VTIFF Presents: Breath (Nafas) Host sponsor – Main Street Landing Written & Directed by Narges Abyar Iran ⎮ 2016 ⎮ Fiction ⎮ 112 min ⎮ Farsi w/ English subtitles Iran’s official submission to the 2017 Academy Awards – Best Foreign Language Film Iranian cinema at its best. A little girl named Bahar lives a life spun from folklore and […]
15 years of “Films For Thought” In honor of Martin Luther King Jr., the 15h annual MountainTop Film Festival once again offers a diverse program of documentary and dramatic films and special events, addressing social and environmental issues from around the world. With growing concerns regarding human and civil rights and in a continued effort […]
VTIFF Presents: The Other Side of Hope Host sponsor – Main Street Landing Written & Directed by Aki Kaurismäki Finland ⎮ 2017 ⎮ Fiction ⎮ 98 min ⎮ Finnish/Arabic w/ English subtitles Awards/major festivals | Berlin Silver Bear Award for Best Director / Telluride/New York When Aki Kaurismäki’s Le Havre served as the opening-night film of VTIFF 2011, little […]
VTIFF is delighted to be partnering with the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival to host a special evening of On Tour: The Best of MNFF 2017 – co-curated by MNFF Artistic Director Jay Craven and MNFF Producer Lloyd Komesar, in consultation with VTIFF Executive Director Orly Yadin. The evening will include two films and a reception in between screenings. […]
VTIFF is delighted to be partnering with the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival to host a special evening of On Tour: The Best of MNFF 2017 – co-curated by MNFF Artistic Director Jay Craven and MNFF Producer Lloyd Komesar, in consultation with VTIFF Executive Director Orly Yadin. The evening will include two films and a reception in between screenings. […]
VTIFF Presents: Two films by Agnès Varda Host sponsor – Main Street Landing Faces Places (Visages, villages) Directed by Agnès Varda & JR France ⎮ 2017 ⎮ Hybrid Doc ⎮ 89 min ⎮ French w/English subtitles Nominated for the 2018 Academy Awards in the Best Documentary category Uncle Yanco Directed by Agnès Varda USA | […]
Directed by Frederick Wiseman Host Sponsor: Main Street Landing Don’t forget that the clocks will have moved forward at midnight Saturday! 2017 | USA | Documentary | 197 mins VTIFF and Burlington Book Festival are delighted to bring you the Vermont theatrical premiere of Ex Libris: The New York Public Library as part of our 2018 Page and […]
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VTIFF Presents: The Death of Stalin Host sponsor – Main Street Landing Directed by Armando Iannucci UK ⎮ 2017 ⎮ Fiction ⎮ 107 min ⎮ English | Major festivals: TIFF/ Sundance The internal political landscape of 1950’s Soviet Russia takes on darkly comic form in a new film by Emmy award-winning and Oscar-nominated writer/director Armando Iannucci. In the […]
Special event Join us at Shelburne Vineyard for a preview of the film at Global Roots Film Festival: Disability, withJohn Killacky, Executive Director of Flynn Center and Orly Yadin, Executive Director of VTIFF. Tickets include a free glass of wine and appetizers. Bring your friends! All proceeds to benefit VTIFF.
Directed by Johannes Grenzfurthner Written by Johannes Grenzfurthner and his intellectual sparring partner Ishan Raval Sound design by Daniel Hasibar. 98 min Followed by Q&A with the director Puppets! Pixels! Anime! Live action! Stock footage! Lumpennerd Johannes Grenzfurthner gives an ideotaining cinematic revue about important political concepts. Everyone is talking about freedom! Privacy! Identity! Resistance! […]
My Hero Brother Host sponsor – Main Street Landing Directed by Yonatan Nir Israel ⎮ 2016 ⎮ Documentary ⎮ 78 mins ⎮ Hebrew w/ English subtitles Film Source: Producers Best Documentary Award and Audience Favorite Award at Santa Barbara Film festival Co-sponsor: UVM Hillel An inspirational film that follows a group of young people with […]
Festival Passes on sale now. Purchase your festival Pass for best value and convenience. Pass holders gain free entry to all screenings. Discounted tickets for VTIFF Patron members. Buy your Passes HERE A PDF of the Full Program and Schedule can be downloaded HERE Co-presented with Flynn Center for the Performing Arts with support from the Ford Foundation. Host […]
Keep the Change Host sponsor – Main Street Landing Directed by Rachel Israel USA ⎮ 2017 ⎮ Fiction ⎮ 94 mins ⎮ Open Captions Film Source: Kino Lorber Awards: Best U.S. Narrative Feature & Best New Narrative Director – Tribeca Film Festival, FIPRESCI Prize Karlovy Vary Film Festival. In this original and refreshing romantic comedy, David, […]
Latest News From the Cosmos Host sponsor – Main Street Landing Directed by Julie Bertuccelli France ⎮ 2017⎮ Documentary ⎮ 85 mins ⎮ French w/ English subtitles Film source: Icarus Films Audience Award, 2016 Montreal Documentary Film Festival Can a person incapable of speaking or writing somehow produce beautiful literature? In Latest News From the Cosmos, […]
Crazywise Host sponsor – Main Street Landing Directed by Phil Borges and Kevin Tomlinson USA ⎮ 2017⎮ Documentary ⎮ 82 mins ⎮ Open captions Film Source: Producers Followed by a panel discussion with Dr. Sandra Steingard, Chief Medical Officer of The Howard Center, Dr. Alberto Fergusson, Founder of the Institute of Accompanied Self Rehabilitation, Chris […]
Dina Host sponsor – Main Street Landing Directed by: Antonio Santini, Dan Sickles UK ⎮ 2017 ⎮ Documentary ⎮ 103 mins ⎮ Open Captions Film Source: Producers Awards: Grand Jury Prize Sundance Film festival An extraordinary and powerful portrait of the evolving relationship between an eccentric suburban woman and a Walmart door greeter (who refers […]
Kills on Wheels Host sponsor – Main Street Landing Directed by Attila Till Hungary ⎮ 2017 ⎮ Fiction ⎮ 105 min ⎮ Hungarian/Serbian/Russian w/English subtitles Film Source: Kino Lorber Kills on Wheels was the sleeper of the 2017 Vermont International Film Festival and we just had to show it again. This is a tale of […]
Life Animated Host sponsor – Main Street Landing Directed by Roger Ross Williams USA ⎮ 2016 ⎮ Documentary ⎮ 89 mins ⎮ Open captions Film Source: Ro*co Films Oscar-winning filmmaker Roger Ross Williams chronicles the remarkable story of Owen Suskind, a young man with autism who has memorized shelves full of Disney movies and processes […]
How Sweet the Sound: The Blind Boys of Alabama Host sponsor – Main Street Landing Directed by Leslie McCleave USA ⎮ 2017 ⎮ Documentary ⎮ 89 min ⎮ Open Captions & Audio Description* Film Source: Filmmaker ***Followed by a Q&A with director Leslie McCleave*** Start your Sunday with some gospel! Filmed over the course of […]