Press / Director's Blog

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 [...]

Aliens! Will Land on October 30

We have chosen a theme for the 21st Virginia Film Festival, taking place October 30 – November 2 and it is Aliens!, exploring “cinema’s fearful and alluring images of immigrants, outsiders, and extra-terrestrials� (you can read the full press release here). Sci-fi aliens will certainly be landing in our theaters, but the primary focus will [...]

Kin Flicks Wraps

KIN FLICKS is over. I’ve got some highlights of my own to mention, and photos by Festival photographer Jack Looney to share in this posting. But I’d love to know what events were highlights for you, and I encourage you to send comments to this blog. While you’re at it, let me [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]