FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NOVEMBER 2, 2023
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2023 Alexandria Film Festival DETAILS
ALEXANDRIA, VA – 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 25 premieres, including four “world premieres,” across 20 themed showcases. In addition to a number of regional films, nationally recognized films are featured including Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme’s documentary Guardians of the Flame and Sarah Kambe Holland’s coming-of-age film Egghead & Twinkie.
WHAT:
17th Annual Alexandria Film Festival
WHERE:
The Beatley Library, 5005 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA
AMC Hoffman Center, 206 Hoffman Street, Alexandria, VA
The Lyceum, 201 S. Washington Street, Alexandria, VA
WHEN:
Nov. 10 at The Beatley Library (free programming)
Nov. 11-12 at AMC Hoffman Center (paid programming)
Nov. 11-12 at The Lyceum (paid programming)
All-festival passes and showcase tickets are on sale now at www.alexfilmfest.com and will be available for purchase on site at festival venues. Films screening at The Beatley Library on Nov. 10 are free. All attendees will receive printed festival programs.
The 17th Alexandria Film Festival is made possible with the generous support of individual donors and these grant makers and sponsors: Alexandria Commission for the Arts and the City of Alexandria; Alexandria Gazette Packet; Alexandria Hyundai; Alexandria Living Magazine; Alexandria Times; Bad Ass Coffee of Hawaii; Benchmark at Alexandria; Burke & Herbert Bank; Cheesetique; Hotel AKA Alexandria; Jim Connolly/Long & Foster Real Estate; Misha’s Coffee; Old Town Crier; Ted’s Montana Grill; Trident Athletics; Virginia’s Darling; Weisser Glass Studio; and The Zebra.
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About the Alexandria Film Festival
Now in its 17th year, the Alexandria Film Festival brings high-quality independent, short and feature-length films of every genre, to the city of Alexandria each November and intermittently throughout the year. The festival is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization supported by a grant from the Alexandria Commission for the Arts, as well as the generosity of volunteers, numerous individuals, and corporate sponsors including Burke and Herbert Bank, Visit Alexandria, Old Town Hilton Hotel, Connection Newspapers, Alexandria Hyundai, Cheesetique, Misha’s Coffee, Jim Connolly realtor, West End Business Association, Alexandria Living Magazine, Alexandria TImes, Zebra, Trident Athletics and Ted’s Montana Grill.