Virginia Film Festival

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The Virginia Film Festival is a program of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, held usually in late October/ early November.

Contents 1 Themes 2 Guests & Speakers 3 Films 4 External links

[edit] Themes

Each year, the Virginia Film Festival has a different theme for their films. Past themes include:

• 1990 - "Music & The Movies"
• 1991 - "Movie Made In America"
• 1992 - "The Reel South & Other Worlds"
• 1993 - "Film Noir"
• 1994 - "Love & Other Obsessions"
• 1995 - "U.S. & Them"
• 1996 - "Wild Spaces, Endangered Places"
• 1997 - "Caged!"
• 1998 - "Cool"
• 1999 - "Techno Visions"
• 2000 - "Animal Attractions"
• 2001 - "Masquerades"
• 2002 - "Wet"
• 2003 - "$$$"
• 2004 - "Speed"
• 2005 - "In/Justice"
• 2006 - "Revelations"
• 2007 - "Kin Flicks"

The theme for the 2008 Virginia Film Festival is "Aliens!".

[edit] Guests & Speakers

Each year, there are almost 100 speakers & guests. Past speakers & guests have included Morgan Freeman, Robert Duvall, Vanessa Redgrave, Jimmy Stewart, Anthony Hopkins, Sandra Bullock, Nicolas Cage, Gena Rowlands, Sigourney Weaver, William Styron, & Ross McElwee.

[edit] Films

There are almost 60 films featured every year. Movies for the 2008 "Aliens!" Festival will be announced on September 25.

[edit] External links

• The Official Virginia Film Festival Web Site