April 21-28
BRINGING A SLICE OF
HOLLYWOOD
TO THE NORTHERN VIRGINIA &
WASHINGTON, DC
METRO AREA!
2024
"TOP 100 BEST REVIEWED FESTIVALS - 6 MONTHS IN A ROW!" - FilmFreeway
The Largest Film Festival & Market of its kind in the United States w/Screenings, Musical Perfomances, Seminars, Forums, Panels, TV Interviews, Pre-Parties and
After-Parties all leading up to an Awesome AWARDS CEREMONY!
Happy March 2024 Everyone! (update 3/05/24)
Notifications are complete and have been updated on FilmFreeway. Official NOVA Fest Notification emails will be sent early next week.
We are finalizing our new venue and policies for our 10th Anniversary. Thank you for your patience. Every year it is gut-wrenching, making our final decisions. And once again, we are grateful for your consideration. Thank you.
Welcome to The NOVA Fest X! The Northern Virginia International Film & Music Festival is celebrating its 10th Anniversary!
After hosting several hundred films from over 35 countries, and celebrating industry leaders like Eduardo Sanchez of The Blaire Witch Project, Michael Uslan, the executive producer of JOKER and all modern BATMAN films, and Russell Williams II, the first African-American to win back to back Academy Awards for his work on Glory and Dances With Wolves, in the Spring of 2023, we returned to live screenings and our awesome Awards Ceremony; celebrating the latest season’s Stan Lee Foundation Award Recipient Kelly Hu.
CAPITAL FILM MARKET works in conjunction with The NOVA Fest and the Virginia Film Office to bring sales agents, domestic & international film offices, and buyers from around the globe, searching for and buying new content. In this new media age CAPITAL fully embraces and offers an environment to sell content to platforms such as Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, iTunes, Google play and on and on.
Seminars, panels, receptions and party after party, lead up to an elaborate Oscar-style Awards Ceremony held at the Reston Town Center in Reston, Virginia, home of the brand new LOOK DINE-IN CINEMA! Welcome to the biggest festival and market of its kind in the United States of America! *Note: The CFM is on hiatus for this season to return live in 2025.
The NOVA Fest presents
MAVERICK AWARD RECIPIENT
2023
Kelly Hu
Kelly has starred in over 100 Film & TV productions. She is best known for her roles in X-Men and The Scorpion King.
LEGEND AWARD RECIPIENTS
2019
Russell Williams II
2-Time Oscar Winner for
GLORY and Dances With
Wolves
First African American to win multiple Academy Awards
®
®
2018
Michael Uslan
Executive Producer of JOKER and all modern BATMAN films from Michael Keaton to Robert Pattinson
2017
Eduardo Sánchez
Pioneering filmmaker and director of The Blair Witch Project
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