The 21st annual Virginia Film Festival opens tonight
The 21st annual Virginia Film Festival, with the theme “Aliens!”, opens tonight. The weekend-long event will feature 80 films and more than 100 guests covering the spectrum of the alien experience, from immigrants to outsiders to extra-terrestrials. The guest list for the 21st annual event includes an international array of some of the most highly respected artists in the film industry today, including Mauritanian-French director Abderrahmane Sissako (screening “Waiting for Happiness” and “Life on Earth”) and Mexican-American director Gregory Nava, here for the 25th anniversary presentation of “El Norte.”