The Virginia Film Festival, now in its 37th year, is a program of the University of Virginia and is widely recognized as one of the leading regional film festivals in America and is known for its commitment to taking audiences beyond the screen to explore some of the most important issues of our time. Known as one of the premier cultural events in the Mid-Atlantic, the annual five-day festival annually delivers more than 100 films from around the world, combining special previews of some of the hottest titles of the festival season with an array of fascinating documentaries, exciting new voices on the independent film scene, the best of the international film scene and more.

Film Schedule:

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM: Light House Studio Shorts at Violet Crown 5
6:45 PM - 9:15 PM: Soundtrack To A Coup D’Etat at Violet Crown 1 & 2
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM: Anora at The Paramount Theater
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM: Catch A Killer at Violet Crown 3
8:00 PM - 9:50 PM: The Kingdom at Violet Crown 6 & 7
8:30 PM - 10:15 PM: La Cocina at Violet Crown 5
9:30 PM - 12:00 AM: 2024 Opening Night Gala at The Jefferson Theater

Thursday, October 31, 2024

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM: Blitz at The Paramount Theater
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM: Defenders Of Democracy: The Thin Blue Line at Violet Crown 5
5:30 PM - 7:10 PM: On Becoming A Guinea Fowl at Violet Crown 6 & 7
5:45 PM - 7:45 PM: Short Films: The Space Between at Violet Crown 3
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM: Every Little Thing at Violet Crown 1 & 2
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM: Prodigal Daughter at Violet Crown 4
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM: Get Away at Violet Crown 5
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM: Memoir Of A Snail at Culbreth Theatre
8:10 PM - 10:00 PM: Ernest Cole: Lost And Found at Violet Crown 6 & 7
8:30 PM - 10:30 PM: Ms. Apocalypse at Violet Crown 1 & 2
8:30 PM - 11:00 PM: Unstoppable at The Paramount Theater
8:45 PM - 10:40 PM: Talk To Her – Repertory Screening at Violet Crown 3

Friday, November 1, 2024

12:45 PM - 3:30 PM: Amadeus — 40Th Anniversary Screening at Violet Crown 3
2:00 PM - 3:50 PM: Tautuktavuk (What We See) at Violet Crown 4
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM: A Traveler’S Needs at Violet Crown 1 & 2
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM: A Suite Of Short Films By Kevin Jerome Everson at Violet Crown 5
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM: Bird at The Paramount Theater
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM: Short Films: In The Kaleidoscope at Violet Crown 3
4:45 PM - 7:00 PM: Omar And Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird at Violet Crown 1 & 2
4:50 PM - 6:50 PM: Rooted at Violet Crown 4
5:00 PM - 7:10 PM: Luther: Never Too Much at Culbreth Theatre
5:15 PM - 7:00 PM: Under The Volcano at Violet Crown 6 & 7
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM: Zurawski V Texas at Violet Crown 5
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM: Demba at Violet Crown 3
7:30 PM - 10:15 PM: The Piano Lesson at The Paramount Theater
7:50 PM - 9:30 PM: The Penguin at Violet Crown 4
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM: Jazzy at Violet Crown 1 & 2
8:10 PM - 10:20 PM: Bob Trevino Likes It at Culbreth Theatre
8:15 PM - 10:15 PM: The Girl With The Needle at Violet Crown 6 & 7
8:30 PM - 10:30 PM: Transplant at Violet Crown 5

