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Mar 22, 2024

Alexandria Film Festival Teams Up with Artomatic to Screen Films

Mar 22, 2024

ALEXANDRIA, VA – The Alexandria Film Festival has teamed up with Artomatic to present a dozen short and feature-length films from its 2023 program during Artomatic’s exhibition (March 8 - April 28) at 2100 M Street in Washington, D.C.

Mar 22, 2024

Mar 3, 2024

Alexandria Film Festival Seeks Film Submissions

Mar 3, 2024

Today, the Alexandria Film Festival kicked off its effort to seek film submissions for its November 7-10 international festival. Filmmakers are invited to submit short and feature films of any genre through FilmFreeway, an online portal which provides a detailed description of the festival and reviews by filmmakers who’ve attended in the past.

Mar 3, 2024

Feb 13, 2024

Special Screening of Bloodlines of the Slave Trade In Honor of Black History Month

Feb 13, 2024

ALEXANDRIA, VA – In honor of Black History Month, the Alexandria Film Festival will present Bloodlines of the Slave Trade, a documentary that examines the lives of two people whose only connection is a genetic link to two notorious Alexandria-based slave traders of the 1830s.

Feb 13, 2024

Nov 13, 2023

Alexandria Film Festival Announces 2023 Award Winning Films

Nov 13, 2023

ALEXANDRIA, VA – The Alexandria Film Festival concluded its three-day program yesterday with the announcement of 12 films that received festival awards…

Nov 13, 2023

Nov 11, 2023

Film Festival Program Changes at Hoffman!

Nov 11, 2023

We are looking forward to seeing you at this weekend's festival. When screening 60 films in multiple locations technical issues often arise and they have. Therefore, we have had to make some program changes that may affect the showcases at AMC Hoffman you purchased tickets for. We hope you won't find it necessary to request a refund, but if that's the case, please complete our contact form and insert "Ticket Refund" in the subject line. We're terribly sorry for this inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.

Nov 11, 2023

Nov 2, 2023

17th Annual Alexandria Film Festival Details

Nov 2, 2023

Over three days, Nov. 10-12, the Alexandria Film Festival will screen 60 films in-person and host nearly 40 directors, producers and actors taking part in 30 interactive “Meet the Filmmaker” events. The festival also features…

Nov 2, 2023

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