Virginia Film Festivals
From the Virginia Film Festival, the state’s oldest and largest, to newer festivals…
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For fans of film and television, Virginia is a perfect destination. See the many films and series shot in Virginia, learn more about the places they were filmed, and check out the many celebrated film festivals hosted by vibrant communities across the Commonwealth. Walk where the stars have walked, dine where they dined, and visit some of the many Virginia locations that have been featured on the big and small screens.
Walk the streets of beautiful Old Towne Petersburg, where the 18th and 19th century drama of The Good Lord Bird, Harriet, Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln, and AMC’s TURN: Washington’s Spies played out. Visit the recognizable buildings of Richmond, including the Jefferson Hotel, the shops in Shockoe Bottom, the State Capitol, or the world-famous Virginia Museum of Fine arts, featured in Showtime’s Homeland, Hulu’s Dopesick, Apple’s Swagger, and many more. Tune into The Walking Dead: World Beyond and visit recognizable sites in Petersburg and Richmond where walkers (read: zombies) have roamed. Take a scenic backroad and head west, passing through the natural beauty of the Alleghany Highlands featured in Dopesick, and then exploring gorgeous Southwest Virginia, taking time to see the picturesque world of author and director Adriana Trigiani’s characters from her film Big Stone Gap, starring Ashley Judd and Whoopi Goldberg. And don’t forget to carve out days for a nostalgic getaway at Mountain Lake Lodge, the setting for the unforgettable Dirty Dancing and a fan favorite to this day.
From the Virginia Film Festival, the state’s oldest and largest, to newer festivals…
Season 7 of the Showtime series Homeland began filming in Virginia in fall 2017, and continued through early spring of 2018. The…
Dirty Dancing, the unforgettable summer love story that danced its way into the American pop culture hall of fame back in 1987, is…
Harriet is based on the story of iconic freedom fighter Harriet Tubman, her escape from slavery and subsequent missions to free…
Loving, the story of Mildred and Richard Loving, is a film about an important moment in our Commonwealth’s history.
Watch AMC's "TURN" for a look into the exhilarating Revolutionary War-era saga about America’s first spy…
Walk in the footsteps of the cast and crew of Steven Spielberg's masterpiece, Lincoln, filmed over 53 days in Virginia. Visit…
Virginia is privileged to be the site for the filming of the new PBS drama Mercy Street, the first scripted show produced by PBS…
Adriana Trigiani is one of Virginia’s most cherished authors. She grew up in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, as part of a large…
Virginia is proud to have been chosen for filming of "Cold Mountain," the feature film version of Charles Frazier's…
Starring Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney, executive produced by Playtone's Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, and directed by…
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, sequel to Transformers, the highly successful 2007 blockbuster film, opened in theaters in…
HAMILTON burst onto Broadway in 2015, and has left audiences delighting over the story of American Founding Father Alexander…