October's Streaming Film: “CHASING CHILDHOOD”
ASO Presents Homegrown: American Stories in Music and Film
Alexandria, VA—In partnership with the Alexandria Film Festival, the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra (ASO) will present music of American composers on Saturday, November 6, 2021 (6:00 p.m.) at the Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center and Sunday, November 7, 2021 (3:00 p.m.) at the George Washington Masonic Memorial.
On Reviewing Film Festival Submissions in the Time of the Pandemic
I sat in on the Alexandria Film Festival Program Committee meeting via Zoom on August 29. I wanted to hear how decisions are being made about which films to select for screening at our next annual film festival scheduled for November 11-14 of this year (save the dates!)…
July Film Screening of “Til Kingdom Come”
Spring and Summer Film Series Continues with the documentary FATTITUDE
Spring and Summer Film Series Continues with #Female Pleasure in May
The Alexandria Film Festival Introduces Our Virtual Spring and Summer Film Series
Act for Alexandria’s 11th annual Spring2Action Giving Day
2021 Alexandria Film Festival Call for Entries Now Open
(Alexandria, VA)— The Alexandria Film Festival kicks off its 15th year with its annual call for entries opening on April 1. Filmmakers from all over the world are invited to enter short and feature-length films of any genre on the digital platform filmfreeway.com. Festival judges will evaluate hundreds of films before selecting the best to bring to the city, for the four-day event Nov. 11-14, 2021. The program will…
Call for Entries: Teen Video Contest Underway at Burke & Herbert Bank
Over $9,000 in prizes to be awarded in Lights, Camera, Save! Contest
Announcement of interest to young filmmakers from our longtime and valued sponsor Burke & Herbert Bank.
Alexandria, VA – Burke & Herbert Bank is accepting submissions for its 2021 Lights, Camera, Save! video contest until March 1, 2021. Teens, 13-18 years old, can win cash prizes, including a top prize of $5,000 by creating a 30-second video promoting wise money management.
Alexandria Film Festival Unveils 2020 Program
Alexandria, VA – The Alexandria Film Festival, which will debut virtually this year November 12-15, announced on Tuesday its 2020 programming of 45 short and feature length fiction and nonfiction films, representing every genre. Topics tackled in the films range from family traditions and unsung artists to stories of survival and union organizing. Stories range from a father suffering through a hilarious Kafkaesque journey trying to make his daughter’s birthday wish come true to a dazzling animated fantasy from Argentina tracing the journey of souls through varying dimensions of existence.
"Apocalypse 45" - See It on Eventive
Excellent Series Explains Why NONE Of The Villains Went To Jail
Dear Alexandria Film Fest Friend and Cinephile: You are invited to watch the new and just released docuseries “The Con.” This fascinating five-part series investigates the 2008 financial crash, and explains very clearly why it happened, who profited, why those responsible have not gone to prison, and why we are more at risk today than ever. As a former federal investigator featured in the series puts it: “the best way to rob a bank is to own one . . . .
Greetings Alexandria Film Festival Patrons and Fans!
Alexandria Symphony Announces “Homegrown” Filmmakers
Alexandria Symphony Orchestra and Alexandria Film Festival Form First-Ever Partnership
Bong Joon Ho's "PARASITE" Movie Review by Dennis D. McDonald
What begins as a farcical satire of haves vs. have-nots morphs into a tragicomedy with disturbing moral overtones.
We start with a down-and-out family that lives at a very low level (literally) that, headed by an out of work patriarch, folds pizza boxes to get by. The son by chance and via some subterfuge gets a job with a rich upper class family teaching its teenage daughter English. He brings in his sister to tutor the young son by taking advantage of the rich mother’s gullibility. Then through some chicanery the housekeeper is fired to be replaced by the poor family’s mom. And the rich family’s driver is maneuvered out of his position and the dad takes over as driver.