Virginia Film Festival Executive Director Jody Kielbasa and Artistic Director Ilya Tovbis appeared on the Paramount stage on Tuesday evening to announce the 38th Annual Virginia Film Festival. The 2025 VAFF program features more than 120 films from Hollywood giants, Virginia and international filmmakers, plus topical documentaries, and a wide range of special guests across the industry with screenings held at local movie theaters from October 22 to 26.
Kielbasa welcomed the festival as Charlottesville’s “unique way to celebrate the power of cinema,” and Tovbis talked viewers through the highlights.
The festival will open with Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere starring Jeremy Allen White and directed by VAFF Advisory Board member and Virginia native Scott Cooper. The film tells the story behind the making of Bruce Springsteen’s celebrated album Nebraska…