THE FESTIVAL
The 18th annual Alexandria Film Festival will take place November 7-10, 2024. Venues and ticket availability will be announced in the coming months.
The Alexandria Film Festival, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, brings high-quality short and feature-length films, documentaries, filmmaker panels, and arts presentations to the port city of Alexandria, Virginia and beyond. The festival highlights the talents of local, national, and international filmmakers in an acclaimed travel destination within eyesight of the nation’s capital. The festival is supported by a grant from the Alexandria Commission for the Arts and the City of Alexandria, as well as by numerous individual and corporate sponsors.
Follow the festival on Facebook, X and Instagram for updates. Use the hashtag #AlexFilmFest to discuss films online.
Executive Committee
dara Sanders
Chair
Wine, films, and jellybeans! Not necessarily in that order. Dara has been involved with the Alexandria Film Festival for six years. This is her first year as Chair.
Patti North
Executive Director
Patti North helped found the festival as Vice Chair of the Alexandria Commission for the Arts. As festival executive director, she (mostly) makes sure the bills get paid and forms get filed. If you are owed either one . . . chill. We’re busy making magic.
Deborah Funk
Deborah Funk has supported the Alexandria Film Festival as sponsorship coordinator for the last four years. Professionally, she manages corporate sales for the locally owned Connection Newspapers, parent of the Alexandria Gazette Packet, and volunteers to teach knitting and gardening to area kids
ELISA MORSCH
Elisa is a respected graphic design and brand expert obtaining her master’s degree in Integrated Marketing Communications. She is working with the Alexandria Film Festival to develop its visual brand across print and digital platforms.
GILLIAN RAY
"Jill" Ray is vice-chair of the Alexandria FilmFestival, managing a little bit of everything. Jill is also a documentary filmmaker in her spare time when she isn't sailing on the Chesapeake Bay.
david griffin
David has worked in marketing, SEO and websites for many years and joined the Alexandria Film Festival team in 2017 as the webmaster. While he likes to think everything on the website is perfect, he sometimes missspellss some wordds.
Alexandria Living Magazine Q&A with Patti North
Read the Alexandria Living Magazine Q&A with Patti North, Executive Director of the Alexandria Film Festival. Article is from October, 2018.
BY SARAH JENKINS
alexandrialivingmagazine.com
