The Virginia Film Festival’s headquarters and box office in Violet Crown opens Wednesday, November 1st, and will be the go-to place for buying tickets to films through the end of the Festival weekend! You can also pick up the official 2017 VFF printed program at the headquarters, which can be found in the latest issue of C-VILLE Weekly, Wednesday, November 1st.

The Festival headquarters will run Monday – Saturday from noon – 6:00 PM and Sunday from noon – 5:00 PM.

Tickets can also be purchased online and through the UVA Arts Box Office.

For those with tickets to the 4 Little Girls with Spike Lee event, there has been a time change due to an unforeseen scheduling conflict. The event will now take place at 1:30 PM on Saturday, November 11. More information can be found here.

Festival officials also announced the addition of the highly-acclaimed new film Mudbound to the 2017 program. Based on the novel by Hillary Jordan, and adapted into a screenplay by Dee Rees and Virgil Williams, Mudbound is set in racially divided post-World War II Mississippi, and tells the story of two men – one black and one white – who forge a friendship based on their shared war experiences. The film stars Jason Mitchell (Straight Outta Compton) and Grammy Award-winning artist and actor Mary J. Blige, and has been earning significant Oscar buzz since its premiere at Sundance. Mudbound will be presented on Sunday, November 12 at 8:30 PM at St. Anne’s-Belfield.

The VFF will also bring in Alex Gansa, the show runner of the hit Showtime series Homeland. Gansa will join a panel discussion following the screening on Sunday, November 12 at 6:00 PM with director Lesli Linka Glatter. Homeland is currently in production on its seventh season, which is being filmed in Richmond.

For a complete schedule of all films and events and for more information regarding the Virginia Film Festival, visit virginiafilmfestival.org.