Opens Friday, August 16th

Based on the runaway bestseller, this inspiring comedy about Bernadette Fox (Cate Blanchett), a loving mom who becomes compelled to reconnect with her creative passions after years of sacrificing herself for her family. Bernadette’s leap of faith takes her on an epic adventure that jump-starts her life and leads to her triumphant rediscovery. Directed by Richard Linklater (Bernie, Boyhood). (PG-13)

Friday, August 16th, at 9:15pm

Three teenagers learn a lot about life and love one summer in this romantic comedy-drama. For sexy Daisy Araujo (Julia Roberts), her sensible sister Kat (Annabeth Gish) and their wisecracking friend Jojo (Lili Taylor), the summer after high school is a summer they’ll never forget. Slinging pizza at a local restaurant in the resort community of Mystic, CT, the three girls share their hopes, dreams and plans for escaping their small town. (1988, R, 105mins)

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Billi (Awkwafina), a headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Her Chinese family, knowing that she has only a short while left to live, decide to keep her in the dark. They schedule an impromptu wedding as a pretense to gather everyone together one last time before she dies. Billi struggles with her traditional Chinese family and their decision to orchestrate the elaborate charade. Written and directed by Lulu Wang. (PG, 98 mins)

“Awkwafina has gone from rapper to comedic powerhouse, and now, most powerfully, to indie darling in ‘The Farewell.’ It’s one of the year’s sweetest films.” – Johnny Oleksinki, New York Post

“A funny, emotionally intricate and deeply moving tale of severed connections and renewed family ties.” – Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

“The Farewell is so unexpectedly and deliciously funny that watching it feels like a tonic — an immersion in love and art.” – Moira Macdonald, The Seattle Times

Tuesday, August 13, at 8:00pm (Screening Group A)
Thursday, August 15, at 8:00pm (Screening Group B)
Saturday, August 17, at 5:00pm (Best Of)

Grassroots indie filmmaking: See what the locals can do!

In early August local filmmakers will take 2 days to make a short 5-7 minute film. Now everyone’s film screens and the players compete for Audience Favorite and to make The Best Of the 48HFP Hampton Roads screening. Audiences choose their favorite films on Tuesday & Thursday nights.

Screening Group A’s films are shown Tuesday, August 13th, at 8:00pm.
Screening Group B’s films are shown on Thursday, August 15th, at 8:00pm.
The Best Of films are shown on on Saturday, August 17th, at 5:00pm.

$8 admission for Tues & Thur, $5 for Sat. (Naro Ticket Books are valid).

Tuesday, August 20th, at 7:15pm
Presented with Chrysler Museum

Voyage through the masterpieces and obsessions of the genius and founder of Impressionism, Claude Monet. An art-world disruptor at the turn of the 20th century whose obsession with capturing light and water broke all convention, Monet revolutionized Modern Art with his timeless masterpieces. An in-depth, exclusive tour led by Monet scholars of the museums that house the largest collections of the prolific artist’s paintings including the Musée Marmottan Monet, the Orsay Museum, the world-famous panels at L’Orangerie and concluding with Monet’s own house and gardens at Giverny. (85 mins)

Introduction by Lloyd DeWitt, the Chief Curator of Chrysler Museum.

Wednesday, August 21st, at 7:15pm

You thought you knew him – more than 50 years in the public eye as a founder of Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. Meet the David Crosby you didn’t know in this portrait of a man with everything but an easy retirement on his mind – he’s had four new solo albums in the last five years. With unflinching honesty, self-examination, regret, fear, exuberance and an unshakable belief in family and the transformative nature of music, Crosby shares his often challenging journey. The title is a word play on his 1971 solo album, “If I Could Only Remember My Name.” (95 mins)

Thursday, August 22nd, at 8:15pm

Sure to be a crowd pleaser, 6/17/91 is one of only two shows in the Grateful Dead’s archive recorded to 48-track analog tape, providing spectacular and unprecedented audio quality. The show features fan favorites such as “Eyes Of The World,” “Truckin’,” “Uncle John’s Band,” along with Grateful Dead rarities including “Saint Of Circumstance,” “Might As Well,” “New Speedway Boogie,” and much more. Mixed by Jeffrey Norman in glorious surround sound at Bob Weir’s TRI Studios, mastered by David Glasser at Airshow Mastering, with video from the multi-camera live edit, this will be the first time the Bruce Hornsby and Vince Welnick line-up has ever appeared on the big screen. (162 mins)

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Monday, August 19th, at 7:00pm
Tuesday, August 20th, at 1:00pm

The star, of course, is Marilyn, and that’s all that needs to be said. Based on the Broadway play, Billy Wilder’s classic comedy is devoted to the premise that husbands reportedly get an “itch” after seven years of marriage. Such frenzy is encouraged by the fact that the wife is away for the summer, and Marilyn Monroe, playing a model, lives upstairs. It’s the perfect comedy for the summer. Tom Ewell is hilarious as the befuddled middle-aged husband who doesn’t quite know what to do with Marilyn. She is most avid about Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto and cooling off her underwear in the fridge. Summertime galore! Monroe’s comic gift is proven throughout. (1955, 105 mins)

This is the finale of the festival, which means it is the night when we vote for the four top performances, then party on the corner at YNot Italian—and everyone is invited.