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With expanded screen time at the Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU, and thanks to our venue sponsor Robertson School of Media and Culture, the 2019 Pro Film Awards will increase the number of its Read more…

Singer-songwriter Tristen, pop star from Nashville, will be featured in the opening video at our 2019 Pro Film Awards event on Saturday, October 26.  Tristen, along with director/musician Shane Tutmarc, agreed to a theatrical premiere Read more…

No, we won’t reveal their names.  But our 2019 festival judges are definitely worth a red carpet celebration. Eight of them in all.  A Poe expert, a media arts reviewer, director of the nation’s top Read more…

For our indie filmmakers, a big Poe Film Festival deadline approacheth. For our indie film stars, our regular submission deadline through FilmFreeway and Withoutabox is June 14.  Our late deadline for film submissions is July Read more…

Our 2019 filmmakers will be treated to state-of-the-art screening facilities at the Robertson Theater at VCU’s Institute for Contemporary Art.  Your film will never look and sound as amazing. From the 14-foot by 28-foot screen, Read more…

Poe Film Festival Pro Film Awards seeks nominations for its 2019 Director’s Award, which recognizes outstanding achievement in creative arts in Virginia. Nominees could excel in cinema, music, entertainment, writing or art. The award will Read more…

Time to write!  The prestigious “Burning Love Screenplay Contest” opened on March 1, with a unique opportunity for screenwriters. If your script is 10 pages or less, it qualifies for film production with your express Read more…

For Virginia and Mid-Atlantic college and Virginia high school filmmakers, you can submit to our Poe Film Festival Awards competitions for free! Simply upload your film and provide your contact information to us at submissions@poefilmfestival.com. Read more…

The Pro Film Awards event celebrates great storytelling in documentary form too. If you’ve produced a documentary film that is creative, unique and evocative, we are looking for you. Edgar Allan Poe’s “Theory of Composition” Read more…

The Poe Film Festival is honored to announce the films selected for our Professional Filmmaker screenings at the historic Grace Street Theater, 934 W. Grace Street, Richmond, VA (on the VCU campus), on Sunday afternoon, Read more…