Press / Post archive for ‘2008’

Sissy Spacek, Troy Garity and Our International Guests

We’ve just announced the final new titles and guests in our festival program, and you can read the release here.
I’m very happy that, at my final program as artistic director, Sissy Spacek will be our opening night special guest, with her new film, Lake City. Sissy has been a friend and supporter of both the [...]

The Program Has Landed

The almost-complete Virginia Film Festival schedule (short of a few announcements still to come) is now online.  The press release you can read here maps out the design of the program, with its two strands addressing terrestrial and extra-terrestrial immigrants.

I’m particularly excited about the participation of novelist and screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga, who will present his [...]

Watch the Skies! Festival Program Soon to Land

We’re less than two weeks away from announcing our full festival program, but we’ve already leaked a few highlights in a press release.
Remember when our theme was WET, and we held screenings in the Aquatic Center pool? Well, for ALIENS!, we’re opening up a “microcinema” in the McCormick Observatory’s 40-seat lecture room (microcinemas are small [...]