Directed by Erez Pery Israel/Germany | German w/ English subtitles | Fiction | 2016 | 80 min Film Source: Corinth Films Sponsor: UVM Hillel Showtime: Sunday, October 23 | 1:45 a.m. | FH Based on the memoirs of Rudolf Höss, the longest-serving commandant of Auschwitz, The Interrogation is a taut examination of the psychological complexities of the perpetrators of the […]
Directed by Chad Hartigan Germany/USA | English/German w/ English subtitles | Fiction | 2016 | 91 min Film Source: A24 Sponsor: Bridget Meyer Showtime: Sunday, October 23 | 2:00 p.m. | BB Awards: Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award – Sundance Thirteen-year-old Morris (Markees Christmas), a fish out of water navigating the rapids of teen life, lives in Heidelberg with his […]
Directed by Ferne Pearlstein USA | Documentary | 2016 | 88 min Film Source: Film Collaborative Sponsor: UVM Hillel Showtime: Sunday, October 23 | 3:45 p.m. | FH Director Ferne Pearlstein & Producer Robert Edwards will be in attendance. Can comics make jokes about the Holocaust? This documentary by Ferne Pearlstein — featuring Mel Brooks, Sarah Silverman, Carl Reiner, Rob Reiner and Larry Charles — explores the […]
Directed by Elite Zexer Israel/France | Arabic w/ English subtitles | Fiction | 2016 | 87 min Film Source: Kino Lorber Showtimes: Sunday, October 23 | 4:00 p.m. | BB Awards: Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema – Sundance Film Festival / Roger Ebert Prize for Best Foreign Film for a First-Time Filmmaker – Traverse City Film Festival […]
Directed by Rosemary Myers Australia | Fiction | 2016 | 87 min Film Source: Oscilloscope Sponsor: Bobbie Lanahan Showtimes: Sunday, October 23 | 6:15 p.m. | BB Awards: Best Feature Film – Seattle International Film Festival & Adelaide Film Festival Following in the groundbreaking tradition of Australian young adult films, Girl Asleep is a wild ride through a teenage […]
Directed by Sean McAllister UK/Syria/Lebanon/France | English/French/Arabic w/ English subtitles | Documentary | 2015 | 76 min Film Source: Cat & Docs Sponsor: Vermont Council on World Affairs Showtime: Sunday, October 23 | 6:30 p.m. | FH Awards: Grand Jury Award – Sheffield International Documentary Festival The screening will be preceded by a special reception and […]
Directed by Roberto Ando Italy/France | Italian/French/English w/ English subtitles | Fiction | 2016 | 100 min Film Source: Breaking Glass Pictures Sponsor: 05401 PLUS Showtime: Sunday, October 23 | 8:30 p.m. | BB The peerless Toni Servillo has made a career of turning in one exquisitely realized performance after another, impressing audiences in films like The Great […]
Directed by Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghemi Iran/Germany/Switzerland | Farsi/Dari/English w/ English subtitles | Documentary | 90 min Film Source: Women Make Movies Showtimes: Monday, October 24 | 4:00 p.m. | FH Awards: Grand Jury Prize & Audience Award for World Cinema Documentary – Sundance Film Festival Sonita is a teenage girl, a rapper, an Afghan refugee living in Iran, and, in […]
Directed by Marcin Wrona Poland/Israel | Polish/Yiddish/English w/ English subtitles | Fiction | 2015 | 94 min Film Source: The Orchard Sponsor: Barbara McGrew Showtime: Monday, October 24 | 4:15 p.m. | BB Awards: Best Picture – Austin Fantastic Fest Weddings traditionally hold deep significance in Polish culture. The wedding in Demon is no exception: lavish preparations and seemingly endless imbibing of […]
Directed by Werner Herzog USA | Documentary | 2016 | 98 min | FH Film Source: Magnolia Sponsors: Vermont Technical College / BTV Ignite / Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies / Burlington Generator / Champlain Mini Maker Faire / Alternator Showtime: Monday, October 24 | 6:30 p.m. | FH The screening is preceded by a reception at […]
