The Virginia Film Office and the Virginia Production Alliance are cooperatively producing the fourth annual Virginia Indie Film Festival February 26th & 27th. The Festival features independently produced documentaries, short films and features from Virginia filmmakers. The films were selected by panels of industry professionals and come from Midlothian, Blue Ridge, Richmond, Virginia Beach, Roanoke, Harrisonburg, Charlottesville, Blacksburg and Springfield. The subjects of these films range from zombies to baseball and take place in settings as far away as the Himalayas or as close to home as a camera truck in Richmond, VA.
The films will be screened in a two-day film festival during which winning films will be announced in the categories of Shorts, Documentaries and Features. The Festival also has Audience Choice awards which allow audience members the opportunity to vote for their favorites in each of the three categories.
The Festival will be held at the historic Byrd Theatre, 2908 West Cary Street in Richmond.
Documentaries will be screened Saturday February 26th 1:00 pm โ 4:00 pm; short films from 4:00 pm โ 6:00 pm. Feature films will be screened Sunday February 27th 4:30 pm โ 8:30 pm. The cost for attending each screening series is $7.00 (or $2.00 with student I.D.). A 2-day Festival Pass is $14.00. Passes for each series are available at the door 30 minutes before each series is scheduled to begin.
A complete list of films and media contacts follows and the screening schedule is attached. For more information about the Virginia Indie Film Festival, visit the Virginia Film Office website at www.FilmVirginia.org.
Virginia Indie Film Festival
Docs-Saturday, February 26th 1:00pm-4:00pm
Beardo the Movie
The story of the 2009 World Beard & Moustache Championships and the men behind the beards.
Media Contact: Joey Groah (Harrisonburg)
joey@godigico.com
540 433 6529
Local Life: Camera Truck
Shaun Irving had an idea to turn a delivery van into a giant camera. A few years later he bought an old truck and set out to document Richmond with the world’s largest traveling camera.
Media Contact: Kathryn Johnson (Richmond)
kcjvideos@gmail.com
804 687 8757
A Gift for the Village
A documentary about a cultural bridge built between the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia and the severe Himalayas of western Nepal.
Media Contact: Tom Landon(Roanoke)
luckydogproductions@cox.net
540 309 3743
Shorts-Saturday, February 26th 4:00pm-6:00pm
Goodbye to Muffy
A family comedy about how one family deals with the loss of a pet.
Media Contact: Marc A Hutchins (Blue Ridge)
marc@alexanderfilms.com
540 529 2661
Caution Wet Floor
A group of corporate executives find themselves in a dangerous and deadly situation.
Media Contact: Michael Park (Midlothian)
mpark@nbc12.com
804 393 9744
Possession
The brutal reality of the 1831 Southampton, VA slave revolt from the inside.
Media Contact: Kevin Hershberger (Richmond)
lionheartkrh@earthlink.net
804 683 0937
Relax
Relaxing sights and sounds.
Media Contact: Robert Mark (Richmond)
rm@avalar.net
804 651 3737
The Walk
We all look back, this is what you find when you get there.
Media Contact: Jon Nail (Virginia Beach)
jonanai@regent.edu
662 266 3321
RE: MESSIAH
What happens when the technology we love so much starts to love us back?
Media Contact: Paul Hugins (Richmond)
onefilmlover97@gmail.com
804 239 7556
Features-Sunday, February 27th 4:30pm-8:30pm
Quick Feet, Soft Hands
A struggling minor league baseball player and his fiance try to make it to the big leagues.
Media Contact: Paul Harrill (Blacksburg)
pharrill@lovellfilms.com
Tracks
Martin, a self destructive amputee, refelects on his troubled youth while drifting through the harsh streets of Baltimore, reliving the events of the day that changed his life forever.
Media Contact: Kevyn Settle (Springfield)
kevyn@kevyn.info
202 352 3877
Danger. Zombies. Run.
Real zombies attack a crew filming a low-budget zombie movie.
Media Contact: Brian Wimer (Charlottesville)
brian@amoebafilms.tv
434 249 8759