Note: No advance booking – payment at the door for all Lunchtime Shorts programs – CASH OR CHECK ONLY. Gold Pass holders: bring your pass. Seating on a first come-first served basis. Please arrive ahead of screening time to allow for picking up your lunch. Lineup: Fell | Holly Voges & Lisa Joyce – Directors | USA | […]
The Good Postman (Hyvä postimies) Directed by Tonislav Hristov Bulgaria | 2016 | Documentary | 80 min | Bulgarian w/English subtitles Film Source: Film Rise Co-Sponsors: VT Council on World Affairs, Nick and Bridget Downey-Meyer Also showing Sunday, October 22 at 4:30PM A small village in Bulgaria sets the stage for a story that will […]
Spettacolo Directed by Jeff Malmberg & Chris Shellen USA | 2017 | Documentary | 91 min | Italian w/English subtitles Film Source: Grasshopper Awards / premier festivals: Hot Docs; SXSW Sponsors: 05401 / 05401PLUS *Post screening Q&A with directors Malmberg and Shellen – Sat screening* Also showing Saturday, October 21 at 7:15PM Villagers in the […]
Sami Blood Directed by Amanda Kernell Sweden/Denmark/Norway | 2017 | Fiction | 110 min | Swedish/Sami w/English subtitles Film Source: Kino Lorber Sponsor: Barbara McGrew Also showing Thursday, October 26 at 7:00PM This sensitive coming-of-age film brings audiences back in time to Northern Sweden in the 1930s and the colonial oppression of the indigenous Sami […]
Pop Aye Directed by Kirsten Tan Thailand/Singapore | 2017 | Fiction | 102 min | Thai w/English subtitles Film Source: Kino Lorber Sponsor: Duncan Wisniewski Architecture Awards/premier festivals: Sundance Also showing Friday, October 27 at 7:15PM Kirsten Tan’s debut film Pop Aye (the first film from Singapore to play at the Sundance Film Festival) co-stars […]
Jasper Jones Directed by Rachel Perkins Australia | 2017 | Fiction | 102 min Film Source: Film Movement Sponsor: Nokian Tyres Also showing Sunday, October 22 at 11:45AM Centered on a 14-year-old boy caught up in a murder mystery involving a part-Aboriginal suspect, this outstanding adaptation of Craig Silvey’s novel of the same name should […]
Lantouri Directed by Reza Dormishian Iran | 2017 | Fiction | 115 min | Farsi w/English subtitles Film Source: Iranian Independents Reza Dormishian is one of the most prominent and controversial directors of the new, disenfranchised generation of Iranian filmmakers (his previous film, I’m Not Angry!, is banned in Iran). Lantouri is the name of […]
Lucky Directed by John Carroll Lynch USA | 2017 | Fiction | 88 min Film Source: Magnolia Pictures Awards/premier festivals: SXSW Sponsor: Wake Robin Also showing Sunday, October 29 at 3:00PM An irreverent, funny, spiritual journey of a 90-year-old curmudgeon, Lucky stars Harry Dean Stanton (Paris, Texas) — who passed away last month at the […]
The Summer is Gone (Ba Yue) Directed by Dalei Zhang China | 106 min | Fiction | Mandarin w/English subtitles Film Source: Pad International Sponsor: A Single Pebble Also showing Saturday, October 21 at 12:30PM Beautifully shot in widescreen black and white, The Summer Is Gone is set in Inner Mongolia in the early 1990s, […]
Graduation Directed by Cristian Mingiu Romania/France/Belgium | 2016 | Fiction | 128 min | Romanian w/English subtitles Film Source: IFC/Sundance Selects Awards/premier festivals: Cannes – Best Director Also showing Saturday, October 28 at 7:00PM Graduation presents a classic moral dilemma: Does the end justify the means when your child’s future is at stake? When his […]
The Rehearsal Directed by Alison Mclean New Zealand | 2016 | Fiction | 102 min Film Source: Pascale Ramonda Sponsors: Champlain College Also showing Tuesday, October 24 at 4:30PM This powerful film follows a group of students in New Zealand’s top theater school as they navigate through relationships with friends, teachers, parents and lovers. They […]
Sami Blood Directed by Amanda Kernell Sweden/Denmark/Norway | 2017 | Fiction | 110 min | Swedish/Sami w/English subtitles Film Source: Kino Lorber Sponsor: Barbara McGrew Also showing Wednesday, October 25 at 4:15PM This sensitive coming-of-age film brings audiences back in time to Northern Sweden in the 1930s and the colonial oppression of the indigenous Sami […]
Kills on Wheels Directed by Atilla Till Hungary | 2017 | Fiction | 105 min | Hungarian/Serbian/Russian w/English subtitles Film Source: Kino Lorber Co-presented with Flynn Center for the Performing Arts with support from the Ford Foundation Also showing Tuesday, October 24 at 2:00PM A thriller … a coming-of-age tale … a film about disability. […]
The Endless Directed by Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead USA | 2017 | Fiction | 122 min Film Source: Well Go USA Horror/Sci-Fi filmmaking team Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead (2014’s Spring) produce, write, direct, shoot and edit this mind-bending new American indie effort. Brothers Justin (Benson) and Aaron (Moorhead) receive a mysterious videotape, seemingly […]
Note: No advance booking – payment at the door for all Lunchtime Shorts programs – CASH OR CHECK ONLY. Gold Pass holders: bring your pass. Seating on a first come-first served basis. Please arrive ahead of screening time to allow for picking up your lunch. Lineup: Home Grown | Quentin Haberham – Director/Co-Story/Animator | 9 min Francis raises […]
The Square Directed by Ruben Ôstlund Sweden/Germany/France/Denmark | 2017 | Fiction | 142 min | Swedish/Danish/English w/English subtitles Film Source: Magnolia Pictures Awards/premier festivals: Cannes – Palme d’or Sponsor: Middlebury College Also showing Sunday, October 22 at 7:15PM Ruben Ôstlund is not afraid to tackle Big Ideas in his Palme d’Or winner. Among the themes […]
In Syria (aka Insyriated) Directed by Philippe Van Leeuw Belgium | 2017| Fiction | 85 min | Arabic w/English subtitles Film Source: Film Movement Sponsor: Eleanor Lanahan Also showing Sunday, October 29 at 4:30PM What is it like to live in the midst of war-torn Syria? This narrative film takes us inside a Damascus apartment […]
In Between (Bar Bahar) Directed by Maysaloun Hamoud Israel/France | 2016 | Fiction | 96 min | Arabic/Hebrew w/English subtitles Film source: Film Movement Awards/premier festivals: Cannes – Women in Motion Young Talents Award Award; Haifa International Film Festival – Best Debut Feature Sponsor: Burlington-Bethlehem-Arad Sister City Program Also showing Tuesday, October 24 at 7:00PM […]
City of Joy Directed by Madeleine Gavin Democratic Republic of Congo | 2016 | Documentary | 74 min Film Source: Film Sales Corp New England premiere Sponsor: The Caroline Baird Crichfield Fund for Women in Need * Director Gavin and Christine Schuler-Deschryver in attendance – Sunday* Also Showing Friday, October 22 at 7:00PM This documentary […]
The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography Directed by Errol Morris USA | 2017 | | Documentary 76 min Film Source: Neon Co-Sponsors: Barbara Zucker, Judith Gerber Also Showing Friday, October 23 at 2:30PM The Polaroid camera has never been held in high regard by photography aficionados. The boxy apparatus, which spit out white-framed photos that […]