The thirty seventh annual Virginia Movie Pageant has tallied up the votes to find out its 2024 Viewers Award winners. After 138 movies and occasions over a 5 day interval, the Narrative Function that gained over probably the most attendees was Tracie Laymon’s “Bob Trevino Likes It,” whereas Daybreak Porter’s “Luther: By no means Too A lot” gained for Documentary Function, and “Makayla’s Voice” and “Irma” gained the Narrative Brief and Documentary Brief classes, respectively.
Moreover, the pageant placed on by the College of Virginia welcomed a collection of people winners to its Charlottesville setting, together with “Anora” star Mikey Madison accepting the VAFF’s Achievement in Appearing Award after a sold-out screening on the Paramount Theater, “Saturday Evening” star Lamorne Morris receiving the Virtuoso Award as a part of the pageant’s Saturday evening programming, and “Pavements” filmmaker Alex Ross Perry accepting the Directorial Achievement Award for the movie, and taking part in a Q&A alongside Pavement drummer Steve West.
“We’re completely thrilled with the response to the thirty seventh Annual Virginia Movie Pageant,” stated VAFF Government Director and UVA Vice Provost for the Arts Jody Kielbasa through assertion. “As I traveled between venues all through the 5 days, I persistently walked into theaters filled with enthusiastic and engaged audiences who so appreciated the movies in addition to the fascinating discussions with our visitor artists and our big range of UVA college specialists. All through the course of the 5 days, I heard from so many individuals concerning the extraordinary depth and breadth of our program, and it was an honor to as soon as once more carry the neighborhood collectively to rejoice the artwork of movie.”
“The 2024 Virginia Movie Pageant has been a magical and soul-nourishing expertise,” added VAFF Creative Director Ilya Tovbis. “Visitors resembling Mikey Madison, Matthew Modine, and Lamorne Morris (a small fraction of our general visitor checklist) engaged deeply with Charlottesville audiences, increasing their appreciation for among the greatest movies of the 12 months. Native filmmakers, first-time administrators, Hollywood heavy-hitters, and the worldwide movie neighborhood gathered in Charlottesville for a world-class occasion. They met with college students, held panel discussions, and exchanged concepts with each other, within the course of sparking our imaginations, and offering an outlet to meaningfully collect round nice artwork.”
See the total checklist of Virginia Movie Pageant winners beneath.
The winners of the 2024 VAFF Viewers Awards, supported by Ting, are:
Narrative Function: “Bob Trevino Likes It”
Documentary Function: “Luther: By no means Too A lot”
Narrative Brief: “Makayla’s Voice”
Documentary Brief: “Irma”
The winners of the 2024 VAFF Programmers Awards are:
Narrative Function: “We Shall Not Be Moved”
Documentary Function: “The Bitter Tablet”
Narrative Brief: “Evanescence”
Documentary Brief: “Roommates”
Further 2024 VAFF Award Winners included:
Achievement in Appearing Award: Mikey Madison (“Anora”)
Achievement in Animation Award: Adam Elliot (“Memoir of a Snail”)
Achievement in Screenwriting: Jack Huston (“Day of the Combat”)
Chronicler Award: Daybreak Porter (“Luther: By no means Too A lot”)
Craft Award: Kalina Ivanov (“The Penguin”)
Directorial Achievement Award: Alex Ross Perry (“Pavements”)
Governor Gerald L. Baliles Founder’s Award: Ellen Casey Wagner & Paul Wagner (“Georgia O’Keeffe: The Brightness of Mild”)
Impresario Award: NEON (introduced to Co-Founder and CEO Tom Quinn)
Virtuoso Award: Lamorne Morris (“Saturday Evening”)
