{"id":247183,"date":"2026-11-12T01:26:28","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T01:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/?post_type=event&#038;p=247183"},"modified":"2026-11-12T01:26:28","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T01:26:28","slug":"alexandria-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/event\/alexandria-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexandria Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"custom_featured_image\" style=\"display:none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-11-202523-300x154.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-11-202523-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-11-202523-768x393.png 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-11-202523-585x300.png 585w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-11-202523.png 777w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><p class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" data-fontsize=\"26\" data-lineheight=\"31.2px\"><strong>Celebrating 20 Years of Independent Film<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Alexandria Film Festival marks its 20th year of celebrating independent film with a record-setting 80 screenings and more than 50 in-person, filmmaker Q&amp;As. 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