Virginia Film Festival

The Virginia Film Festival begins today November 1st and runs through Sunday, November 4th.

Given the enormous amount of great films to choose from, why not see a film related to the Year of Water?
The following films all will glance into an aspect of the world related to water.


Amazon Gold
Narrated by Academy Award® winners Sissy Spacek and Herbie Hancock, Amazon Gold is the disturbing account of a clandestine journey into the Amazon rainforest. Two journalists led by a Peruvian biologist uncover the unraveling of pristine rainforest. They bear witness to apocalyptic destruction in the pursuit of illegally mined gold with consequences on a global scale. An animated agouti rodent springs to life to tell the story of his ecosystem. Left in the wake of a once extraordinary beauty turned into hellish wasteland, this film reaffirms the right of the rainforest to exist as a repository of priceless biodiversity.


Chasing Ice

Internationally renowned National Geographic photographer James Balog headed to the Arctic in 2005, trying to capture climate change in a single photograph. James came into the assignment skeptical about climate change, but the experience was eye-opening for him. Director Jeff Orlowski and his team battled treacherous terrain to reveal evidence of the Earth’s most visible signs of global climate change in a unique and dramatic way. Chasing Ice's sweeping cinematography complements James’ still photography in a film that serves as a wake-up call – one that may dramatically shift popular perception concerning climate change. 


Leviathan

Shot on a fishing vessel off the New Bedford coast of Massachusetts with eleven waterproof digital cameras shared by fishermen and filmmakers alike, Leviathanis an experimental documentary that explores one of mankind’s oldest endeavors. The film provides an immersive experience that follows the crew's real-world perils and the rigorous physical labor and high stakes involved in the highly mechanized industrial process of commercial fishing. From the co-director of Sweetgrass, the celebrated documentary of modern shepherding, Leviathan embodies the chaotic cacophony of life at sea as well as the clash of man, nature, and machine.

For more information or the film schedule feel free to visit the Virginia Film Festival website @ virginiafilmfestival.org