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January 30, 2020

Presented by VTIFF Host Sponsor: Main Street Landing Directed and written by Nadav Lapid France/Israel/Germany | 2019 | Fiction | 123 mins | French w/English subtitles | Berlinal 2019 – Winner Golden Bear Film Source: Kino Lorber “Astonishing, maddening, brilliant, hilarious, obstinate, and altogether unmissable” ~Indiewire The latest from Nadav Lapid (The Kindergarten Teacher) features […]

Best of MNFF: Don’t Be Nice CANCELLED

February 7, 2020

Presented by VTIFF Venue Host: Main Street Landing A partnership between VTIFF and Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival Directed by Max Powers USA | 2017 | Documentary | 95 mins Producer Nikhil Melnechuk in attendance for Q&A with Jay Craven and for a meet-and-greet at the Lake Lobby reception after the screening. Snacks and refreshments after […]

Best of MNFF: Ernie and Joe: Crisis Cops. CANCELLED!

February 7, 2020

Presented by VTIFF Venue Host: Main Street Landing A partnership between VTIFF and Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival Directed by Jenifer McShane USA | 2017 | Documentary | 96 mins Screening followed by a Q&A with Producer Nikhil Melnechuk, Attorney General T J Donovan and Jay Craven. Come at 6:45 for a meet-and-greet at the Lake […]

Sunday Best: Cooked: Survival By Zip Code

February 9, 2020

Presented by VTIFF & Vermont PBS Host Sponsor: Main Street Landing Directed by Judith Helfand 54 mins | Documentary Followed by Q&A with Ben Rose, Recovery and Mitigation Section Chief – Vermont Emergency Management Division, moderated by Eric Ford, Director of Programming at Vermont PBS Broadcast date: Feb 10, 2020 *** Free, with suggested donation […]

Yemanjá: Wisdom from the African Heart of Brazil

February 26, 2020

Hosted by Champlain College Screening and Q&A with Director Donna Carole Roberts and Champlain College professor Stephen Wehmeyer Producer/Director: Donna Carole Roberts Narrated by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker Associate Director/Editor: Donna Read (Canada) Photographer: Gerald Lee Hoffman Winner of Five Best Documentary Awards Note: 5:30-6:30 pm – Goddesses of Nature: Photography Exhibit with Photographer Gerald Lee […]

Varda by Agnès + Elegies

February 27, 2020

Presented by VTIFF Host Sponsor: Main Street Landing Varda by Agnès Directed and written by Agnès Varda France | 2019 | Documentary | 120 mins Film Source: Janus Note: The film will be preceded by the short film Elegies, by Eiko Otake, John R.Killacky, and Brian Stevenson, 2019. See more information below. Varda by Agnès […]

Serious Animation: The Films of Orly Yadin

March 1, 2020

Presented by VTIFF and Shelburne Museum A selection of short animation films produced by VTIFF’s Executive Director Orly Yadin while living in London. Most of these films are animated documentaries – an approach to the telling of true stories and facts pioneered by various women animators in the 1980s. Orly will introduce the films and […]

Sunday Best: Bedlam

March 8, 2020

Presented by VTIFF & Vermont PBS Host Sponsor: Main Street Landing Directed by Kenneth Paul Rosenberg 86 mins | Documentary Followed by Q&A with Tammy Boudah, Team Lead, Howard Center Street Outreach; moderated by Eric Ford, Director of Programming at Vermont PBS Broadcast date: April 13, 2020 *** Free, with suggested donation of $5-$10 *** […]

Cancelled: Women Animators: Vermont and Québec

March 22, 2020

With great regret and a heavy heart Shelburne Museum and VTIFF have taken the decision to cancel this event. Presented by VTIFF and Shelburne Museum A selection of short animation films produced by women animators in Vermont and in Québec, through the National Film Board of Canada. Orly Yadin, Executive Director of VTIFF and Eleanor […]

