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Presenting Sponsor: The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation

Tickets will be on sale in August!

Festival Schedule:
● Sponsor & VIP Party – 6:00 PM
● General Admission Doors Open – 7:15 PM
● Festival Screening – 7:30 PM

Light House Studio’s 23rd Annual Youth Film Festival is a wonderful celebration of our community, students, and great filmmaking. The festival highlights student’s stories created during Light House Studio’s many school year workshops, community partnerships, and award-winning Summer Film Academy over the past year.

The Youth Film Festival is our most important fundraiser, providing 20% of our programming budget. Every ticket sold ensures we can keep providing an exceptional and unique filmmaking education to the Charlottesville community.

By attending the Youth Film Festival, you will be part of a first-time viewing experience of student films before they hit the national film festival circuit. To date for the 2023-24 festival circuit, Light House Studio has been honored with a total of 23 film festival acceptances and 9 awards!

Celebrate the art of storytelling with Light House Studio on Friday, September 13th, 2024!
For additional information, click here.

Behind the Scenes of YFF 2023 from Light House Studio on Vimeo.

KNOW BEFORE YOU GO! The Paramount Theater is pleased to bring diverse programming to the stage and screen. The Theater does not provide advisories about subject matter for events, as sensitivities vary. Not all events may appeal to, or be appropriate for, every person. Patrons are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the shows offered in order to make informed decisions prior to purchasing tickets.

In addition to show synopses, trailers, and reviews on our web events, other resources about content and age-appropriateness for specific films can be found on Common Sense Media, IMDb, and DoesTheDogDie.com as well as through general internet searches. For further questions, please contact the Box Office at 434.979.1333 or at boxoffice@theparamount.net, 10AM-2PM Monday-Friday + 1 hour before events.