Submit Your Film to the 30th Annual Virginia Film Festival Today! Filmmakers from around the world are invited to submit feature films, documentaries, shorts, animation, and experimental projects. Each year, the VFF brings in a fascinating selection of guests, from internationally acclaimed directors and actors to professors and leading cultural experts who lead discussions that… Read more »

Science & Social Media News Assistant Program ROLLING APPLICATION PROCESS — NO STRICT DEADLINE Program duration: 1 year Location: Arlington, Virginia The Science & Social Media News Assistant program is designed to give recent college graduates practical science reporting experience in a digital newsroom setting. For this position, we’re looking for creative thinkers with visionary ideas on how to… Read more »

DEADLINE REMINDER 2018 RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (RIFF) – LATE ENTRY DEADLINE – AUGUST 15 ·         Features:  $65/ Shorts:  $55 ·         Festival accepts: Films, screenplays, web series, music videos ·         Categories: All category types and genres welcome ·         Enter Today via: Film Freeway HERE or Withoutabox HERE – ABOUT RIFF – 2018 FESTIVAL: April 24th – 29th The Richmond International Film Festival (RIFF) is… Read more »

The DC Black Film Festival kicks off August 17-19 at the Miracle Theater in Southeast Washington, D.C. We’re super excited to launch our first year, but we can’t be successful without your help! I hope that you will consider volunteering for this important event. We have a 1:1 work/watch program: for every volunteer shift you complete, you will receive… Read more »

VPA Presents: Ask the Virginia Film Commissioner! July 19, 2017 at 7:00 pm. This is your chance to meet Andy Edmunds, Director of the Virginia Film Office, and ask him that question that you’ve been burning to ask! Have questions on PSAs, Industrials and other topics of interest, this is a great opportunity! Come find… Read more »

Moonlit Wings will give you $50 for each kid (age 7-14) you refer who registers for our newest Performing Arts Summer Camps in Leesburg and Sterling. Please share with a parent now!  When completing the online registration form, they can write your name for “How did you hear about us?” Then email us and we will send you… Read more »

Carlyn Davis Casting is looking for Mexican talent for an Industrial filming on July 17, and July 18, 2017 in Herndon, VA. Auditions will be on Monday, July 10, also in Herndon. They’re currently looking for the following type(s): Mexican male, approximately 30-35 years old, SPEAKS WITH A MEXICAN ACCENT Filipino male, approximately 35-40 years old, SPEAKS WITH… Read more »

The Library of Congress’s The Packard Campus Theater will be screening Bonnie and Clyde, released in 1969 and starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway. Setting filmmaking and style trends that linger today, “Bonnie and Clyde” veered from comedy to social commentary to melodrama and caught audiences unaware, especially with its graphic violent ending. Arthur Penn deftly… Read more »

Tickets for the 48 Hour Film Projects premiere screenings are currently on sale. Screenings will be on July 22 and will be grouped by teams: Group A Saturday, July 22, 2017 @ 11:00am 7AMP Atlantic East Motion Picture Co Bad Ass Women Dadgum Productions GREEN DOVE FILMS Midnight Ape Paper Tree Productions Shields Shoes Productions… Read more »

Saluting Canada at 150 July 1-8 Honoring Canada on the occasion of the sesquicentennial of the Canadian Confederation (Confédération canadienne), the National Gallery of Art has organized seven programs of cinematic landmarks from our northern neighbor’s notable production history, including narrative fiction, documentary, and artists’ experimental shorts. The series begins on Canada Day, July 1. Special… Read more »

Join Dispatch Films and the South Africa-Washington International Program (SAWIP) for a special screening of The Good Ones, a documentary film by Molly Blank. While sharing the challenges of South Africa’s unequal and broken education system, some schools are beating the odds. The Good Ones tracks the tenacious efforts of three of these public schools to change the… Read more »

One of the largest and most respected Jewish film festivals in North America, the Washington Jewish Film Festival (WJFF) is an international exhibition of cinema that celebrates the diversity of Jewish history, culture and experience through the moving image. The Washington Jewish Film Festival is proud to bring you an encore presentation of the sold-out… Read more »

