ALEXANDRIA, VA—The Alexandria Film Festival (AFF) concluded its 18th annual program with the announcement of 13 awards to films and filmmakers in this year’s festival.

Alexandria Gazette Packet writer Shirley Ruhe interviewed festival organizers and filmmakers to create a four-part series on the Alexandria Film Festival, now in its 18th year…

ALEXANDRIA, VA—The Alexandria Film Festival (AFF) announced it will screen nearly 60 films in person starting November 3 with a kick-off screening at Patagonia Old Town, and continuing November 7-10, at the Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) Alexandria Campus Auditorium,  The Alexandria History Museum at the Lyceum and Charles E. Beatley Library. 

ALEXANDRIA, VA – Among the 60 films to be presented as part of the 18th annual Alexandria Film Festival are a group of compelling films by local filmmakers. These films have been accepted early and reflect the quality of films that attendees can expect to see at this year’s festival, November 7-10, 2024. 

The Alexandria Film Festival is teaming up with Atlas Brew Works at Carlyle Crossing to celebrate local filmmakers selected to be part of the festival's annual program, Nov. 7-10.

In commemoration of the 275th anniversary of the City of Alexandria and in partnership with the Office of Historic Alexandria, the Alexandria Film Festival will screen “The Arc of Oblivion” on July 26 at 6:30 pm at The Lyceum in Old Town Alexandria. This special event is made possible in part with grant funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and the City of Alexandria, VA through the Office of the Arts.

On April 24, 2024, Spring2ACTion, the annual online fundraising event for Alexandria charities will take place. As an all-volunteer organization, the Alexandria Film Festival (AFF) relies on the support of our community to fund all of our programs. That means the AFF would literally be impossible without you! 

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.

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. 

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. 

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

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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…

ALEXANDRIA, VA – Just ahead of its in-person, multi-day annual event Nov. 10-12, the Alexandria Film Festival, in partnership with Patagonia Old Town, will host a special screening of Flyways on Nov. 5.

Alexandria, VA – The Alexandria Film Festival is excited to announce it has partnered with leading community organizations to present compelling films tackling diverse, timely subjects at this year’s event.  “The community organizations joining us this year to present an array of compelling films are valued partners, and we are grateful for their help in expanding the fFestival’s reach to new audiences,” said Dara Sanders, chair of the Alexandria Film Festival. 

Alexandria, VA – The Alexandria Film Festival, now in its 17th year, is excited to announce its early acceptance of films sure to appeal to diverse audiences. From comedies and documentaries to dramas and thrillers, there is something for everyone at this year’s festival, Nov. 10-12. While all-festival passes are available now at AlexFilmFest.com, the full festival program and opportunity to purchase individual film tickets is coming Oct. 1.

ALEXANDRIA, VA – On Saturday, June 10, the feature documentary Happy screened at a special sold-out event hosted by the Alexandria Film Festival at The Lyceum in Old Town, Alexandria. Academy Award nominated director Roko Belic spoke on a panel following the film along with doctoral student Matthew Leitao from the Georgetown University Digital Health and Happiness Lab in Washington, DC. 

ALEXANDRIA, VA – With the official start of summer right around the corner, the Alexandria Film Festival will help jumpstart that happy feeling which typically accompanies the highly anticipated season by hosting a special FREE SCREENING of the feature documentary Happy. Director Roko Belic, whose 2020 film Trust Me is being recognized at the National Press Club on…