Directed by Greg Whiteley | USA | 2015 | Documentary | 90 mins Sponsor: Lorna-Kay Peal Film Source: One Potato Productions Post-screening panel discussion with Executive Producer Ted Dintersmith Over 120 years ago, the American educational system was designed based on industrial models of organizational structure rather than educational principles. Most Likely to Succeed makes […]
Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer | Denmark/Indonesia/UK/Norway/Finland | Indonesian w/ English subtitles | 2014 | Documentary | 99 mins Special Mention, Venice Film Festival, UNESCO Award for Best Documentary, Sofia International Film Festival; Berlinale; 2015 Peace Film Award. Film Source: Drafthouse Films Filmmaker appearance via Skype for a post-screening Q&A This film is a must see. […]
Directed by Naji Abu Nowar | Jordan/UK/United Arab Emirates/Qatar | Arabic w/ English subtitles | 2015 | Fiction | 96 mins New Directors/ New Films; Best Director, Venice Film source: Film Movement Fans of David Lean’s Lawrence of Arabia might recognize the World War I-era clash of the British and Ottoman empires amidst the windswept […]
Directed by Anna Muylaert | Brazil | Portuguese w/English subtitles | 2015 | Fiction | 105 mins Sponsor: Barbara McGrew Film Source: Oscilloscope Brazil’s official submission to this year’s Oscars is an acutely well-observed and engaging comedy-drama about the unspoken class barriers that exist within a household, especially once they come crashing down after the live-in […]
Cash bar and snacks. Mingle, meet Doreen Kraft who will introduce Sweet Micky for President and fellow cinephiles. Prior to the screening of Sweet Micky for President.
Directed by Ben Patterson | USA | 2015 | Documentary | 89 mins Film Source: Filmmakers Introduced by Doreen Kraft Many years of civil unrest, bloody conflict, and turbulent politics laid the groundwork for one of the more unpredictable and astonishing presidential campaigns in recent history. In the wake of destruction left by the 2010 […]
Made by a Vermont collective of women led by Barbara Hirschfeld & Julia Haines. Short film before the screening of Radical Grace | 1972 | USA | 9 mins Sponsors: VAMP A fascinating feminist experimental fiction shot on location in Vermont about a group of witches performing white magic. Newly digitized from 16mm courtesy of […]
Directed by Rebecca Parrish | USA | 2015 | Documentary | 77 mins Best of Fest, AFI Docs Sponsored by The Caroline Baird Crichfield Fund Film Source: Producers At a time when the Pope is the focus of the world’s attention and portrayed as speaking up for the poor and for the environment, we get […]
Directed by Camilla Nielssen | Denmark | Shona w/ English subtitles | 2014 | Documentary | 99 mins Best Doc Feature, Tribeca Film Source: Upfront Films Camilla Nielssen’s astutely observed, darkly humorous, rousingly energetic chronicle of the drafting of the new Zimbabwean constitution has been rightly dubbed “one of the year’s most invaluable documentaries” by […]
Directed by Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala | Austria | German w/English subtitles | Fiction | 2015 | 99 mins Film Source: Radius TWC Austria’s official submission to this year’s Oscars is a slow-burning doozie of a psychological thriller. A bracingly assured directorial debut by Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz (produced by Ulrich Seidl for […]
Internationally renowned animator Woloshen returns to VTIFF with a special animation workshop. Young and old alike will explore the multiple techniques of camera-less filmmaking and discover new ones along the way. Participants are encouraged to choose materials and tools that work effectively, then scratch, paint and collage directly on to the surface of clear leader, […]
Directed by Tsai Ming-liang | Taiwan | Mandarin/Min Nan w/ English subtitles | 1992/2015 | Fiction | 106 mins Film source: Big World Pictures Tsai Ming-liang is perhaps the most stylistically audacious director to come of age during the Taiwanese cinema’s “Second New Wave” of the 1990s. Rebels of the Neon God – which made […]
Sleepless in Burlington is a 40-hour film competition in which four teams of 4-6 film students from area colleges create short films over the course of a weekend. Returning to the festival as part of VTIFF’s 30th Anniversary Celebration, the competition provides an excellent showcase for the talent and passion of tomorrow’s filmmakers. The completed […]
Directed by Stanley Nelson | 2015 | USA | Documentary | 113 mins Grand Jury Prize, Berlin; Sundance; Audience Choice Award, River Run International Film Festival Co-sponsors: John Douglas & the Peace & Justice Center Film Source: Longshot The first feature-length documentary about the revolutionary Black Panther Party is an intensely compelling survey of the […]
Directed by Herb Di Gioia & David Hancock | 1971/2015 | Documentary | 30 mins Sponsored by Green Valley Media & VAMP (The Vermont Movie Archive Project) Film Source: Filmmaker Di Gioia will be present to introduce his film. Chester Grimes, made in 1971 by Herb Di Gioia and his partner, the late David Hancock, […]
Directed by Stéphane Lafleur | Canada/Québec | French w/ English subtitles | Fiction | 93 mins Sponsored by Allan Nicholls & Nancy Bercaw Listed as “Canada’s Top Ten” feature films of 2014, Tu Dors Nicole is the third film from the Quebec filmmaker, Stéphane Lafleur, who is probably best known as the editor of the Oscar –nominated […]
Vermont Movie Archive Project (VAMP) reception following the screening of Chester Grimes. Snacks and cash bar. Sponsored by VAMP.
Closing Night Film Directed by Thomas Wallner | 2015 | Germany/Canada/Belgium | Documentary | 92 mins Special Jury Prize, Hot Docs; Grand Prize FIFA Sponsors: Main Street Landing Film Source: Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion Special Guests presenting Audience Favorite Awards: The House of LeMay Followed by Closing Night Party at Skinny Pancake Before the Last Curtain […]
Directed by Greg Whiteley USA | Documentary | 2015 | 86 min. This screening is free & open to the public. A discussion will follow the screening. For most of the last century, entry-level jobs were plentiful, and college was an affordable path to a fulfilling career. That world no longer exists. The feature-length documentary […]
Presented by Main Street Landing and VTIFF Louder Than Bombs Directed by Joachim Trier (Oslo, August 31st, Reprise) Norway (English Language) | Fiction/Drama | 2015 | 109 min. Starring Amy Ryan, Gabriel Byrne, Isabelle Huppert, Jesse Eisenberg, David Strathairn Cannes Film Festival 2015, Nominated for Palme d’Or Norwegian International Film Festival 2015, Won Norwegian Film […]