Film Festival Opens This Week in Alexandria
Festival includes more than 40 feature-length films, documentaries, animations and shorts as well as a world premiere. Many of the films' directors will be attending and available for discussion.
The Alexandria Film Festival is gracing several silver screens this week with an overarching event theme of “sustainability.” “A number of the films, but not all, have a sub-theme of sustainability, which more often then not means environmental, but can also mean just about everything we do that has an impact on the environment and the economy,” said festival Chairwoman Patti North. “We often don’t consider our behavior and what nurtures sustainability.” North and her team of volunteers curate the films for the festival, which is partly funded by the city of Alexandria. The festival presents feature-length films, documentaries, animations and shorts by emerging and established filmmakers, showcasing many films to audiences who might not …
