Get answers! ·  What are the best ways to raise money for your film? ·  How can you cultivate an audience for your film before preproduction? ·  What are your options for distribution? ·  Can you… and should you “do it yourself?” The Virginia Film Office, the VPA and sponsors listed below are bringing together leading film industry… Read more »

Saturday, March 18 National Museum of the American Indian 7:00 p.m., Rasmuson Theater   DINNER AND A MOVIE “100 Years: One Woman’s Fight for Justice” Director: Melinda Janko (USA, 2016, 76 min.)   Free and open to the public, registration encouraged (https://eventactions.com/eareg.aspx?ea=Rsvp)   When Elouise Cobell, a petite Blackfeet warrior from Montana, started asking questions… Read more »

WIFV is co-hosting the sixteenth edition of the Stonehenge Auditions with Team Jabberwocky in Washington, DC. Stonehenge Auditions is a day-long marathon of actors delivering film and video monologues in front of a camera and 50+ producers, casting directors, and agents looking to build their roster of performers. Just like speed-dating is supposed to let… Read more »

“Journey on the Chesapeake: The Way Back Home” which will be airing on PBS in April 2017 for Chesapeake Bay Week. In the documentary, director/producer Dave Miller highlights the culture, history and cuisine of the people who live along the Rappahannock and York Rivers of Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay. Air dates are: Sunday April 16 at… Read more »

The VPA Hampton Roads District  General Meeting  will be held on March 21st WHEN: 6:30 PM – Networking 7:00 PM – Meeting Start WHERE: Regent University, 1000 Regent University Dr., Communication Building, Screening Room A, Virginia Beach, VA 23464 HOW MUCH: VPA members – FREE Non-member guests – $5 (Cash/check at the door) WHO: Todd Sims (the… Read more »

The Aftab Committee invites you to join them on Thursday, March 30 for a screening of Ghasem Ebrahimian’s The Suitors. This award-winning comedy tells the story of a group of Iranians who try to navigate life in New York City while clinging to their traditions. This event is completely free, but RSVP is required. To claim your ticket,… Read more »

VPA General Meeting and Board Elections tonight at WCVE! 6:30 PM – Networking 7:00 PM – Meeting Start VPA members – FREE Non-member guests – $5 (Cash/check at the door) VPA members will be able to vote for next year’s Board of Trustees. It will feature a look back at last year’s events, and a look forward to… Read more »

Virginia is for Film Lovers, and it is filled with educational and job opportunities for actors and crew members, screenings and film festivals, and film related events: networking and career development opportunities, seminars, classes, and workshops. The Virginia Film Office’s weekly update brings you a summary of the events of the week, don’t miss out! Tuesday… Read more »

Moonlight Free screening and discussion Thursday 4/13 at 4:30pm  Johnson Center Cinema  ​Winner of Best Picture at the Academy Awards, Barry Jenkins’ movie is nuanced and sharp, specific and sweeping. Come see Moonlight this April, during  LGBTQ Pride Week 2017. Free and open to the public. See the website here.  This event is sponsored by LGBTQ Resources, Film and Media Studies,… Read more »

Visitor’s Day (Día de Visita) April 19, 2017, Wednesday 7:30pm Johnson Center Cinema Free screening and discussion with director Nicole Opper Sixteen-year-old Juan Carlos ran away from an abusive home and lived on the streets of Mexico City for years before finding his way to IPODERAC, a unique group home and social enterprise located in… Read more »

Interface Media Group 1233 20th Street, NW Washington, DC 20036 Monday, March 13, 2017 at 6:30 pm-8:30 pm 6:30-7:00 pm: Informal Networking 7:00- 8:30 pm: Panel Discussion The special guest will be Hans Charles, Director of Photography of the highly acclaimed documentary 13th. Hans will be sharing his expertise and insight into what it takes to… Read more »

The Virginia Production Alliance (VPA) is having its annual General Meeting and Election for the VPA Executive Board on March 14th. Time: 6:30 pm Networking 7:00 pm Meeting starts Location: WCVE (Front Entrance) 23 Sesame St. Richmond, VA 23235 Members – FREE Non-Members – $5 All members current on their dues are allowed to vote.  

