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. […]
After years in juvenile prison, 20-year-old Daniel is released and sent to a small village to work as a manual laborer.
Directed by Ken Loach Fiction | 2019 | UK | 100 mins The British working class is once again the empathetic subject of Ken Loach’s Sorry We Missed You, a wrenching, intimate family drama that exposes the dark side of the so-called “gig economy”. “Ken Loach raises his game yet further with this gut-wrenching tale […]
Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles Brazil, France | 2019 | 131 mins | English and Portuguese with English subtitles A few years from now… Bacurau, a small village in the Brazilian sertão, mourns the loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be 94. Days later, its inhabitants (among them Sônia Braga) […]
Directed by Dawn Porter USA | 2020 | 96 mins | Source: Magnolia Pictures Using interviews and rare archival footage, John Lewis: Good Trouble chronicles Lewis’ 60-plus years of social activism and legislative action on civil rights, voting rights, gun control, health-care reform and immigration. Using present-day interviews with Lewis, now 79 years old, Porter […]
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Winner of the first-ever Library of Congress / Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film, Flannery is the lyrical, intimate exploration of the life and work of author Flannery O’Connor, whose distinctive Southern Gothic style influenced a generation of artists and activists. With her family home at Andalusia (the Georgia farm where she grew up and later […]
Set in New York City, an ornery, chain-smoking Chinese Grandma goes all in at the casino, landing herself on the wrong side of luck… and in the middle of a Chinatown gang war. The movie, starring Tsai Chin (Joy Luck Club, Casino Royal, Memoirs of a Geisha), is the feature directorial debut of Sasie Sealy. […]
Join the virtual Q&A with the film’s director and Isabella Rossellini – Saturday, August 1 at 4:00pm ET. Free and open open to all. Join HERE One of the great masters of photography, Helmut Newton made a name for himself exploring the female form, and his cult status continues long after his tragic death in […]
Directed by Elyse Steinberg, Josh Kriegman and Eli Despres USA | 2020 | 96 mins Source: Magnolia Pictures If you need assistance about how to view, please go to THIS support link. Purchasing tickets to our virtual screenings is a simple and rewarding way for you to support VTIFF at this time. *** Note that […]
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Free for VTIFF Members, $10 general admission, $9 seniors (65+), $5 youth. 50% of bookings revenue goes to VTIFF. After you’ve booked your ticket you will get an email confirmation with a “Watch Now” button. use that button for when you’re ready to watch. The link will expire August 14 at 11:59pm Bristol Bay, Alaska, […]
Based on the short story of the same name from John Fante ‘s novella West of Rome , published posthumously in 1986. An acerbic comedy about mid-life, starring iconic real-life couple Charlotte Gainsbourg and Yvan Attal. Henri is a middle-aged writer with fading inspiration. Feeling increasingly misunderstood by his family, he dreams of running away […]
WINNER – Best Director, IDFA 2019 Official Selection, MoMA Doc Fortnight 2020 – “An outstanding offering” ~ Richard Brody, New Yorker Official Selection, True/False Film Festival 2020 Official Selection, CPH:DOX 2020 Critics Pick New York Times – HERE Mehrdad Oskouei’s follow-up to the critically acclaimed Starless Dreams (2016), Sunless Shadows takes another look at the […]
After purchasing your ticket, you’ll have 7 days to start watching. Once you begin, you’ll have 72 hours to finish watching. If you wish to cast your film to your TV and require assistance go to Eventive’s FAQ and live chat support: https://watch.eventive.org/help Join for a live panel discussion of Hillary Bachelder’s new acclaimed documentary REPRESENT on Thursday, […]
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Seventeen-year-old Ariela is overshadowed by her strict military father who inflicts severe punishments as a form of discipline. When she commits a grave error that he isn’t willing to punish her for, she seeks a punishment of her own. Ariela embarks on a dark quest where she will discover a secret to her father’s past that […]
Directed by Bert Stern USA | 1959/2020 | 85 mins | Film Source: Kino Lorber *** Note: there will also be a physical (outdoors) screening of the film on Wednesday, Sept 2, on the lawn of Lake Champlain Chocolates on Pine Street in Burlington. A great way to spend a summer’s evening. See details HERE […]
Ticket link coming soon When Jane (Sally Hawkins) is dumped at the altar she has a breakdown and spirals into a chaotic world, where love (both real and imagined) and family relationships collide with both touching and humorous consequences. A fluent, rhapsodic, dizzyingly inventive film, both structurally and formally. Slipping between two time frames – […]
Directed by Robert Kramer USA | 2020 | 255 mins | Source: Icarus Films Ticket link coming soon: After this content becomes available September 9 at 1:01 am EST, you’ll have 7 days to start watching. A “fascinating portrait of late-1980s attitudes toward religion, race and history [… ]. Named for the old interstate that runs […]