December Events!

The Price of Everything! (2018) Virtual Screening

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The James River Film Society and Kino-Lorber are happy to offer a free virtual premiere screening of Nathaniel Kahn's The Price of Everything (2018, 98min.)

You can watch this film for free right here on the James River Film website! It will be available from 7pm Dec. 11th to 11pm Dec 13th.

This documentary examines the "high art" world with big name artists and power-wielding critics and dealers. Watch the trailer! See the movie next month! Participate in a post-screening survey (optional but encouraged)!

**special thanks to Trent Nicholas of the VMFA

A Holiday themed: Silent/Music Revival VIRTUAL event!

Sunday December 20th, 8PM Sharp

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A Collection of Animated Holiday Shorts:
“Snap the Ginger Bread man in Alaska” (1928)
“Suzy Snowflake” (1951)
“Frosty the Snowman” (1950)
“Snap the Ginger Bread man in the moon” (1927)
“The Insects Christmas” (1913)
“Snap the Ginger Bread man in the witch’s cat” (1928)
“Felix the Cat in Eskimotive” (1928)

w/ spontaneous score by:
RIGHTER
@righter.rva

Donation based and broadcasting from:
JAMESRIVERFILM.ORG

Finally, don’t forget that the deadline to submit to the James River Short Film Showcase is December 15th!

more details can be found here

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Consider this a reminder to submit your film to the 26th Annual James River Short Film Showcase! All submissions 20min or less will be accepted! Should your film be chosen, it will be screened at the VMFA and eligible to receive a cash prize! The deadline for submissions is 12/15/20, don’t wait!

27th Annual James River Film Fest Cancelled

Due to current and unprecedented circumstances we regret having to cancel our programs for the 27th James River Film Festival, March 18-22.

Cinema should pull people together and that's been our aim since '94, but maybe not this year. We plan to revive some of the events in the coming months at various venues so stay tuned.

stay healthy and thanks for your support.

We hope to see you soon,

JRFF Committee

Announcing the 2020 James River Film Festival

The 27th James River Film Festival RVA runs March 18-22, 2020 with events screening at the VA Museum of Fine Arts, Byrd Theatre, VCU's Grace St. Theater, Gallery 5 and Richmond's Main Public Library.


special guests include:

RON MANN, one of Canada's foremost documentarians, from a country with a strong documentary heritage; we'll be screening Comic Book Confidential ('89) and his latest, Carmine St. Guitars (2019),

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KEVIN WILLMOTT, screenwriter/director/actor shared a 2018 Academy Award for Best Screenplay with Spike Lee for BlacKkKlansman, which will be screened along with his mockumentary film, Confederate States of America (2004).  He also co-scripted Lee's Chi-Raq and the up-coming series Da 5 Bloods,

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Premiere Screenings:

Other Music (dir: Hatch-Miller, Basu, 2019),  a fond look at one of NY's beloved indie record stores,

One Man Dies A Million Times (dir: Oreck, 2019), a true story, set in the future,

How Andy Invented a Superstar/ How Andy Met Lou Reed, the Velvet Underground and Nico (dir: Shoor, Nagle, 2019), tales from Warhol's Factory by those who lived them,

Other Screenings:

Neil Young's/Bernard Shaky's  Human Highway;  Rockers, a forgotten reggae gem;

The NY hip cult classic, Liquid Sky; Jean Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast; Silent/Music Revival screens Cocteau's Blood of a Poet w/ The Photosynthesizers


More guests/programs/details to come:  jamesriverfilm.org

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