I Play Rocky wins Virginia Film Festival audience award
Peter Farrelly's film takes the narrative feature prize as the festival hands out its audience awards; it opens in theaters on November 6.
Peter Farrelly's I Play Rocky won the audience award for narrative feature at the Virginia Film Festival, the festival announced. The film stars Anthony Ippolito as Sylvester Stallone, with Tracy Letts playing a United Artists studio head.
The documentary feature audience award went to Admission Possible, co-directed by Matthew Syrett and Bowie Alexander. In the short film categories, Teddy Stern's Getar Hero took the narrative prize and Sarah Ann Kelley: Becoming Visible won for documentary short.
I Play Rocky opens in select theaters on November 6, followed by a wide release on November 20. Amazon MGM is releasing the film.
The festival, reported on by IndieWire, was held in its 39th year and drew more than 26,600 attendees across 134 features screened from Wednesday through Sunday. It opened with The Debut and included international Oscar hopefuls Rose, All of a Sudden and Minotaur, plus Gotham-nominated Mouse.
Elsewhere on the program, David O. Russell and producer Todd Black showed first-look footage of the NFL biopic Madden, starring Nicolas Cage, while Jessica Lange and Nathan Lange gave live talks. IndieWire also hosted a live Screen Talk podcast with Paper Tiger director James Gray ahead of his film's Virginia premiere.
Quick answers
When does I Play Rocky open in theaters?
It opens in select theaters on November 6, with a wide release on November 20.
Who directed I Play Rocky?
Peter Farrelly directed the film, which stars Anthony Ippolito as Sylvester Stallone.
Which films won audience awards at the Virginia Film Festival?
I Play Rocky won narrative feature, Admission Possible won documentary feature, Getar Hero won narrative short and Sarah Ann Kelley: Becoming Visible won documentary short.