Town Meeting TV interview with Orly Yadin September 2020
September 1, 2020
Made Here Showcase 2019 Award Winners
October 19, 2019
And the Made Here Showcase Award Winners are… Hotel Vermont Award for a film with the Best Sense of Place – Birch Urban Rhino Award for Best Cinematography – Little Beeri’s March Hawk Award for Best Screenplay – Dolls Don’t Die (Les poupées ne meurent […]
Seeking Office Mates
May 15, 2019
Do you know any small organizations or individuals seeking great office mates? We welcome small nonprofits, lawyers, therapists and any number of individuals looking for some quiet space in a great location downtown! Location: 156 College St. 3rd Floor (across from City Hall Park) with elevator access Cost: $500-600/mo includes private office (approx. 135 Sq […]
Cultural Leaders Take Action
December 6, 2018
In response to an increase in hate crimes in Vermont, VTIFF and nearly 60 cultural organizations in the state, have signed the following statement promoting inclusion, respect, and change in their communities. “Last month, the FBI reported that hate crimes in Vermont increased for the second year in a row, and are now at their […]
Clean Water Short Film Competition
November 9, 2018
Call all filmmakers!! A partnership between Vermont International Film Festival, ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain and Vermont Clean Water Network. VTIFF seeks films that articulate one of the following: * The cultural, spiritual, environmental or economic values of clean water; * What it could mean to create a “culture of clean water in Vermont; […]
Festival audience reviews
November 1, 2018
Recommendation from an audience member “Congratulations to VTIFF on a wonderful festival! This year, I went to the festival with some trepidation, fearing an amplification of the fatigue and desperation I was suffering in face of the daily reports of a collapsing environment and social sphere. What I found instead was energizing hope: the hope […]
NEQ 2018 Winners
October 31, 2018
DAVID AND THE KINGDOM – James Goldstone Award, a $1,000 cash prize, sponsored by E. W. Stetson and VTIFF for the Most Promising Filmmaker LAKE EFFECT – VT PBS Award, a $500 cash prize for Best Documentary MODIFIED – The Media Factory Award, a $500 cash prize for the Audience Favorite, by popular ballot THE […]
2018 Festival Audience Survey
October 31, 2018
If you attended the 2018 Vermont International Film Festival please take a couple of minutes to fill out our survey.
VTIFF now receiving stock donations!
October 31, 2018
Gifts of stock (or mutual funds, exchange traded funds, bonds, etc.) are a popular way to give because as a non-profit organization, VTIFF can sell the shares of highly appreciated stock without incurring taxes on capital gains. The value of your gift is recorded as the value of stock on the date received. Please contact […]
October 20, 2018
Interview with Orly Yadin about VTIFF 2018
Amazing reactions to screening of Foxtrot
June 1, 2018
Searching for 8mm film of Bread and Puppet Theater
April 29, 2018
The VAMP Steering Committee has decided to focus in 2018 on home movies of Bread and Puppet Theater with the purpose of conservation and digitization. This is a call for any films shot on 8mm or 16mm of Bread and Puppet that were shot in Vermont. At this stage we are not accepting material shot […]
SpreadWildfire – Volunteering Opportunities
August 13, 2017
We have some exciting news to share. We’re one of the 20 organizations that has signed up to the new statewide volunteer site created by ArtsRiot. If you’ve volunteered for VTIFF in the past, or are thinking of doing so (we’re always on the look out for more), we urge you to sign up – […]
Local film found at Library of Congress
June 26, 2017
After years of poking around, Hanover film archivist John Tariot tracked down Where Are Your Husbands?, a 20-minute silent film that Van made under his Georges Mills film company in 1919. The film was among a stack of unidentified reels that been sitting in Library of Congress vault in Virginia. A print of the Billy […]
VTIFF Board of Directors for 2018
January 26, 2017
VTIFF is pleased to announce its officers and board members for 2018. For a full list click HERE. For high res picture of Paula Willoquet-Maricondi click HERE Paula Willoquet-Maricondi is Dean of the Division of Communication and Creative Media at Champlain College. She has a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature & Film Studies from Indiana University, […]
Message from Eric Ford, co-founder of the Burlington Film Society
January 6, 2017
We have some news on the future of the Burlington Film Society to share. After much contemplation, we have decided to discontinue the Burlington Film Society as a program of the Vermont International Film Foundation. Four years of continuous monthly screenings have been very successful and core to the mission that the Film Society was set […]
Julia’s Festival Picks
October 18, 2016
Sonita My favorite film at the festival — gave me a whole new perspective on the reality of living in Iran and Afghanistan today. Starring a teen girl rapper who refuses to be submissive, so much so that she ends up dragging the filmmaker into the story. She is a force that cannot be silenced […]
Luke’s Festival Suggestions
October 18, 2016
Nakom I’ve always had a soft spot for movies about conflicted men returning to their hometown, such as Some Came Running or Five Easy Pieces. In Nakom, this familiar narrative device is used to great effect to explore generational differences and the conflict between tradition and modernity in Ghanaian culture. Gorgeous cinematography and solid performances […]
Orly’s Picks for VTIFF 2016
October 16, 2016
A Syrian Love Story Rarely does a film convey in such complexity and humanity the multi-layer challenges facing a family torn between the desire to fight for human rights in their country and provide a safe and warm place for their kids and themselves. One of the most honest films I’ve seen. Sonita The appeal […]
Eric’s Festival Picks
October 13, 2016
Under The Shadow What can I say? An incredibly scary, political, social gut punch of a film. And, the UK’s submission to the Oscars this year! So much more than a ghost story – takes place during the Iran/Iraq war in the 80s in Tehran. My favorite film of 2016 so far. Best and Most […]