Watch the trailer for VAEFF 2018, featuring sneak previews of the exciting selection of films screening at the festival from November 8-10 at DCTV and Tribeca Film Center.

For the fifth year, VAEFF will present “Beauty, Sex & Shame”, a program examining the interplay of beauty, sexual representation, and shame as expressed through art, fashion, and music videos. The works span from sexually provocative rebellion in the new digital age to intimate personal encounters with patriarchal and religious dogmas.

More than a century after the first film was made, artists are still discovering new ways of manifesting through this medium. “Color, Movement & Space” highlights the latest arresting works created among them that push the sensory boundaries for expression through film.

Hand-picked by publicist and curator Niccolo Montanari, “Between Fashion and Music” is a celebration of recent video productions ranging from fashion film and commercials to music videos and short films. 

“On the Margins” is a probing selection of films focused on people who do not fit into society’s norms. Each work gives fresh insight into the human spirit via a variety of filmmaking techniques and viewpoints designed to highlight the outsider’s place.