Saturday, November 2, 2024

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM: Juvenile: Five Stories at Violet Crown 5
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM: Next Generation Storytellers’ High School Short Films at Violet Crown 3
10:15 AM - 12:00 PM: A Little Princess – Repertory Screening at Violet Crown 4
11:00 AM - 1:10 PM: The Bitter Pill at Culbreth Theatre
11:30 AM - 1:10 PM: The Glassworker at Violet Crown 1 & 2
12:00 PM - 1:40 PM: The Black Sea at Violet Crown 6 & 7
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM: A Real Pain at The Paramount Theater
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM: I Hope This Helps! at Violet Crown 3
1:00 PM - 2:50 PM: Shaking It Up: The Life And Times Of Liz Carpenter at Violet Crown 4
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM: Presence at Violet Crown 5
2:15 PM - 5:30 PM: The Seed Of The Sacred Fig at Culbreth Theatre
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM: Dahomey at Violet Crown 1 & 2
2:45 PM - 4:30 PM: The World According To Allee Willis at Violet Crown 6 & 7
3:00 PM - 4:20 PM: Inthrive: Incarceration Survivors’ Voices at Violet Crown 3
3:30 PM - 6:00 PM: Emilia Pérez at The Paramount Theater
3:45 PM - 5:10 PM: Plastic People at Violet Crown 4
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM: Unlikely Allies at Violet Crown 5
4:45 PM - 6:30 PM: Faq at Violet Crown 1 & 2
5:20 PM - 7:20 PM: Adrianne & The Castle at Violet Crown 3
5:30 PM - 7:10 PM: All We Imagine As Light at Violet Crown 6 & 7
6:10 PM - 7:45 PM: Wilfred Buck at Violet Crown 4
6:30 PM - 9:15 PM: Pavements at Culbreth Theatre
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM: Nightbitch at The Paramount Theater
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM: Saturday Night – Special Award Screening at Violet Crown 5
7:45 PM - 9:45 PM: Vermiglio at Violet Crown 1 & 2
8:10 PM - 9:40 PM: Universal Language at Violet Crown 6 & 7
8:20 PM - 10:30 PM: We Shall Not Be Moved at Violet Crown 3
8:45 PM - 10:05 PM: Sneak Preview: Mayfair Witches at Violet Crown 4
9:30 PM - 1:00 AM: 2024 Late Night Wrap Party at Three Notch'd Craft Kitchen & Brewery

Sunday, November 3, 2024

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM: Flow at Violet Crown 6 & 7
11:00 AM - 1:45 PM: Georgia O’Keeffe: The Brightness Of Light at Culbreth Theatre
11:15 AM - 1:30 PM: Day Of The Fight at Violet Crown 5
11:30 AM - 1:15 PM: Don’T Cry, Butterfly at Violet Crown 1 & 2
12:10 PM - 2:00 PM: The Fire Inside at The Paramount Theater
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM: The Shepherd And The Bear at Violet Crown 6 & 7
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM: Bad Shabbos at Violet Crown 1 & 2
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM: Dementia And Living Well at Violet Crown 5
2:45 PM - 5:00 PM: Eephus at Culbreth Theatre
2:45 PM - 5:00 PM: Short Films: Dissolving Dreams at Violet Crown 3
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM: Nocturnes at Violet Crown 4
3:30 PM - 6:30 PM: The End at The Paramount Theater
4:45 PM - 7:00 PM: I’M Still Here at Violet Crown 1 & 2
5:00 PM - 7:20 PM: Christmas Eve In Miller’S Point at Violet Crown 5
5:15 PM - 7:00 PM: Sabbath Queen at Violet Crown 6 & 7
5:30 PM - 7:15 PM: Men Of War at Violet Crown 4
6:00 PM - 7:35 PM: The Summer Book at Culbreth Theatre
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM: The Count Of Monte Cristo at Violet Crown 3
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM: Chainsaws Were Singing at Violet Crown 6 & 7
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM: The Room Next Door at The Paramount Theater
8:20 PM - 10:35 PM: Short Films: Our Wealth In Common at Violet Crown 5
8:30 PM - 10:30 PM: The Last Showgirl at Culbreth Theatre

Fest Date: October 30 - November 3, 2024

Locations:

Culbreth Theatre (Also the location of the UVA Arts Box Office)
UVA Drama Building
109 Culbreth Road
Charlottesville, VA 22903

The Jefferson Theater
110 East Main Street
Charlottesville, VA 22902

The Paramount Theater
215 East Main Street
Charlottesville, VA 22902

Three Notch’d Craft Kitchen & Brewery
520 2nd Street SE
Charlottesville, VA 22902

Violet Crown Charlottesville (Also the location of the Downtown Box Office)
200 West Main Street
Charlottesville, VA 22902

Tickets:
Film Screenings: $15 adult / $13 discounted (see below)
Select Special Screenings & Events: $20 and up
Opening Night Gala: $75
Late Night Wrap Party: $45

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