The Virginia Film Festival

Dear Friends of the Virginia Film Festival and the Virginia Film Society,
I feel honored and privileged to take the helm here at the Virginia Film Festival. I am excited with the great potential and plan to build upon the firm foundation that has already been established to help turn VFF into a top, destination film [...]

As you may know, Richard Herskowitz has left us for fresh pastures and new challenges, but here at Festival Towers we are moving ahead with the planning stages for 2009’s Festival.

The 21st Virginia Film Festival, my fifteenth and last one as director, culminated with a gathering in the countryside that embodied what I’ve loved about this festival. I’ll describe it below, but you can also check out our wrapup press release to read about some of the festival’s more public highlights.

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 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 [...]