Director: Alê Abreu | Brazil | Animation | 2013 | 80 mins Film source: GKids Somewhere in a rural part of a distant world, a young boy named Cuca lives with his parents. The images are soft, simple and uncluttered; flute music scores the scene. One day, Cuca’s father leaves to go find work in the city. Notes of […]
Sponsor: Middlebury College Lunch provided by Kountry Kart Deli included in price of ticket A tantalizing variety of animated films – reflecting different styles and concerns. Animation is not just Disney, nor is it special effects.At its best, it is a singular cinematic medium for conveying concepts in the most visually efficient and complex way. Running Order: CHINTI […]
Director: James E. Duff | USA | Fiction | 2013 | 73 mins Film source: Filmrise Sponsor: Bobbie Lanahan An Indian woman studying in Prague and a lonely New Yorker begin an unconventional correspondence through video letters – two strangers searching for human connection in a hyper-connected world. When their relationship deepens, they must decide whether or not to meet face to […]
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 […]
Director: Nancy Kates | USA | Documentary | 2014 | 101 mins Film source: The Film Collaborative Sponsor: Judy Gerber Post screening Q&A with filmmaker via skype “Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. Stay eager.” Susan Sontag remained attentive and eager throughout her life and career as one of the most important literary, political […]
Director: Michael Obert | Germany | Documentary | 2014 | 97 mins Film source: The Film Collaborative Sponsor: Hager Strategic Introduced by David Rothenberg, music supervisor on Song from the Forest. David is a musician and philosopher, and author of numerous books on music and nature. 25 years ago the young American ethno musicologist Louis Sarno heard a song on […]
Special reception of the Burlington Film Society. Snacks provided, Skinny Pancake cash bar. Preceding the screening of the BFS screening of Life Itself. Cash bar.
Director: Ramon Zürcher | Germany | Fiction | 2013 | 72 mins Film source: Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Ramon Zürcher’s The Strange Little Cat is one of the most auspicious debuts in recent memory. The action (or inaction) is almost entirely confined to a Berlin apartment, where a delightfully dysfunctional family goes about its daily routine blithely unaware of the […]
Director: Steve James USA | Documentary | 2014 | 115 mins Film source: Magnolia Pictures A Burlington Film Society screening presented by Main Street Landing Over nearly five decades spent writing about, reflecting on, advocating for, and arguing over film, Roger Ebert became one of the most recognizable and beloved movie critics in the country. Always a populist at heart, Ebert’s […]
“Anyone familiar or unfamiliar with Fuller is lucky to experience his life’s work through this enthralling interpretation.” —Filmmaker Magazine Can one person change the world? Architect, inventor, and 20th-century futurist Buckminster Fuller experimented tirelessly for 50 years trying to discover the answer. Drawing equal inspiration from TED Talks and Benshi film narration, The Love Song of R. […]
Director: Desiree Akhavan | USA | Fiction | 2014 | 90 mins Film source: The Film Collaborative Sponsor: Prime Lending “Inappropriate Behavior” might have been a more accurate title for writer-director Desiree Akhavan’s comedic romp about the misadventures of Shirin, a bisexual Iranian-American twenty-something (played by Akhavan), who manages to bungle nearly every social situation she encounters. Akhavan, who will […]
Director: Jeff Baena | USA | Fiction | 2014 | 91 mins Film source: A24 Is there life (or death) left in the Rom/Com/Zom genre? Yes! Zach (Dane DeHann) is crushed by the accidental death of his girlfriend, Beth (Aubrey Plaza) by snakebite. When she miraculously comes back to life, Zach jumps at a second chance with Beth and […]
Director: Kum-Kum Bhavnani | USA | Doc | 2013 | 64 mins Film source: Filmmaker Sponsor: Blue Bandana Chocolate Maker Preceded by chocolate tasting reception & cash bar by Blue Bandana Deep in the rain forests of Grenada, anarchist chocolate-maker Mott Green, a self-described “activist version of Willy Wonka,” operates an unusual chocolate factory that turns out delicious creations unknown to a […]
Sponsor: Middlebury College Lunch provided by Kountry Kart Deli included in price of ticket Ever since The Buggles – Video Killed The Radio Star aired on MTV on August 1st, 1981, music videos have done their best to translate to a visual medium. At their worst – crass commercialism. At their best – groundbreaking, innovative, often experimental works […]
Director: Ramon Zürcher | Germany | Fiction | 2013 | 72 mins Film source: Deutsche Film-und Fernsehakademie Ramon Zürcher’s The Strange Little Cat is one of the most auspicious debuts in recent memory. The action (or inaction) is almost entirely confined to a Berlin apartment, where a delightfully dysfunctional family goes about its daily routine blithely unaware of the beauty […]
Director: Catherine Gund | USA | Doc | 2014 | 82 mins Film source: The Film Collaborative Sponsors: Chiropractic Works and Old Spokes Home “If you’re not flying, what’s the point?” Action-obsessed choreographer Elizabeth Streb has spent more than three decades creating spectacles, sensations, controversies, and provocations. Her work – drawn from a myriad of influences, including dancer Trisha Brown, photographer […]
Director: Wayne Wang | USA | Documentary | 2014 | 78 mins Film source: Oscilloscope Sponsor: A Single Pebble 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 cuisine to the United States. Alice Waters, a friend of Chiang’s and who features […]
Director: Deniz Akçay | Turkey | Fiction | 2013 | 81 mins Film source: Mars Productions Turkish filmmaker Deniz Akçay’s feature debut is a delicately nuanced depiction of a dysfunctional family, featuring uniformly strong performances from its ensemble cast. Nurcan is a widow who compulsively cleans the house on a daily basis in an obsessive attempt to manufacture an ordered […]
Reception sponsored by Skinny Pancake preceding the screening of the screening of Of Horses and Men. Cash bar.
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 spawned many legends. […]