts)
2007 Festival Guests
GUESTS:
(click name for full-size image)
Macky Alston
Alan Berliner
Lisa Blount
Nick Broomfield
Charles Burnett
Harry Chotiner
{More}
2007 Schedule is Up & Tickets are On Sale!
You can click on the schedule tab above to see the full program. Over the next few days, we’ll be adding more substantial information on each film, including film trailers, so come back to find out more.
In the meantime, my recommendation is that you go to the News Release below or here for a guide to help you navigate through the deluge of films. The release explains the structure of the program, such as the seven “Focus On” filmmakers (including Tamara Jenkins) whose works are woven through it. It also highlights the major premieres and guests, including opening night guests John Sayles and Maggie Renzi with Honeydripper, Nick Broomfield with Ghosts, Charles Burnett with Killer of Sheep, and the world premiere of Hoop Reality (the title lost its plural form yesterday, according to producer Lee Caplin). {More}
20th Annual Virginia Film Festival Program Announced
“KIN FLICKS” TO EXPLORE THE TIES THAT BIND AND DIVIDE, SHINING THE SPOTLIGHT ON LEADING FILMMAKERS
INCLUDING SPECIAL GUESTS JOHN SAYLES AND MAGGIE RENZI {More}