VTIFF is proud to be a Community Partner of the 2016 Freedom and Unity TV youth film contest! The highlights of this year’s contest: Age limit of filmmakers – 30. Any Vermont filmmaker (or someone who goes to school here) age 14 to 30 is eligible. Categories are: Vermont history; art & culture; current events; […]
Two neighbors – brothers, estranged for decades, communicating only through notes couriered by collie – find themselves on the same side of a dilemma when the possibility of disease threatens not only their livestock, but their entire way of life in Grímur Hákonarson’s tale of a small shepherding community in rural Iceland. Suffused with droll wit […]
Pillow Talk – Lincoln Hayes & Rachel Riendeau Hayes for Best Screenwriting & the James Goldstone Award Headliner – Cal Hopwood & Michael Fisher for Best Cinematography Sabra – Bill Phillips for Best Film About a Vermonter She Sings to the Stars – Larry Cedar for Best Actor Hurt – Ethan Murphy for […]
6 FILM NONPROFITS TO SUPPORT IN NEW ENGLAND Here’s a film charity for each state: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont 5 DEC , 2015 POSTED BY: NEWENGLANDFILM.COM How about spreading some holiday joy (and much-needed money) to these six local film nonprofits? We’ve chosen one for each New England state. Of course, there […]
We’re happy to announce the lineup of films selected for the 2015 Showcase. The films will be shown Friday Oct 23 and Saturday Oct 24 at the Black Box, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, 60 Lake Street, Burlington. Screening times will be announced shortly. All screenings are free to the public, donations welcome. The […]
Stowe Story Labs and the Vermont International Film Foundation are pleased to announce the 2015 VTIFF Fellowship to the Labs. The non-profit Stowe Story Labs run from September 12 – 15 at the Helen Day Art Center in Stowe, Vermont and bring emerging screenwriters, filmmakers and creative producers from around the world together with top […]
For a limited time VTIFF members are eligible to receive MovieMaker Magazine in print at $14.95. That’s more than 60 percent off the newsstand price. And with it you’ll receive a Free digital subscription. OR, VTIFF members can choose to purchase digital only at $7.95. Become a member of VTIFF and receive the special promo code!
June 10 – Special message recorded by Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow and the film’s star Chris Pratt, to the audience attending the special benefit screening for VTIFF’s education programs. Thank you Colin, Chris and Universal Studios!
The Burlington Film Society (BFS) and the Regional Educational Television Network (RETN) are pleased to announce Burlington Film Society Presents, a community curated series of classic films, from Hollywood hits to B-list sci-fi and horror, that explores our personal connections to the movies. Community members will share stories about the films that are important to […]
Beatlemania has come to Janus Films and The Criterion Collection and will make a local appearance with the Burlington Film Society and the Vermont International Film Foundation. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of A Hard Day’s Night from director Richard Lester, Janus Films has released the film theatrically with the Criterion Collection producing a dual-format […]
The appearance of a stranger who brings about a radical revision in a domestic situation is a narrative starting point of such dramatic potential it virtually constitutes a genre of modern drama. The premise has generated at least 4 cinematic master works- Jean Renoir’s Boudu Saved From Drowning (1932), Roman Polanski’s Cul-de-Sac (1966), Pier Paolo […]
7 Days – Ethan de Seife – June 24, 2014 One of the biggest surprises in recent international cinema has been the critical and commercial success of the Romanian New Wave. The cinematic history of the small, mountainous country is not particularly rich, largely due to the fact that so much of its modern culture had been squelched […]
-By Barry Snyder Ever since the great pulse of youthful rebelliousness and cinematic innovation emerging in France in the late 1950’s was tagged La Nouvelle Vague, journalists have been irresistibly drawn to the figure of waves to mark whatever new surge of cinematic activity is perceived to be rising in some unexpected place around the […]
The Vermont International Film Festival is proud to celebrate Vermont filmmaking with our annual Vermont Filmmakers’ Showcase™, the oldest and largest juried presentation of Vermont films in the state. DOWNLOAD THE APPLICATION HERE We accept all genres, styles and lengths. There is no fee for Vermont films or videos submitted. The selected films will be […]
One Alcoholic to Another, a film by Vermont filmmakers Eleanor Lanahan and Orly Yadin, airs on Maine Public Broadcast Network Thursday June 12, 2014 at 10pm and Saturday June 14 at 11am. The film premiered at the Vermont Filmmakers’ Showcase 2012. Read the interview with the filmmakers here: MPBN-One Alcoholic To Another
May 2014, Montpelier, VT: Executive Director of VTIFF, Orly Yadin, talks to Eric Clemons about changes in 2014 and plans for the future
Genevieve Jacobs on Maidentrip, the timeless aspects of voyaging, and the lived and unlived lives of parents and children An interview by Barry Snyder, Burlington Film Society Founder See the film Maidentrip Thursday, May 22nd at 7pm, at The Main Street Landing Film House. More info and tickets here Genevieve Jacobs is in a unique […]
7 Days – Margot Harrison – Short Takes on Film – May 7, 2014 Global Roots, ‘Maidentrip,’ ‘The Shooting Party’… The Vermont International Film Foundation relaunches its Global Roots film series this Sunday with a screening of Belvedere accompanied by a discussion with Bianka LeGrand, a Burlington city councilor and Vermont’s first Bosnian-born elected official [ …] Director Jillian […]
November 14, 2013: Williston Observer, staff reporter: “A film co-directed and edited by Williston resident Jim Heltz won two awards at the 2013 Vermont International Film Festival…”. Read whole article
VPR Neil Charnoff, All Things Considered, Feb 27, 2014 “Film fans in the Burlington area heard some welcome news last week. The Burlington Film Society has partnered with the Vermont International Film Foundation, in the hopes of cultivating Vermont’s film culture …” L>R: Barry Snyder, Orly Yadin, Eric Ford. Photo by Sareet Rosenstein [button link=”http://digital.vpr.net/post/film-groups-join-forces-burlington”] LISTEN TO FULL INTERVIEW WITH […]