ITVFest (the Independent Television Festival) is a worldwide community of television creators, executives, agents, and fans responsible for discovering the best new television programs created on independent budgets. ITVFest is a week-long festival in Manchester, Vermont in October, with an accompanying script competition that accepts submissions worldwide. This script competition is for television scripts only –… Read more »

Held only at the Avalon Theatre, DC’s only nonprofit film center, the Wednesday Signature Series is a group of six rotating programs that showcase unique films from around the world. Screenings are held on Wednesday evenings at 8:00pm in the historic downstairs theater. Don’t miss two upcoming one-day-only screenings: ONE WEEK AND A DAY Reel… Read more »

YouVisit Studios is looking for talent for an industrial shoot filming 1-2 days on or around July 11th – 15th in Alexandria, VA. They are  seeking the following types: Men and women, any ethnicity, 25-35. Self report and local hire. Must be non-union. For consideration or more information, please email [email protected] with your headshot/resume and… Read more »

Carlyn Davis Casting is looking for extras for a non-union industrial filming the week of July 31 in the Washington, DC metro area. The agency is currently looking for the following types: Men and women, any ethnicity, 25-50 years old. For consideration or for more information please email [email protected] with your headshot/resume. Please put “Extras… Read more »

The Gulf Coast Film and Video Festival (GCFVF), a non-profit organization and established in 1999, is created to promote and showcase the discovery of new and emerging motion picture artists through inspirational, educational and thought-provoking stories and dialogue, set to a visual medium, that raise the awareness of consciousness in the audience, not only to… Read more »

The Library of Congress’s The Packard Campus Theater will be screening The Gazebo, released in 1959 and starring Debbie Reynolds and Glenn Ford. The two star as a married couple who are being blackmailed in this offbeat comedy involving murder and a backyard gazebo. Based on the hit Broadway play of the same name by… Read more »

The Istituto Italiano di Cultura will be holding a screening of L’accabadora (Angel of Mercy) at the Embassy of Italy on July 5th   Location: Embassy of Italy: 3000 Whitehaven Street NW, Washington, DC  20008 Time: 6:00 pm   Director: Enrico Pau Italy, Ireland 2016, 97 min Film in Italian with English subtitles Annetta lives… Read more »

Actors needed for Colonial Williamsburg 4th of July Shoot.  The shoot is tentatively scheduled between 2pm and 9pm, with about 6 hours of work on Tuesday, July 4th, in Williamsburg, VA. The rate is $25/hr.   They are looking for actors who can convincingly portray the demographics of the following: African American Male, ages 32… Read more »

Hollywood on the Potomac – Thu, Jun 29 at 7:30pm, Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Avenue, NW How has DC been portrayed by Tinseltown? For his book Hollywood on the Potomac, film critic Mike Canning researched over 50 movies set in the District to reveal which ones get DC right — and which ones get it… Read more »

Folk Hero Films is casting for the feature film, Bentley’s Will, which is being produced and directed by Zachary Parks Grigg.  The film focuses on a mother who is forced to confront a strained relationship with her son who has returned home from college.   SEEKING: LEAD ACTRESS:  Age Range 45-65, Caucasian, Non-Union WHEN:  Roughly –… Read more »

Below are some opportunities provided by the film production site Staff Me Up.  We recommend using the links below for applying to jobs.  The Virginia Film Office is not responsible for the below postings, please refer all relevant questions to the appropriate Staff Me Up Personnel. ASSISTANT EDITOR (ADOBE PREMIERE) WASHINGTON, DC VICE REALITY/DOC (TV) STARTS… Read more »

DEADLINE REMINDER 2018 RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (RIFF) – REGULAR ENTRY DEADLINE:  JUNE 30th Features: $55 / Shorts:  $45 Festival accepts: Films, screenplays, web series, music videos Categories: All category types and genres welcome Enter Today via: Film Freeway HERE or Withoutabox HERE   – ABOUT RIFF – 2018 FESTIVAL: April 24th – 29th The… Read more »