Cancelled -public screening of Beanpole

March 26, 2020

We are waiting to hear if we can present it to you online. Stay tuned Presented by VTIFF Host Sponsor: Main Street Landing Directed by Kantemir Balagov Russia | 2020 | Fiction | 137 mins | Russian w/ English subtitles An exquisite, beautiful, and brave film about set in post-WWII Leningrad. Two women, Iya and […]

Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

March 31, 2020

Directed by Bruno Barreto Brazil | Fiction | 1976 | New restoration | Portuguese w/ English subtitles Film Source: Film Movement Based on the novel by Jorge Amado, this Brazilian comedy follows the strange events that befall Doña Flor (Sonia Braga) after she is left a widow by the death of her wild, irresponsible husband. […]

Corpus Cristi – April 2-9

April 2, 2020

Directed by Jan Komosa Fiction | 2019 | Poland | Polish w/ English subtitles After years in juvenile prison, 20-year-old Daniel is released and sent to a small village to work as a manual laborer. Upon his arrival, a quick lie has him mistaken for a priest. Though untrained, his passion and charisma inspire the […]

Postponed: The Front Page

April 3, 2020

With great regret and a heavy heart we have taken the decision to postpone Global Roots Film Festival: The Reporter until the Fall when it will be recreated as a high profile showcase within the Vermont International Film Festival (Oct 23 – Nov 1). Directed by Lewis Milestone USA | 1931 | 98 mins Source: […]

POSTPONED: Global Roots Film Festival: The Reporter

April 3, 2020

With great regret and a heavy heart we have taken the decision to postpone this festival until the Fall when it will be recreated as a high profile showcase within the Vermont International Film Festival (Oct 23 – Nov 1). Each screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmakers and journalists. Discussion moderators are […]

Postponed: Good Night, And Good Luck.

April 3, 2020

With great regret and a heavy heart we have taken the decision to postpone Global Roots Film Festival: The Reporter until the Fall when it will be recreated as a high profile showcase within the Vermont International Film Festival (Oct 23 – Nov 1). Directed by George Clooney USA | 2005 | 93 mins Sponsored […]

Postponed: This is Not a Movie

April 3, 2020

With great regret and a heavy heart we have taken the decision to postpone Global Roots Film Festival: The Reporter until the Fall when it will be recreated as a high profile showcase within the Vermont International Film Festival (Oct 23 – Nov 1). Directed by Yung Chang Canada | 2019 | 106 mins Co-sponsored […]

Postponed: The World is Watching

April 4, 2020

With great regret and a heavy heart we have taken the decision to postpone Global Roots Film Festival: The Reporter until the Fall when it will be recreated as a high profile showcase within the Vermont International Film Festival (Oct 23 – Nov 1). Directed by Peter Raymont Canada | 1988 | 59 mins Co-sponsored […]

Postponed: Ace in the Hole (aka The Big Carnival)

April 4, 2020

With great regret and a heavy heart we have taken the decision to postpone Global Roots Film Festival: The Reporter until the Fall when it will be recreated as a high profile showcase within the Vermont International Film Festival (Oct 23 – Nov 1). Directed and written by Billy Wilder USA | 1951 | Fiction […]

Postponed: The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords

April 4, 2020

With great regret and a heavy heart we have taken the decision to postpone Global Roots Film Festival: The Reporter until the Fall when it will be recreated as a high profile showcase within the Vermont International Film Festival (Oct 23 – Nov 1). Directed by Stanley Nelson USA | 1999 | 86 mins Sponsored […]

Postponed: The Corporate Coup D’État

April 4, 2020

With great regret and a heavy heart we have taken the decision to postpone Global Roots Film Festival: The Reporter until the Fall when it will be recreated as a high profile showcase within the Vermont International Film Festival (Oct 23 – Nov 1). Directed by Fred Peabody Canada | 2019 | 90 mins Sponsored […]

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