2024 NOVA FEST FILMS
Live Screenings
Q&A to Follow
(Films subject to change without notification).
Reston Town Center
11940 Market Street
Reston, VA 20190
USA
HOMELESS KWON JENNY
**Filmmaker will be IN ATTENDENCE for Q&A.
In the threshold between life and eternity, right after death but right before heaven, lies "The Rest Stop for Souls". Here, three women; ages 10, 25, and 75, come together only to find that they are all in fact, Jenny Kwon.
Feature
Drama/Musical
Korea
01:20:51
Thursday (6-9PM)
(Films subject to change without notification).
Courage on Canvas
**Filmmaker will be IN ATTENDENCE for Q&A.
Drugs, violence and social injustice challenge the healthy development of Black boys in Washington DC’s Wards 7 and 8. The odds of safely reaching adulthood may seem insurmountable. But one youth development organization has broken the cycle … with art.
Documentary Short
USA
05:28
Saturday
(Films subject to change without notification).
Tapawingo
(6 - 8PM)
**Filmmaker will be IN ATTENDENCE for Q&A.
An oddball becomes the bodyguard for a misfit teenager and finds himself in the crosshairs of the town's family of bullies. Starring Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite), Gina Gershon (Showgirls), John Ratzenberger (Cheers), and local DMV celeb Chad Dukes (The Big O and Dukes Show).
Feature
Comedy
USA
01:48:58
(SOLD OUT)
Virtual Screenings
One Day Pass ($10) and All Fest Passes ($25) Available April 21!
(Films subject to change without notification).
BIKE COPS
An amateur camera crew follows two police officers in a specialized division called the "Bike Cops" seeking recognition and more importantly, funding for their division.
Short
Comedy
USA
12:44
Cash Crop
Cash Crop tells the story of life-long Lunenburg County farmer Cecil Shell, and his work to hold on to the tradition of agriculture, which his family has been cultivating on the same land for generations, all while working within a now present time that's changing the use of land to solar facilities, and leading his community to a place of preserving history while embracing the future.
Documentary Short
USA
10:00
Clear Day Thunder: Rescuing the American Chestnut
This is the story of a tree. A mighty wonder that graced the forests of Appalachia and sustained all forms of life. Embraced us, from cradle to grave.
Documentary
USA
51:30
DRAGON FRUIT
In a violent, dystopian future, a single mother attempts to grow a dragon fruit sprout so she can one day sell it for cash.
Short
Drama, Sci Fi
Canada
27:10
Drawn Apart
For Edie, it isn't a matter of what happens when we die. It is a matter of what happens when we live?
Short
Thriller
USA
09:00
Fleeced
A former child star, haunted by his past, becomes a serial killer.
Short
Thriller
USA
22:37
Foxfield Races
A short film depicting what it's like on race day at the Foxfield Races in Virginia.
Documentary Short
USA
02:45
Garbage Out
On the morning of trash day, a young woman discovers her estranged friend living in her garbage can. But what does it actually mean to "be garbage"
Short
Comedy
USA
09:00
non grata
Jude Lavine has a secret admirer. As the Queen Bee of Lakeview high, she never thought much of it. But after getting dumped by her long-time boyfriend, and replaced with another girl, maybe a secret admirer is a good thing to have on your side. **East Coast Premiere!
TV Series
Comedy, Drama, Coming of Age, Teen
USA
01:20:51
Nuptial Geographic
A nature mockumentary that follows the stressful process of a couple planning their wedding day.
Short
Comedy, Mockumentary
USA
06:05
Past Prologue
An interracial couple reconnects after 60 years. Robert and Claudette have a chance encounter in a coffee shop, their first meeting since they dated over 60 years ago.
Short
Romance
USA
13:35
Plastic Ransom
A reclusive phone scammer finds himself in grave danger when the loved one of an old victim reaches out with a bold threat.
Short
Thriller, Comedy
USA
03:15
Searching For The Elephant
Jason Bowden (21), who has been in and out of trouble with the law, struggles with addiction and has pushed most everyone out of his life.
Feature
Drama
USA
01:56:58
She Said Yes
Music video of She Said Yes written by J HENDERSON, Q Phrazyr and D Harris. Performed by same. Engineers by Juan Supa Ears Gomez.
Music Video
USA
04:02
Stories Written Along COVID Walls
We all have our own experiences from 2020. We all have our own experiences from the pandemic and everything that it brought to all chapters of our lives.
Trailer
USA
02:47
The Assassin's Apprentice 2: Silbadores of the Canary Islands
Kaylee, an apprentice assassin for TAA Corp., is taking a long-deserved vacation in the Canary Islands, when her Freerunner drone arrives to project a holographic image of Rick, her handler.
Short
Action, Thriller
USA
25:23
The Kite
A story of childhood, parenthood, and asking for help. Set in the 1930s, Robert, a young boy, wants nothing more than a brand-new kite, but what will his dad say about it?
Short
Drama, Period
USA
10:02
Through the Lines
THROUGH THE LINES follows the men’s North Carolina Fusion U23 soccer team as they compete in the 2021 season. Some of the players are homegrown locals who have played with NC Fusion for years, while others have played in the most prestigious academies in Europe, South America, and the US.
Documentary
USA
01:58:31
Waiting for Galdot
Reality clashes with the metaverse, when seven employees gathering for a celebratory end of year Chinese dinner have their lives upended, when their fortune cookies begin controlling their fate.
Short
Comedy
USA
10:00