Jazz trumpeter, composer, UVM professor and all-around good guy Ray Vega presents the first in a series of jazz-scored films. A Man Called Adam features Sammy Davis Jr. in possibly his greatest film role, reinvigorating the character of the “self-destructive jazz musician.” The film boasts a fantastic score by jazz great Benny Carter, with Nat […]
In the remarkable new French film The Animal Kingdom, humanity is transforming. In a hurry. This darkly imaginative exploration of a human ecosystem undergoing inexplicable—but potentially liberating—transformation takes place in the present day, as a wave of mutations gradually transforms some humans into avian-animal hybrids. These new creatures are not exactly welcomed into polite society, […]
Winner of the Camera d’Or at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival and the prestigious André Bazin Prize from Cahiers du Cinéma, this enthralling debut from Vietnamese filmmaker Pham Thien An is a reverie on faith, loss, and nature expressed with uncommon invention and depth. The sudden death of his sister-in-law brings unexpected responsibilities to Thien […]
First thing: just watch this trailer and tell me you don’t want to see this movie. You know you do! Rarely screened in the United States and long due for rediscovery, Victims of Sin is famed Mexican director Emilio Fernández’s unique blend of film noir, melodrama, and musical. Acting/dancing sensation Ninón Sevilla plays Violeta, a […]
SOLD OUT Featuring one of the greatest, sexiest and most overwhelming performances ever put on film, Pandora’s Box is one of the silent era’s essential films. That performance comes from Kansas native and onetime Ziegfeld girl Louise Brooks, whose legendary persona was defined by this delightfully lurid, controversial melodrama. Helmed by the titanic German auteur […]
“Extraordinary…intense, absorbing and epically scaled chronicle” – The New York Times This remarkable documentary, the latest from British director Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave), performs a number of cinematic miracles. Based on the book Atlas of an Occupied City (Amsterdam 1940-1945) by Bianca Stigter, Occupied City is a minutely detailed, door-to-door view of the […]
“Extraordinary…intense, absorbing and epically scaled chronicle” – The New York Times This remarkable documentary, the latest from British director Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave), performs a number of cinematic miracles. Based on the book Atlas of an Occupied City (Amsterdam 1940-1945) by Bianca Stigter, Occupied City is a minutely detailed, door-to-door view of the […]
SOLD OUT Ray Vega returns for part two of his exploration of films with great jazz soundtracks, this time looking at Louis Malle’s supremely stylish proto-New-Wave 1958 noir, featuring a knockout soundtrack from no less than Miles Davis. Just 25 years old when he made the film, Malle employs a moderately ridiculous plot as a […]
SOLD OUT Movies are a powerful thing. They can alert you to a world you may not have known even existed, a place where you just might belong. And so it was with burlesque artist Katniss Everqueer the first time she saw Jamie Babbitt’s 1999 cult hit But I’m a Cheerleader. Everqueer will intro the […]
So, first off, this movie is not for everyone (see content warning at the bottom of description). Rather, this is an account of surgical and clinical procedures in a number of Paris hospitals, with extreme, graphic closeups and some deeply disturbing images. It gives us explicit images of operations on the eye, the brain and […]
The Monk and The Gun captures the wonder and disruption as Bhutan becomes one of the world’s youngest democracies. Known throughout the world for its extraordinary beauty and its emphasis on Gross National Happiness, the remote Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan was the last nation to connect to the internet and television. And if that weren’t […]
If you’re talking about eclipses on film, you have to talk about 2001: A Space Odyssey. The film opens with a staggering shot of the sun, earth and moon falling into alignment. Only slowly do you realize that you’re not seeing it from an earthbound perspective. It’s the first mind-blowing moment in this masterpiece, but […]
From the silent era to present-day Pixar, here’s a great collection of family-friendly short films about the moon. The Eclipse, or the Courtship of the Sun and Moon (1907), 9 minutes Directed by the great genius of early cinema, Georges Melies, this whimsical and hilarious silent film from 117 years ago (!!) opens with a […]
This screening is SOLD OUT. I Have Something to Get Off My Chest | Cedar O’Dowd | 8:21 | VT *Made Here Fund Awardee* A trans man heals from surgery. Live action narrative blends with experimental animation. The Migrant Body | Paula Gil Higa, Cal Hopwood | 12 | VT An examination of […]
Exhumation (Dirt: Part Four) David Finkelstein | 21 | VT Poetic imagery, music, and invocatory language, follow two men in a series of esoteric experiments. A poetic meditation on our relation to the soil and the energies buried within it. Bloodroot Lukas Huffman | 16 | VT Over the course of their lives, […]
If you‘ve ever watched cable, you’ve seen the outdoors depicted as the place we go to conquer nature. Michael Rosenfeld, executive producer of America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston, discusses how the PBS series dug deeper—revealing the surprising ways we interact with the outdoors today.
Today We Climbed a Hill Gordon LePage | 7:31 | ME Two mice build a mountain to reach a box of Corn Flakes. The Quietest Year Karen Akins | 74 | VT *Vermont Premiere* Made during the pandemic, Akins’ darkly quirky personal quest to curb noise pollution in her quaint Vermont village uncovers […]
Zeppo! Noah Mauchly | 9:44 | NH *Jury Special Mention* Zeppo finds a balloon and is overwhelmed with joy. After tragedy strikes, the cruel mundanity of life takes control once again, leading Zeppo down a surreal path of self acceptance. Nice People Jeff Griecci | 95 | ME Old lovers reunite, a friendship […]
Join Seed&Spark Founder and CEO Emily Best and Vermont filmmaker Michael DiBiasio-Ornelas to learn more about crowdfunding. Most people think about crowdfunding simply as a fundraising tool, but it’s so much more than that. Discover how to have a successful crowdfunding campaign. You’ll learn how to find your audience, structure your crowdfunding campaign, pick […]
Seed&Spark Founder and CEO Emily Best leads a discussion about project pitching. Knowing how to convey the specifics about your project in a dynamic, succinct way can land you not only investors, but collaborators, audience members, and more. Skills learned: how to prepare for a pitch meeting, how to adapt your pitch to different […]