Directed by Philippe Faucon France | French/Arabic w/ English subtitles | Fiction | 2015 | 79 min Film Source: Kino Lorber Sponsor: Caroline Baird Crichfield Fund for Women in Need, co-sponsor: Alliance française of Vermont Showtimes: Monday, October 24 | 6:45 p.m. | BB Awards: Best Film, Best Adapted Screenplay & Most Promising Actress – César Awards “A small miracle of a […]
Sponsors: Kountry Kart Deli and BCA Source: Sundance Film Festival Lunch included in ticket price Affections | Written & directed by Bridey Elliott | USA | Fiction | 2016 | 16 min This comedy about isolation and loneliness follows a young woman who is adrift and seeking intimacy in the most unlikely places Bacon & God’s […]
Directed by Elite Zexer Israel/France | Arabic w/ English subtitles | Fiction | 2016 | 87 min Film Source: Kino Lorber Showtimes: Tuesday, October 25 | 4:00 p.m. | FH Awards: Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema – Sundance Film Festival / Roger Ebert Prize for Best Foreign Film for a First-Time Filmmaker – Traverse City Film Festival […]
Directed by Nicolas Boukhrief France | French w/ English subtitles | Fiction | 2015 | 89 min Film Source: Distrib Films Sponsor: John Douglas, co-sponsor: Alliance française of Vermont Showtime: Tuesday, October 25 | 4:15 p.m. | BB Made in France tells the story of an undercover journalist who infiltrates a jihadist cell in a Paris suburb, whose mission […]
Directed by Jonah Markowitz & Tracy Wares USA | Documentary | 2016 | 86 min Film Source: Idiot Savant Pictures Sponsor: Madeleine Kunin Showtimes: Tuesday, October 25 | 6:30 p.m. | BB Awards: Best Documentary – Los Angeles Film Festival & Provincetown International Film Festival California Senator Carole Migden will be in attendance. This documentary portrait of the first […]
Phantasm (Remastered) Directed by Don Coscarelli USA | Fiction | 1979 | 88 min Film Source: Silver Sphere Corporation Sponsor: Main Street Landing Showtime: Tuesday, October 25 | 7:00 p.m. | FH Exclusive Vermont Theatrical Screening. Part of the VTIFF After Dark Spotlight […]
Directed by David Hartman USA | Fiction | 2016 | 87 min Film Source: Well Go USA Showtime: Tuesday, October 25 | 9:00 p.m. | FH Exclusive Vermont Theatrical Screening. Part of the VTIFF After Dark Spotlight Presented in partnership with The Green Mountain Gore Society This highly anticipated fifth and final film in the Phantasm series was […]
Directed by Louie Psihoyos USA/UK/Japan/Mexico/Hong Kong/China/Indonesia | Documentary | 2015 | 90 min Film Source: Film Collaborative Sponsors: Jane Kramer, Seventh Generation, Anne Slade Frey Charitable Trust Student Matinee Screening on Wednesday, October 26 | 11:30 a.m. | FH Director Louie Psihoyos will participate in a Q&A via Skype A gripping eco-thriller documentary that examines biodiversity loss, its […]
Sponsors: Kountry Kart Deli and BCA Source: Sundance Film Festival Lunch included in ticket price Jungle | Written & directed by Asantewaa Prempeh | USA | Fiction | 2016 | 13 min The lines between trust, betrayal, and forgiveness are intertwined for two Senegalese vendors as they try to make a living on the streets of […]
Directed by Ashgar Farhadi Iran/France | Farsi w/ English subtitles | Fiction | 2016 | 125 min Film Source: Cohen Media Showtime: Wednesday, October 26 | 3:45 p.m. | FH Awards: Iran’s official submission to the 2016 Academy Awards Ashgar Farhadi’s unnerving pre-credit and opening scenes set the tone for this masterful narrative of a middle-class couple. Emad and Rana, during the course […]