ALEXANDRIA, VA  – Today, the 19th annual Alexandria Film Festival announced it will screen more than 60 films starting Sunday, November 2, and continuing Friday through Sunday, November 7-9, at venues across the city including Virginia Tech (ALX) in Potomac Yard, The Alexandria History Museum at the Lyceum, Patagonia Old Town, and Charles E. Beatley Library. Tickets ($15) and All-Festival Passes ($80) are on sale now at the festival’s Eventive website (afffilmsthatmatter2025.eventive.org). 

Here, we introduce one of the emerging filmmakers whose documentary will be screened on Friday, November 7, at 6:00 p.m. in our “Emerging Filmmakers I” showcase: Teairrah Green, “Shadows of the Past”…

Here, we introduce one of the emerging filmmakers whose documentary will be screened on Friday, November 7, at 6:00 p.m. in our “Emerging Filmmakers I” showcase: Gabriel Kuenzli, “Aloha Lahaina Aloha” (59 mins., documentary)…

The Alexandria Film Festival has partnered with Virginia Tech to screen films at the university’s Alexandria location in the Potomac Yard neighborhood as part of the 19th Annual Alexandria Film Festival. “We are thrilled and grateful to partner with Virginia Tech for our 19th annual festival,” said Jill Ray, chair of the Alexandria Film Festival. “The university’s new academic building in the Potomac Yard neighborhood is the perfect hub of festival activities this year. It’s metro-accessible, high-tech, and ultra-modern, offering multiple spaces for film screenings including the 300- capacity Boeing Auditorium.” 

On August 5, National Night Out, the Alexandria Film Festival will present the feature documentary 'The Great Divide' at The Lyceum in Old Town Alexandria (ticket price $15; doors open at 6:00 pm; screening at 6:30 pm). 'The Great Divide' explores America's gun culture by examining the country's history of violence, from its roots in Native American genocide and African American slavery to the modern day epidemic of mass shootings that we continue to collectively endure as a nation.

Check out "Greet Del Ray'" magazine's August, 2025 cover story on Patti North, founder and executive director of the Alexandria Film Festival.