Directed by Rosemary Myers Australia | Fiction | 2016 | 87 min Film Source:  Oscilloscope Sponsor: Bobbie Lanahan Showtimes: Friday, October 28 | 8:45 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 girl’s […]

Directed by Paddy Breathnach Cuba/Ireland | Spanish w/ English subtitles | Fiction | 2015 | 100 min Film Source:  Magnolia Showtime: Friday, October 28 | 9:00pm | FH Awards: Ireland’s official submission to the 2015 Academy Awards This finely wrought drama of a young, aspiring drag performer in Havana contending with his newly released convict father and […]

Directed by Kadri Kousaar Estonia | Estonian w/ English subtitles | Fiction | 2016 | 89 min Film Source: Film Sales Co. Showtime: Saturday, October 29 | 11:30 a.m. | BB Awards: Estonia’s official submission to the 2016 Academy Awards What is it with the films of Scandinavia and neighboring countries, such as Estonia, and their penchant for […]

Directed by Dave Simonds USA | Documentary | 2016 | 63 min Film Source:  Filmmakers Showtime: Saturday, October 29 | 1:00 p.m. | FH A panel discussion, including director Dave Simonds; producer Sarah Gardner; Heather Darby, associate professor at the UVM College of Agriculture & Life Sciences and local dairy farmers will follow the screening. A fascinating […]

Directed by Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghemi Iran/Germany/Switzerland | Farsi/Dari/English w/ English subtitles | Documentary | 90 min Film Source:  Women Make Movies Showtime: Saturday, October 29 | 1:30 p.m. | BB 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 her […]

Directed by Amy Hardie UK | Documentary | 2016 | 83 min Film Source:  Cargo Showtime: Saturday, October 29 | 3:30 p.m. | FH POV Exec. Producer Justine Nagan and film producer Lori Cheatle will be in attendance. This screening is a special preview of an upcoming broadcast of the long-running POV program on Vermont PBS. Documenting six hospice patients at Strathcarron in […]

Directed by Martin Butler & Bentley Dean Australia/Vanuato | Nauvhal w/ English subtitles | Fiction | 2016 | 104 min Film Source:  Lightyear Entertainment Showtime: Saturday, October 29 | 3:45 p.m. | BB Awards: Best Direction in a Feature Film – Australian Directors Guild Awards / Best Cinematography – Venice Film Festival / Australia’s official submission to the 89th Academy Awards […]

Directed by Ramzi Ben Sliman France | French/Arabic w/ English subtitles | Fiction | 2015 | 80 min Film Source:  Visit Films French films in the festival are co-sponsored by Alliance française of Vermont Showtime: Saturday, October 29 | 6:15 p.m. | BB There’s nothing like a first crush — the first stirrings of attraction, the exhilaration and […]

Directed by Danae Elon Canada/Israel | Hebrew/Arabic/English w/ English subtitles | Documentary | 2015 | 87 min Film Source:  Filmoption International Sponsor:  Burlington-Bethlehem-Arad Sister City Program Showtime: Saturday, October 29 | 6:45 p.m. | FH Awards:  Special Jury Prize – Haifa International Film Festival Director Danae Elon will be in attendance. Filmmaker Danae Elon, the daughter of writer Amos Elon, grew up in Jerusalem before relocating […]

Directed by Ashgar Farhadi Iran/France | Farsi w/ English subtitles | Fiction | 2016 | 125 min Film Source:  Cohen Media Showtime: Saturday, October 29 | 8:30 p.m. | BB 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 […]

Directed by Babak Anvari Jordan/UK | Farsi w/ English subtitles | Fiction | 2016 | 86 min Film Source: Vertical Entertainment Showtime: Saturday, October 29 | 9:00 p.m. | FH Part of the VTIFF After Dark Spotlight Director Babak Anvari’s first feature film will surely draw comparisons to The Babadook. As in that contemporary classic, there’s a great deal lurking under the surface. […]

Directed by Pia Marais South Africa/Germany | Fiction | 2013 | 108 min Film Source:  Filmmaker Showtime: Sunday, October 30 | 11:00 am | FH For her third feature film, Pia Marais – who has lived in Berlin for many years – returned to South Africa where she grew up to make this classy thriller. Layla Fourie (Rayna Campbell), a young single-mother who […]

Directed by Kristi Zea USA | Documentary | 2015 | 81 min Film Source: RubyRed Productions Sponsor: Barbara Zucker Showtime: Sunday, October 30 | 1:15 p.m. | FH Director Kristi Zea, Producer Caroline Goodman-Thomases and Producer Jacki Ochs will be in attendance An intimate portrait of the groundbreaking artist Elizabeth Murray, Everybody Knows… explores the relationship between Murray’s family life and career and reconsiders her […]

Directed by Fernando Pérez Cuba/Spain | Spanish w/ English subtitles | Documentary | 2003 | 85 min Film Source: Americas Media Initiative Sponsor: Anna Blackmer Showtime: Sunday, October 30 | 1:45 p.m. | BB Part of the Cuban Cinema Spotlight Producer Dany Diaz and AMI Director Alex Halkin will be in attendance.  Fernando Pérez, who wrote and directed Suite Habana, is considered by many […]

Directed by Lewis Klahr USA | Animation/Experimental | 2002-2015 | 90 min Film Source: Filmmaker Sponsor:  Judy Gerber Showtime: Sunday, October 30 | 3:15 p.m. | FH Director Lewis Klahr will participate in a Q&A via Skype. Combining ambitious artistry and formal inventiveness with a pulp sensibility, an ingenious approach and a bit of kitsch, master collagist and […]

Directed by Fernando Pérez Cuba | Spanish w/ English subtitles | Fiction | 2014 | 97 min Film Source:  Americas Media Initiative Sponsor: Anonymous Showtime: Sunday, October 30 | 4:00 p.m. | BB Producer Dany Diaz and AMI Director Alex Halkin will be in attendance. Part of the Cuban Cinema Spotlight We are pleased to present two of Fernando Pérez’s films […]

Directed by Bill Ross IV & Turner Ross USA | Documentary | 2016 | 107 min Film Source:  Oscilloscope Sponsor:  Lyric Theatre Showtime: Sunday, October 30 | 6:30 p.m. | FH Awards:  Best Documentary Cinematography & Best Editing – Tribeca Film Festival * Closing Night Film * When David Byrne was asked by a high school color guard […]