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 Wednesday, October 25 at 4:15PM Kirsten Tan’s debut film Pop Aye (the first film from Singapore to play at the Sundance Film Festival) co-stars […]
Party Words Showtimes: Friday, October 27 | 9:30pm| BB Produced and written by Champlain College professors Al Larsen & John Rasmussen Party Words is a mock game show, modeled on Hollywood Squares, featuring multiple vignettes (channel flip style) drawing from television history. The production explores the compression of language, time, and politics. It will be […]
Kid Flix: Best of NY International Children’s Film Festival Program of short films for ages 8 plus | 74 min Film Source: NYCFF Overview: A teenage monster confronts a bully in Welcome to My Life (USA), a Japanese-Australian boy finds adventure in his lunchbox in Riceballs (Australia), and a competitive swimmer must prove that big […]
Manifesto Directed by Julian Rosefeldt Australia/Germany | 2015 | Fiction/Experimental | 95 min Film Source: Film Rise Sponsor: Andrea Rogers Manifesto originated as an art installation, consisting of filmed readings of artistic and political manifestos, from Marx and Engels’ 1848 Communist Manifesto, to the Dada movement’s announcement of the death of art, through Lars von […]
RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked the World Directed by Catherine Bainbridge | Co-directed by Alfonso Maiorana Canada | 2017 | Documentary | 102 min Film Source: Kino Lorber Awards / premier festivals: Sundance -World Cinema Special Jury Award; Hot Docs – Best Canadian Documentary & Audience Award Sponsor: John Douglas Also showing Monday, October 23 at 4:15PM […]
After the Storm Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda Japan | 2016 | Fiction | 117 | Japanese w/English subtitles Film Source: Film Movement Awards/premier festivals: Cannes Also showing Tuesday, October 24 at 4:15PM Ryôta has a dark cloud over his head. His once-promising career as an author has evaporated into a case of writer’s block. His marriage […]
Welcome to the Men’s Group Directed by Joseph Culp USA | 2017 | Fiction | 130 min Film Source: Filmmaker Sponsor: The Men’s Room *Director Culp will be in attendance* This comedy-drama takes us inside the intimate dynamic of an all-male support group as they gather for their monthly ritual breakfast. As one of the […]
Wulu Directed by Daouda Coulibaly Mali | 2017 | Fiction | 95 min | Bambara/French w/English subtitles Awards/premier festivals: New Director/New Films New England premiere Also showing Monday, October 23 at 2:00PM Daouda Coulibaly’s assured and suspenseful film, with excellent characterization and a meticulous script, belies the fact that this is a first feature. Set […]
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 Thursday, October 26 at 3:45PM Graduation presents a classic moral dilemma: Does the end justify the means when your child’s future is at stake? When his […]
Quest Directed by Jonathan Olshefski USA | 2017 Documentary | 104 min Film Source: Filmmakers Collaborative Awards/premier festivals: Sundance, Grand Jury prizes at Full Frame, Riverrun, Dallas and Ashland Sponsors: Ducky and Frank Donath * Followed by Q&A with Director Olshefski* Jonathan Olshefski’s first feature film is many things. It’s a snapshot of the African-American experience […]
Animals (Tiere) Directed by Greg Zgilinski Austria/Switzerland/Poland | 2017 | Fiction | 95 min | German w/English subtitles Film Source: Be For Films Time warps and reality bends after a married Viennese couple on their way to an alpine vacation in a Swiss chalet collide with a sheep on the road in this concussed, broken-mirror […]
Scratchatopia animation workshop World renowned animator and festival favorite Steve Woloshen, returns to VTIFF to run an animation workshop for the whole family. Learn the secrets of painting directly on film, make your own short and see it directly on the screen! Fascinating interview with Steve HERE
Burned: Are Trees the New Coal? Directed by Alan Dater & Lisa Merton Documentary | 2017 | 76 min Winner of this year’s VCAM Audience Favorite Award Vermont Films are FREE with a recommended donation of $5.00. They cannot be booked in advance and seats will be available on a first come-first served basis. Burned […]
The Wound (Inxeba) Directed by John Trengove South Africa/Germany/Netherlands/France | 2017 | Fiction | 88 min | Xhoas/Afrikaans/English w/English subtitles Film Source: Kino Lorber Awards and major festivals: Berlin, Sundance Also showing Sunday, October 22 at 12:45PM Using a coming-of-age ritual as its setting (a Xhosa rite involving circumcision and an 8 day fast), the […]
*50th anniversary screening* Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville France | 1967 | Fiction | 105 min Source: Criterion An excuse is never needed to screen a Jean-Pierre Melville film, but this year is a particularly apt occasion. 2017 marks not only the 50th anniversary of Melville’s masterpiece, but also the 100th anniversary of the birth 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 Thursday, October 26 at 1:45PM An irreverent, funny, spiritual journey of a 90-year old curmudgeon starring 90-year old Harry Dean Stanton (Paris, Texas) giving the performance of his lifetime. […]
Power Struggle Directed by Robbie Leppzer USA/Japan | 2017 | Documentary | 104 min Film Source: Filmmaker * Director Leppzer will be in attendance. Screening followed by a panel with nuclear whistleblowers Arnie and Maggie Gundersen (appearing in the film) and others, moderated by author and journalist David Goodman * Power Struggle chronicles the grassroots […]
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 Friday, October 27 at 2:30PM What is it like to live in the midst of war-torn Syria? This narrative film takes us inside a Damascus apartment […]
Footnotes (Sur quel pied danser) Directed by Paul Calori & Kostia Testut France | 2016 | Fiction | 83 min | French w/English subtitles Film Source: Visit Films Sponsors: Lyric Theatre * Closing Night Film * The musical is in the midst of an unexpected renaissance. Though La La Land got the Oscar buzz (and, […]
VTIFF Presents: Félicité Host sponsor – Main Street Landing Directed by Senegalese filmmaker Alain Gomis Shot on location in Kinshasa, Congo | 2017 | 122 min | French dialect w/English subtitles Grand Jury Prize Winner at The Berlin International Film Festival 2017 and Official Selection -New York and Toronto Film Festivals. This year’s official entry for Senegal for […]