The Virginia Film Festival (VAFF), a program of the University of Virginia, announced today that legendary actress and two time OscarⓇ winner Jessica Lange will receive a Virginia Film Festival Visionary Award, recognizing an artist whose culture defining body of work and enduring contributions have changed the course of modern cinema.
The Virginia Film Festival has announced the lineup for its upcoming 39th year, set for October 21-25, 2026 in Charlottesville, VA.
Nathan Lane will receive the Visionary Award at the Virginia Film Festival next month. The Tony and Emmy-winning actor is being recognized as an artist whose culture-defining body of work and enduring contributions have changed the course of modern cinema.
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The fest will also screen two films in which Lange stars: 'Long Day's Journey Into Night,' a new adaptation of the classic play, and 1994's 'Blue Sky,' for which Lange won the second of her two Oscars.
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