Ladies & Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen (w/ The Street and Next Floor) Ladies & Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen Presented by VT PBS and RETN Directed by Donald Brittain & Don Owen | Documentary | 1965 | English | 45 min Film Source: NFB This informal black-and-white portrait of Leonard Cohen shows him at age 30 […]
Ninth Floor Presented by VT PBS and RETN Directed by Mina Shum | Documentary | 2015 | 81 mins Film Source: NFB It started quietly when a group of Caribbean students, strangers in a cold new land, began to suspect their professor of racism. It ended in the most explosive student uprising Canada had ever […]
Québec My Country Mon Pays Directed by John Walker | Documentary | 2016 | 89 min Director John Walker will be in attendance. Québec My Country Mon Pays charts the aftermath of Québec’s Quiet Revolution in the 1960s. This social justice movement unleashed dramatic cultural and political changes that led to the separatist movement, the […]
Corbo Directed by Mathieu Denis | Fiction | 2014 | 119 min Film Source: Festival Be For Film Montréal, spring 1966. In a province undergoing profound change, Jean Corbo, an idealistic 16-year-old with a Québécois mother and a father of Italian descent, is torn between two identities. Befriended by Julie and François, two young left-wing […]
Waban-aki: People from Where the Sun Rises Directed by Alanis Obomsawin | Documentary | 2006 | 104 min Film Source: Courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada Yvonne M’Sadoques rocks forward in her chair. She’s lived in the Abenaki community of Odanak for over a century – and has no shortage of stories to […]
Félix & Meira Directed by Maxime Giroux | Fiction | 2014 | 105 min Film Source: Oscilloscope Hadas Yaron (of the internationally acclaimed film Fill the Void) returns to the big screen in Maxime Giroux’s Felix and Meira, a story of an unconventional romance between two people living vastly different lives mere blocks away from […]
D’Encre et de Sang (Of Ink and Blood) Directed by Francis Fortin, Alexis Fortier Gauthier & Maxim Rheault | Fiction | 2016 | 82 min. Film Source: K-Films Amerique All three directors will be in attendance. Sébastien owns a bookshop and has literary ambitions of his own. He befriends Joseph, an established novelist whose work […]
Paul à Québec Directed by François Bouvier | Fiction | 2015 | 98 min Film Source: Les Films Séville Sponsor: Alliance française of the Lake Champlain region Paul is a cartoonist who lives with his girlfriend and their little daughter in Montreal in the summer of 1999. His in-laws, the Beaulieus, are a large, joyful […]
VTIFF & Burlington Book Festival Present: Neruda Sponsored by Champlain College Directed by Pablo Larraín Chile/Spain | Spanish w/ English Subtitles | 2016 | 107 min Followed by an audience Q&A with Latin American Poetry professor and Neruda scholar Tina Escaja In Pablo Larraín’s critically acclaimed new film, beloved poet Pablo Neruda (Luis Gnecco) is also the most famous communist in […]
VTIFF Presents: Glory (Slava) Sponsored by Main Street Landing Directed by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov Bulgaria/Greece | Bulgarian w/ English Subtitles | 2016 | 101 min Tsanko Petrov, a railroad linesman, finds millions in cash on the train tracks. He decides to turn the entire amount over to the police, for which the state […]
VTIFF Presents: In Pursuit of Silence In partnership with All Souls Interfaith Gathering Directed by Patrick Shen USA | 2016 | 81 min Doors will open at 6pm. Peak sunset will occur as you exit the screening. A meditative exploration of our relationship with silence, sound and the impact of noise on our lives. Beginning […]
VTIFF Presents: My Life as a Zucchini (Ma vie de courgette) Sponsored by Main Street Landing Directed by Claude Barras Switzerland/France | French w/ English Subtitles | 2016 | 70 min Rated PG-13 Collaborating with scriptwriter Céline Sciamma, (Girlhood and Tomboy), Barras creates a balance of dark and light and is unafraid to tackle themes […]
Presented by Bright Blue EcoMedia and Main Street Landing Directors Jon Erickson & Jacob Smith will be available for Q&A afterwards. Vermont premiere. A feature documentary at the crossroads of the 2016 election and the fight for civil rights, economic fairness & democracy for all. From the campaign trail with Senator Bernie Sanders to a […]
White River Indie Festival is an educational non-profit dedicated to engaging the public in the political and social issues of our time and to supporting the visual arts through film. Films are selected for their recognized artistic and social merit. By broadening the audience for such films, hosting discussions, and partnering with local public interest […]
Scout is an annual international event that celebrates teen filmmakers through short film. Every year, Scout launches an open call to teen filmmakers worldwide. All films are written, produced and directed by filmmakers 18 and under.Every year, Scout launches an open call to teen filmmakers worldwide. All films are written, produced and directed by filmmakers 18 […]
VTIFF Presents: Food Evolution Sponsored by Main Street Landing Directed by Scott Hamilton Kennedy USA | Documentary | 2017 | 92 min. Food Evolution is set amidst a brutally polarized debate marked by fear, distrust and confusion: the controversy surrounding GMOs and food.Traveling from Hawaiian papaya groves, to banana farms in Uganda to the cornfields of Iowa, Food […]
Click here for tickets. Vermont Lake Monsters vs. Staten Island Yankees Friday, June 30 first pitch at 7:05 pm, gates at 6:00 pm Centennial Field, 287 Colchester Ave., Burlington, VT Tickets are $6 with half of the net proceeds going to VTIFF. Join us at the ballpark to support VTIFF!
VTIFF Presents: Harold and Lillian Sponsored by Main Street Landing Directed by Daniel Raim USA | Documentary | 2016 | 94 min. Post-screening Q & A with the director A deeply moving and yet humorous account of the romantic and creative partnership of storyboard artist Harold Michelson and his wife, film researcher Lillian Michelson—a talented couple […]
Please join us for a Membership Party! As a thanks for your commitment to VTIFF, we want to celebrate YOU! Tuesday, August 22nd 5:30 – 7:30pm ~ Burlington City Arts (BCA) 135 Church St Burlington, VT Appetizers ~ Music ~ Film Festival Previews ~ Cash Bar* Not a member? Join at the party! Lapsed member? […]
VTIFF Presents: I, Daniel Blake Sponsored by Main Street Landing Directed by Ken Loach UK – France – Belgium | 2016 | 100 min. Awarded the Palme d’or at Cannes Film Festival 2016, I, Daniel Blake is a quintessential Loach film. Although set in Northern England, the focus of the film is as poignant there as it […]