Also screens on Thursday, October 23 | 8 PM | SR
VTIFF celebrates its regional spring festival, offering six favorite short films from our 2025 edition, focusing on Vermont and Quebec, presented in partnership with Vermont Public. In Chantal Caron’s ravishing dance piece, Somber Tides, two avian creatures battle the elements. In Alexandre Isabelle’s À toi les oreilles, townsfolk prepare to celebrate the village anniversary with a grand parade, but our hero Étienne is attempting the impossible. Meredith Holch’s Brother Bird tells three tales of loved ones who visit from the afterlife, told through tissue paper animation. Samuel LaPointe’s witty We Could Be Nemeses focuses on a lovelorn supervillain who falls for a headstrong superhero, then sets out on a crime spree to capture his heart. Virgil Ratelle’s tender, mildly voyeuristic Summer Love eavesdrops on various couples before they go for a swim. And Alexia Roc’s Three Screaming Vaginas offers a triptych of candid short stories that reveal the challenges and splendors of the vaginal experience. ~SM