VAFF Narrative Award Winner ‘We Shall Not Be Moved’ is the Discovery of the Festival
Every year, the Virginia Film Festival (VAFF) selects two narrative award winners: one chosen by the audience and the other...
David Phillips has been a Senior Writer for The Contending from its inception on 8/26/2024. He is a writer for film and TV and creator of the Reframe series, devoted to looking at films from the past through a modern lens. Before coming to The Contending, David wrote for Awards Daily in the same capacity from August 2018 to August 2024. He has covered the Oscars in person (2024), as well as the Virginia Film Festival, and served as a juror for both the short and the full-length narrative film categories for the Heartland Film Festival(2024) He is a proud member of GALECA and the IFJA.
Every year, the Virginia Film Festival (VAFF) selects two narrative award winners: one chosen by the audience and the other...
Bear with me here; I don’t mean what I’m about to say entirely as a pejorative. Gladiator II is a...
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The 37th annual Virginia Film Festival (VAFF), a University of Virginia program held yearly in Charlottesville, VA, has announced its...
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The first time I saw Tony Todd on film was way back in 1986 with Oliver Stone’s Oscar-winning Vietnam War...
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The Virginia Film Festival closed its 37th year with two films featuring Tilda Swinton: The End and The Room Next...
Film festivals may rise and fall on the strength of their headlining selections, but the depth of a festival’s curation...
When you are watching an Andrea Arnold film, you know. She does not have a formula, but she leaves her...