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 Characteristic that received over probably the most attendees was Tracie Laymon’s “Bob Trevino Likes It,” whereas Daybreak Porter’s “Luther: By no means Too A lot” received for Documentary Characteristic, and “Makayla’s Voice” and “Irma” received the Narrative Quick and Documentary Quick classes, respectively.
Moreover, the competition 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 competition’s Saturday evening programming, and “Pavements” filmmaker Alex Ross Perry accepting the Directorial Achievement Award for the movie, and collaborating 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 constantly 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 selection of UVA college consultants. 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 convey the group collectively to have a good time the artwork of movie.”
“The 2024 Virginia Movie Pageant has been a magical and soul-nourishing expertise,” added VAFF Inventive Director Ilya Tovbis. “Friends reminiscent of Mikey Madison, Matthew Modine, and Lamorne Morris (a small fraction of our general visitor listing) engaged deeply with Charlottesville audiences, increasing their appreciation for a number of the finest movies of the yr. Native filmmakers, first-time administrators, Hollywood heavy-hitters, and the worldwide movie group 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 listing of Virginia Movie Pageant winners beneath.
The winners of the 2024 VAFF Viewers Awards, supported by Ting, are:
Narrative Characteristic: “Bob Trevino Likes It”
Documentary Characteristic: “Luther: By no means Too A lot”
Narrative Quick: “Makayla’s Voice”
Documentary Quick: “Irma”
The winners of the 2024 VAFF Programmers Awards are:
Narrative Characteristic: “We Shall Not Be Moved”
Documentary Characteristic: “The Bitter Capsule”
Narrative Quick: “Evanescence”
Documentary Quick: “Roommates”
Extra 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 Gentle”)
Impresario Award: NEON (introduced to Co-Founder and CEO Tom Quinn)
Virtuoso Award: Lamorne Morris (“Saturday Evening”)