The James River Film Festival returns April 6-9, 2017 for its 24th year. Since the start of the festival, it’s featured experimental, independent, avant-garde, foreign, cult, and classic art house films and has brought more than 130 nationally and internationally known filmmakers, musicians, critics, educators and artists to Richmond to present and discuss their work.… Read more »

On March 23, as part of the DC Environmental Film Festival, The Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival will host Dominican Night and will feature screenings of works produced in the Dominican Republic. DC’s E Street Cinema will host a screening of the winner of the 2016 Globo Verde Dominicano, the short film Ciclos by Hansel… Read more »

The Bike Shorts Film Festival celebrates bikes, bike culture, and bike people with short films that have something, anything, to do with bicycles. The festival is part of the series of events that RIDE Solutions puts on each spring to celebrating National Bike Month in Central and Southwest Virginia.  It is the longest-running, locally-focused film… Read more »

The Virginia-filmed feature Burning Sands will have its Virginia premiere March 8th at 6:30 pm at VSU’s Virginia Hall. Burning Sands screened at the Sundance Film Festival and is an unflinching look at fraternities, pledging and the cultures of hazing. The film takes you through the journey of one pledge torn between honoring a code of silence… Read more »

THE FORGE STUDIOS HOST A DAY OF NETWORKING & FILM TRAINING March 18th Manassas, VA. The Training will be seen through the lens of the Business of Filmmaking… FORMAT:  They will  have a block of instruction by Ron Newcomb (Rise of the Fellowship, Made in the USA, The Rangers) followed by area filmmaking panelist such… Read more »

Reminder:  Source Theater 1835 14th St NW Washington, DC 20009 Start: Monday, March 20, 2017 at 9:00 AM End: Monday, March 20, 2017 at 6:00 PM WIFV is co-hosting the sixteenth edition of the Stonehenge Auditions with Team Jabberwocky in Washington, DC. Stonehenge Auditions is a day-long marathon of actors delivering film and video monologues… Read more »

The French Film Festival returns to Richmond for the 29th year on March 27-April 2, continuing its tradition of showcasing the diversity of French Film. All films are presented by their directors and/or starring actors. A question-and-answer session with directors and actors follows each film. All movies have English subtitles, and discussions are in English or in… Read more »

The 5th annual Bethesda Film Fest will feature five short documentaries made by local filmmakers at screenings scheduled for Friday and Saturday, March 17-18, 2017. Screenings will be held at 7pm on March 17th and 6pm and 8pm on March 18th at Imagination Stage, 4908 Auburn Ave. in downtown Bethesda. The Bethesda Film Fest is… Read more »

Dear Friend of the Virginia Film Office, The Richmond International Film Festival has just made a wonderful offer to all friends of the Virginia Film Office.  The Festival has made tickets available to the screening of TALES OF MEXICO, showing at 6:15 at the Byrd Theatre in Richmond on Thursday, March 2.  Just come to… Read more »

Filmed at Virginia State University and premiered at Sundance, Burning Sands takes you on a raw, voyeuristic journey of fraternity pledging through the eyes of one favored pledgee, who is torn between honoring a code of silence or standing up against the intensifying violence of underground hazing. Led by a breakthrough performance by Trevor Jackson, director… Read more »

When: Wednesday, March 15, 2017      6:30pm to 8:30pm Where: Interface Media Group     1233 20th Street NW Washington DC, 20036 Register Here Behind the Scenes of Animated Short Fired Up Fired Up is a short animated film that depicts the origin story of President Obama’s famed “Fired up, ready to go” chant. Released on the final… Read more »

The Environmental Film Festival is proud to present Naledi: A Baby Elephant’s Tale  TODAY March 1, 2017 9:30 am & 12:30 pm The Historic Lincoln Theatre 1215 U St, NW, Washington, DC 20009 Naledi: A Baby Elephant’s Tale tells the urgent story of an international crisis. A newborn elephant in Botswana’s Okavango Delta inspires hope for… Read more »