Agents of Change What a timely and important documentary. A must see if you care at all about racial conditions on college campuses, then and now. The Interrogation Incredibly acted and masterfully paced. Kept me at the edge of my seat. Powerfully intense in a restrained kind of way, which made it all the more […]
Contemporary Color David Byrne & Co. get their collaborative ya-yas on in this exuberant performance film, featuring St. Vincent, tUnE-yArDs, Ira Glass, Ad-Rock, and more. Smells like team spirit in the best possible way. Sixty Six Artist Lewis Klahr’s stop-motion collage is a one-of-a-kind offering, as aurally fascinating as it is visually, merging high art […]
A fantastic strategic game for 2 or more male players. 1 – Singing while sitting + 5 points 2 – Staring at the sea with one hand on the waist + 3 points 3 – Chewed fingernails – 3 points 4 – Drinking a glass of water + 1 points 5 – Fixing hair with […]
Craig Atkinson is no stranger to the world of law enforcement. His father was a police officer for 29 years in a city outside of Detroit; he was also the commander of a SWAT team from 1989 to 2002. However, since the time of his father’s retirement in 2002, there have been some profound changes […]
The latest Studio Ghibli release, Isao Takahata’s Only Yesterday is not brand new, but feels that way. Originally released in 1991, but having never garnered an official US release until now, Only Yesterday is the type of personal story that you would find in a live action film. Takahata, who most recently was nominated for […]
10,000 KM opens with a shot that continues unbroken for over 20 minutes as the viewer falls into the easy rhythms, daily rituals, and casual intimacy of Sergi and Alex, a young Spanish couple contemplating having a child together. But the shot is broken soon after Alex reveals she has been accepted into a residency […]
Newcomer Royalty Hightower is riveting in Anna Rose Holmer’s debut feature The Fits. Whether she’s pushing herself to physical extremes while training as a boxer or struggling to learn choreography to audition for the dance team or standing still in watchful silence, Hightower commands the screen. Her thoughtful, intense performance is essential to the film’s […]
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The Vermont International Film Foundation seeks a creative and articulate relationship-builder to work with the Executive director to serve as part-time Development Officer. The Development Officer will be responsible for: Researching the most suitable CRM software for the organization (including ticketing, membership, volunteers and donors), implementing the system to maintain direct solicitation lists, fundraising files, track […]
Here’s a little primer to help audiences unfamiliar with Shakespeare appreciate Chimes at Midnight which Welles claimed as his best work. Welles and Shakespeare: Welles’ relationship to Shakespeare goes back to when he was given A Midsummer Night’s Dream, his first primer. At 15, Welles was playing both Marc Anthony and Cassius in a production of […]
We just received a $2,000 match fund. Your $$$ will be doubled and it’s on a first come first served basis. Please help us achieve our goal – we need to raise $30,000. If you care about Vermont’s film heritage, DONATE NOW! VAMP‘s mission is to locate, restore, catalog, preserve and make available to the […]
“If I wanted to get into heaven on the basis of one movie, that’s the one I would offer up. I think it’s because it is, to me, the least flawed . . . I succeeded more completely, in my view, with that than with anything else.” —ORSON WELLES Chimes At Midnight is Shakespeare. It […]
Ever watched a 100-year-old feature film? Ever watched it on a big screen with music, running at the correct speed, at full frame silent aperture and 4×3 aspect ratio? You have?! How about all of the above but also shot on location in Vermont? A Vermont Romance was filmed in June /July of 1916 – on […]
In this moment, it is not possible for me to know, dear reader, if the infinite jungle has started on me the process that has taken many others that have ventured into these lands, to complete and irremediable insanity. If this is the case, I can only apologize and ask for your understanding, for the […]
VPR: Vermont Edition, Tuesday, March 22, 2106: Orly Yadin, Executive Director of VTIFF talks to Jane Lindholm about A Vermont Romance centenary tour and about VAMP
Leila Sansour in conversation with VTIFF Executive Director Orly Yadin before the opening night of the 2016 Global Roots Film Festival: The Middle East
Sounds stir memories. Memories evoke emotions. Emotions conjure images. Images create reflections. And so it goes. Thoughts beget thoughts, discursive ruminations give way to associative insights, stories lead to stories in Laurie Anderson’s beguiling, captivating meditation on life, loss, and dogs. Among other matters. “I started with some dog stories and then when it became […]
When a notorious white supremacist moves into a small North Dakotan village with plans of creating a haven and headquarters for hate groups around the country, the residents react with a mixture of outrage, disbelief and dismay. As the limits of free speech are tested and the bounds of local government are challenged, two documentary […]
Moving from last month’s tale of estranged brothers and the wintry Icelandic expanse of Rams, the first Burlington Film Society screening of 2016 switches focus to the tight-knit and loving relationship between five sisters in the sunny, lustrous environs of the Northern Turkish countryside in Mustang. Director Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s Oscar-nominated film presents the story of […]
Here’s a place to share the films that moved, entertained, provoked, and delighted you over the past year. If you would like to add your list of favorites from 2015, just email seth@vtiff.org with your name, movie titles, and a picture. Seth Jarvis Mad Max: Fury Road The Duke of Burgundy Clouds of Sils Maria […]