Hard Light Cinema is a new Richmond collective of cinephiles bringing arthouse and non-mainstream films to central Virginia. The collaboration with Film Studies at University of Richmond aims to connect UR students/faculty/friends with Richmond city film fans. This fall on campus, movies feature German dialogue with English sub-titles. Doors to screenings open at 6:30 pm
Thursday, Oct. 9, 7- 10 pm, Jepson Hall 118
November 6, 2025 - Ukrop Auditorium
November 7 & 8, 2025 - Jepson 118
Guest Presenter: Tobi Akinde, Nigerian Filmmaker
Focusing on Ghanaian Films, this long weekend is an annual celebration of African culture and cinema. Films are selected to enlarge the audience’s understanding of the social, economic, and cultural issues facing the African continent and of the Diaspora. The films presented are often not widely shown in the United States. The theme for 2025 is “Dream of Africa and the Diaspora.”
Hosted by our colleagues and friends in the Department of Languages, Literatures, & Cultures, with support of the College of Arts & Sciences Dean’s Office; the Center for Global Engagement; and the Cultural Affairs Committee.
Film production students creations are featured in this short video compilation. "I've often noticed that we are not able to look at what we have in front of us, unless it's inside a frame." --Abbas Kiarostami
UR Film students enjoy festivals and screenings with faculty on campus as well as throughout the Central Virginia area. "Being at a film festival reminds me of the power of film. The power that we have in our hands. Telling specific stories about personal matters can start the debate that is needed today, and that connect you with realities that you had no idea were connected." Diego Luna
Sonja Bertucci, assistant professor of languages, literatures, and cultures (film studies), was awarded the Special Jury Award for Inspirational Filmmaking for the film The Diamond Couple at the 2024 Arizona International Film Festival.
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Françoise Ravaux-Kirkpatrick, professor of French and film studies, has been awarded the rank of Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Minister of Culture for her contributions in the artistic and literary field. Learn more.
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Dr. Jessica Chan has published Chinese Revolutionary Cinema: Propaganda, Aesthetics, and Internationalism, 1949–1966 (London: I.B.Tauris, 2019) and has a forthcoming article “Literature of the Oppressed: Lu Xun and Nikolai Gogol,” in Frontiers of Literary Studies in China. .
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UR students turned their passion for film and communications into internships in a highly competitive industry, gaining skills and confidence.
Pocahontas Reframed Film Festival
RVA Environmental Film Festival
Mailing address:
Film Studies Program
217 Carole Weinstein International Center
211 Richmond Way
University of Richmond, VA 23173
Phone: (804) 662 3008
Fax: (804) 289-8313
Film Production Lab: 420 Weinstein Hall
Program Coordinator: Monika Siebert
Academic Administrative Coordinator: Lynn Hardwicke