The 2024 Middleburg Film Festival in Virginia will open with Apple’s Blitz (with writer-director Steve McQueen on hand to collect the fest’s Visionary Director Award), close with Amazon/MGM’s Nickel Boys (with writer-director — and Fairfax native and Georgetown University alum — RaMell Ross in attendance to receive the Special Achievement in Filmmaking Award) and feature Searchlight’s Nightbitch as its Saturday Spotlight (with writer-director Marielle Heller present for a post-screening conversation), the fest announced Thursday.