2025 Official Selections
Preserved selections from our 2025 festival. The full 2025 festival did not take place. Filmmaker credits and status notes are preserved for historical record.
Fest Note
KAOS
Directed by: MARCUS VANCE
Fest Note
IZANAGI
Directed by: ELENA ROSTOVA
Fest Note
SKELETON COAST
Directed by: JULIAN THORNE
Fest Note
PICCOLO
Directed by: SARA KIM
Fest Note
GAM-GAM'S YAM JAM
Directed by: O. THOMPSON
Fest Note
GENERATIONAL WEALTH
Directed by: D. STERLING
2024 Festival Archive
Records of screenings and official winners from the 2024 festival held June 22-23, 2024.
Best Feature Film
Director: Marcus Thorne
Title: 'The Silent Archive'
JUNE 23, 2024
Best Documentary
Director: Elena Vance
Title: 'Echoes of the DMV'
JUNE 23, 2024
Best Short Film
Director: Julian Reed
Title: 'The Last Light'
JUNE 23, 2024
Best Directorial Vision
Director: Sarah Chen
Title: 'The Architect'
JUNE 23, 2024
Historical Archive
A curated documentation of DMViFF's evolution, capturing the spirit of independent cinema and the DMV region's creative community since 2009.
