Blue Bandana Chocolate Reception
October 27, 2014
Chocolate tasting reception sponsored by Blue Bandana Chocolate Makers. Cash bar. Preceding the screening of Nothing Like Chocolate.
Vessel
October 27, 2014
Director: Diana Whitten | USA | Documentary | 2014 | 88 mins Film source: Filmmaker Sponsor: Main Street Landing to Honor Vermont Access for Reproductive Freedom Filmmaker in attendance, post screening Q&A “The ship has always been a symbol of freedom, but as a male domain. This ship is 100% captained by women”, says director Dianna Whitten, about the vessel […]
Nothing Like Chocolate
October 27, 2014
Director: Kum-Kum Bhavnani | USA | Doc | 2012 | 64 mins Film source: filmmaker Sponsors: Blue Bandana Chocolate Maker Eric Lampman of Blue Bandana will introduce the film Preceded at 6pm by chocolate tasting reception & cash bar by Blue Bandana Deep in the rain forests of Grenada, anarchist chocolate-maker Mott Green operates an unusual […]
The Cold War On Film: The Wall Comes Down
October 27, 2014
Sponsors: Champlain College and Vermont Council on World Affairs We are delighted to welcome from England renowned film historian and television producer Taylor Downing who will present the penultimate episode of Cold War, Turner Broadcasting System’s landmark 24-part TV series. Downing was a producer on the series, and has selected to show The Wall Comes Down (25 years ago, […]
Student Matinee: Mother, I Love You
October 28, 2014
Director: Janis Nords | Latvia | Fiction | 2013 | 83 mins Film source: New Europa Films Raimonds is basically a good kid. He plays saxophone in the school band. He rides his kickboard around town with friends. He tries to make his busy obstetrician mother proud. But, like any 12-year-old, he can’t entirely avoid a little mischief. […]
Lunchtime Shorts: Animated
October 28, 2014
A Tribute to the National Film & Television School Animation Department, UK Lunchtime Shorts Sponsor: Middlebury College Lunch courtesy of Kountry Kart Deli included in price of ticket. The animation department of the NFTS is considered one of the best in the world and has produced numerous award-winning animation directors, including Nick Parks, Mark Baker and Tony Collingwood Watch […]
Vessel
October 28, 2014
Director: Diana Whitten | USA | Documentary | 2014 | 88 mins Film source: Filmmaker Sponsor: Main Street Landing to Honor Vermont Access for Reproductive Freedom Filmmaker in attendance, post screening Q&A “The ship has always been a symbol of freedom, but as a male domain. This ship is 100% captained by women”, says director Dianna Whitten, about the vessel […]
Angel Azul
October 28, 2014
Director: Marcy Cravat | USA | Documentary | 2013 | 72 mins Film source: Filmmaker Not all environmental films need to show devastation to get their message across. Sometimes it’s the hauntingly dreamy images, such as the underwater sculptures created by internationally renowned artist Jason deCaires, that bring the message and sense of loss back home. Director Marcy Cravat filmed […]
Human Capital (Il Capitale Umano)
October 28, 2014
Director: Paolo Virzi | Italy| Fiction | 2014 | 110 mins Film source: Film Movement Sponsor: Vermont Italian Club The term “human capital” is legalese that designates an accident victim’s net worth in compensation claims. Here it defines the Bernaschi family, elegant capitalists, and the Ossolas – struggling middle-classers. The film’s prologue reveals a worker cleaning up a banquet hall and […]
Abuse of Weakness
October 28, 2014
Director: Catherine Breillat | France | Fiction | 2013 | 105 mins Film source: Strand Releasing Sponsor: Barbara McGrew Abuse of Weakness is based on a brilliant premise. In 2004, director Catherine Breillat (Romance; Fat Girl) suffered a stroke, which left her partially paralyzed. While still recovering, she began planning a film to star model Naomi Campbell and infamous […]
