Film fest announces lineup—mostly

Virginia Film Festival director Jody Kielbasa promised today “the best program in my eight years at the festival” for this year’s November 3-6 cinemathon. The 29th festival will include screen legends Shirley MacLaine and Liv Ullman, and auteur Werner Herzog. What Kielbasa did not reveal was the opening night film, typically a made-in-Virginia effort. He gave that honor […]

VIDEO: C-VILLE Weekly talks with the Virginia Film Festival organizers

This morning C-VILLE Weekly launched its new C-VILLE Live series with an interview with the organizers of the 28th Virginia Film Festival. Jody Kielbasa, director of the festival and vice provost of the arts for the University of Virginia, and Wesley Harris, programmer for the festival, stopped by our office this morning to answer some […]