You may buy an individual ticket or a Series Pass HERE Sponsored by VTIFF Board members Ryan Chartier and Lorna-Kay Peal Special Jury Award for Visionary Filmmaking at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival The film tells the story of an 80-year-old woman, Mantoa (Mary Twala Mlongo), who discovers on Christmas Day that her […]
Buy a ticket for this film or purchase a pass for the whole Split/Screen series HERE Please note: this film can only be viewed in Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and Massachusetts. Closed captions available when viewing online, but not yet through your VTIFF apps This screening is sponsored by WILPF – Women’s International […]
Back by popular demand Winner! Best International Feature Film – 2021 Academy Awards “A breath of fresh air for anyone who has been starving for intelligent entertainment.” ~ Leonard Maltin With Mads Mikkelsen Four friends, all teachers at various stages of middle age, are stuck in a rut. Unable to share their passions either at […]
Closed Captions available through your device Sponsored by VTIFF member John Douglas This film is preceded by a new introduction by Jane Fonda! “The Show the Pentagon Couldn’t Stop!” In 1971, at the height of the Vietnam War, Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland toured an anti-war comedy show across Southeast Asia. It was […]
After nearly a decade exploring different facets of the African diaspora — and his own place within it — Ephraim Asili makes his feature-length debut with The Inheritance, an astonishing ensemble work set almost entirely within a West Philadelphia house where a community of young, Black artists and activists form a collective. A scripted drama […]
“It would be nice if there were more movies like this, but few have the talent to make them this well — to take a human-scale story and make it feel, not bigger than life, but as grand scale as life actually is.” ~ Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle Inspired by true experiences of […]
Official Entry, 93rd Academy Awards® Best International Feature Film – Ivory Coast A young man is sent to “La Maca”, a prison in the middle of the Ivorian forest ruled by its inmates. As tradition goes with the rising of the red moon, he is designated by the Boss to be the new “Roman” and […]
A Shape of Things to Come is a provocative portrait of a loner named Sundog who lives on the border in the Sonoran desert. The film creates a world that stretches from the distant past, to the ecological movements of the 1960’s, to a possible apocalyptic future. Sundog has a zen/rock n roll sensibility —everything […]
Closed Captions available for this film through your device A young adopted woman tracks down her birth mother only to be confronted by revelations that draw her into the dark world of her father. This is a film about digging up the past in more ways than one. “The tale taps into primal urges—for […]
Jet Line: Voicemails from the Flight Path | 12 mins Directed by Duane Peterson III & Patrick McCormack (Vermont) Jet Line employs an anonymous hotline to elevate voices beneath Vermont’s F-35 flight path. Tranquil scenes of unassuming neighborhoods near Burlington International Airport are juxtaposed with voicemails of the unheard, those drowned out by the […]
Just Being Here | 13 mins 18 secs Directed by Matteo Moretti (Vermont) | Winner of Audience Favorite Walter has lived alone for most of his life and doesn’t venture far from his house, but his life is far from ordinary. He finds solace and wonder in the nature of his backyard in the […]
The Mystery Mountain Project | 76 mins | Québec In 1926, a young couple set off into the British Columbia wilderness in search of an undiscovered mountain. A century later a group of would-be adventurers tries to retrace their steps. They soon find they’ve bitten off more than they can chew and it will take […]
The Long Coast | 80 mins | Maine This lyrical and atmospheric film shows the beauty, intimacy, and uncertainty that Maine’s seafolk face in rooting their lives in the ocean, particularly as human actions — from overfishing, to aquaculture, to warming seas — confront Maine and its people with profound change.
The X Factor: Women in New England Politics | 60 mins | Québec 2020 marked the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment protecting women’s right to vote. The X Factor looks at the trailblazing women of New England and their impact on the political landscape.
The Story of Coronavirus | 3 mins 59 secs Directed by Yoni Goodman, Written & Produced by Deb Van Dyke (Vermont) Yet another creative example from this producer-director team, showing how through animation and simple voice over, urgent medical messaging can reach and be understood by all cultures. This animated film was developed in response […]
Wishes | 5 mins 30 secs mins Directed by Amy Jenkins (New Hampshire) The secret yearnings of a child for an alternate identity are traced through a decade of birthday wishes filmed by their mother. I’m Thinking About Leaving | 11 mins 47 secs Directed by Ryan Boera (NewYork) Written & […]
What DID Happen to Alice? | 11 mins 56 secs Directed by Valerie Hird (Vermont) Alice, a slip of white paper, believes the American movie fantasy of the Middle East. Her illusions meet reality among the wildly patterned landscapes and shifting winds of social media. Snapper: The Man-Eating Turtle Movie […]
Roseline Like in the Movies / Roseline comme dans les films | 14 mins 45 secs Directed by Sara Bourdeau (Québec) *** Co-Winner: VTIFF Award for Best Fiction Film. Roseline is a renowned actress with an impressive career. After a lifetime on camera, she gets ready to play the greatest role of her life. Fiction […]
Official Entry, 93rd Academy Awards® Best International Feature Film – Ivory Coast A young man is sent to “La Maca”, a prison in the middle of the Ivorian forest ruled by its inmates. As tradition goes with the rising of the red moon, he is designated by the Boss to be the new “Roman” and […]
“It would be nice if there were more movies like this, but few have the talent to make them this well — to take a human-scale story and make it feel, not bigger than life, but as grand scale as life actually is.” ~ Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle Inspired by true experiences of […]