Manuscripts Don’t Burn
October 28, 2014
Director: Mohammad Rasoulof | Iran | Fiction | 2013 | 125 mins Film source: Kino Lorber Sponsor: UVM Film & Television Studies Program Clandestinely produced in disavowal of a 20-year filmmaking ban passed down by the Iranian authorities, Manuscripts Don’t Burn is one of the most daring and politically provocative films to emerge from Iran. Drawing from the true story […]
Honeymoon
October 28, 2014
Director: Leigh Janiak | USA | Fiction | 2014 | 87 mins Film source: Magnet Releasing Writer/Director Leigh Janiak’s first feature Honeymoon is a doozy. Two young newlyweds head to a secluded cabin in the woods to escape the city. On their second night Paul (Harry Treadaway) rises early to go fishing and discovers Bea (Rose Leslie of Game […]
Lunchtime Shorts: About Art
October 29, 2014
Sponsor: Middlebury College Lunch provided by Kountry Kart Deli included in price of ticket Running Order: DAVID HOCKNEY IN THE NOW | Directed by Lucy Walker | 6 mins | Courtesy of LACMA OBEY THE ARTIST | Directed by Ondi Timoner | 16 mins LOMAX | Directed by Jesse Kreitzer |12 min | Courtesy of the filmmaker AMANDA F—ING PALMER […]
Nothing But A Man
October 29, 2014
Director: Michael Roemer | USA | Fiction | 1964 | 95 mins Film source: Cinedigm Sponsor: Kate and Bill Schubart Perhaps the best movie ever made about the African-American experience during the Civil Rights era, Nothing But a Man remains just as powerful and relevant today, 50 years after its release. Starring Ivan Dixon as Duff Anderson, a fiercely proud workingman who refuses […]
Sol LeWitt
October 29, 2014
Director: Chris Teerink | The Netherlands | 2013 | Documentary | 72 mins Film source: Icarus Sponsored by 05401 Introduced by Janie Cohen, Executive Director, Fleming Museum Sol LeWitt is a thoughtful and informative film about one of the greatest American conceptual artists. Since LeWitt (1928 -2007) was notoriously camera-shy and opposed to public appearances and interviews, we won’t learn […]
The Overnighters
October 29, 2014
Director: Jesse Moss | USA | Documentary | 2014 | 100 mins Film source: Drafthouse Sponsor: Vermont Energy Investment Corporation Screening to be followed by a Skype Q&A with filmmaker Jesse Moss The Overnighters is a brilliant exploration of community, compassion, and morality. It tells a story of a small American town in North Dakota where jobless people from all over the country […]
Challat of Tunis
October 29, 2014
Director: Kaouther Ben Hania | Tunisia | Hybrid | 2014 | 90 mins Film source: Jour2fete Sponsor: The Caroline Fund One of the more interesting films in this year’s festival, Challat hovers elegantly and humorously between documentary and fiction. It’s 2003 in Tunisia and a man on a moped drives around slashing women’s backsides. A mysterious figure, nicknamed Challat, he […]
A Single Pebble Tasting Reception
October 29, 2014
Tasting Reception sponsored by A Single Pebble preceding the screening of Soul of the Banquet. Cash bar.
Soft Vengeance: Albie Sachs and the New South Africa
October 29, 2014
Director: Abby Ginzberg | South Africa/USA | Documentary | 2014 | 70 mins Film source: Filmmaker Sponsor: Champlain College Intro and Q&A with filmmaker One of the most inspiring films in the festival, Soft Vengeance is the story of Albie Sachs, a white Jewish man who has been an anti-apartheid activist in South Africa for some six decades. His […]
Soul of the Banquet
October 29, 2014
Director: Wayne Wang | USA | Documentary | 2014 | 78 mins Film source: Oscilloscope Sponsor: A Single Pebble Preceded by a tasting reception prepared by A Single Pebble and cash bar. Wayne Wang (Chan Is Missing, Joy Luck Club) has brought us a deeply personal film about Cecilia Chiang, accidental restaurateur, who is credited with bringing authentic Chinese […]