EXCLUSIVE SCREENING FEATURING AN AUDIENCE Q&A WITH DIRECTOR DENIS MUELLER NELSON ALGREN: THE END IS NOTHING, THE ROAD IS ALL An in-depth feature length 2015 documentary of one of America’s greatest and least understood authors. This never before told compelling life story reveals a unique literary voice through rare interviews and archival footage. Kurt Vonnegut […]
BCA and UVM Department of Art and Art History present Architecture + Design Film Series Free screenings once a month Wednesdays at Contois Auditorium, 149 Church Street Diller Scofidio + Renfro: Reimagining Lincoln Center and the High Line September 30, 6pm (snacks and cash bar before film) Directed by Muffie Dunn & Tom Piper 2012, USA, 54 […]
The Festival du nouveau cinéma is a showcase for cinema of all types, from offbeat, one-of-a-kind niche works to crowd-pleasers to daringly innovative big events. Films that make your heart race, bowl you over and change your life. Films that break down the language of cinema only to reinvent it; films that leave you breathless […]
UnSlut: A Documentary Film Vermont Premiere Friday, October 9 Social hour 6PM – 7PM Screening 7PM – 7:40PM, followed by Q+A with director The film will begin promptly at 7:00pm, followed by a Q&A with director Emily Lindin and one of the women featured in the film, Gina Tron. Presented by Burlington City Arts and […]
Directed by Greg Whiteley USA | Documentary | 2015 | 86 mins Source: One Potato Productions This screening is free & open to the public. A discussion will follow the screening. For most of the last century, entry-level jobs were plentiful, and college was an affordable path to a fulfilling career. That world no longer […]
Nelson Algren: The End Is Nothing, The Road Is All Documentary | 2015 | 87 min Directors/Producers: Denis Mueller, Mark Blottner & Ilko Davidov This feature-length documentary tells the compelling life story of one of America’s greatest and least understood authors, Nelson Algren, whose unique literary voice is revealed through historic archival footage, rare interviews […]
Immortal Dear Fiction | 2015 | 21 min Director: Dan Holodak | Producer: Tyler Killer Five friends, who were members of a band called Immortal Dear in college, have spent the four years following their graduation apart. When they are forced to return to their college town – after their friend, the drummer in the […]
Freedom & Unity TV – Youth Competition Blue Light: Living in a Technology Addicted World: Ben Shumlin; Herman & Rob: Sam Caswell; The F 35: A Noisy Problem: Audrey Lee; VTrees: Jacob Covell & others; Angela’s documentary: Angela Murphy; Can’t Get There From Here: Amelia Hutchins Moore; Home: Danielle Hazelton; How Vermonters Deal With the […]
Whaddya Gonna Do with All Those Zucchinis? Fiction | 2014 | 4 min Writer/Director/Producer: Kenric Kite A dastardly evildoer with an overabundance of giant zucchinis looks for unlocked cars. Hurt Fiction | 2015 | 16 min Writer/Director/Producer: Ethan Murphy A group of college friends set out for a relaxing weekend at the lake, […]
Opening Night Film Directed by Jafar Panahi | Iran | Persian w/ English subtitles | 2015 | Fiction/Documentary | 82 mins Sponsors: 05401, Champlain College and Green Cab VT Film Source: Kino Lorber Followed by Opening Night Party in the Lake Lobby and announcement of VT filmmakers Awards Call it guerilla cinema, Iranian neorealism or an […]
Einstein’s Miracle Year Documentary Animation | 2015 | 5 min Director: Jon Portman As the year 1905 began, Albert Einstein faced life as a “failed” academic. Yet within the next 12 months, he would publish four extraordinary papers, each on a different topic, that were destined to radically transform our understanding of the universe. […]
Sponsored by Skinny Pancake Announcement of the VT Filmmakers’ Showcase Award-winners (except for Audience Favorite). Food and cash bar. Fun for all. The Vermont Filmmakers’ Awards are: The James Goldstone Award, a $500 cash award given to an emerging Vermont filmmaker and sponsored by Bill Stetson & VTIFF The Ben & Jerry Award, a $300 […]
Sponsored by VCAM & RETN A networking opportunity for all creatives. VCAM and RETN will be talking about their new Media Making Factory! Lunch and cash bar.
Sabra Documentary | 2015 | 57 min Director: Bill Phillips | Exec. Producer: Bill Stetson Former Vermont governors Howard Dean and Madeleine Kunin have called Sabra Field the state’s best-known artist. Sabra explores her popular work, but also less well-known prints – some springing from a joyous sense of play, others from intense personal tragedy. […]
Directed by Claus Drexel | France | French w/English subtitles | 2014 | Documentary | 98 mins Sponsored by Duncan Wisniewski Architecture and by Allan Nicholls, Nancy Bercaw and David Nicholls Film Source: Daisy Day Films 25% of ticket sales will be donated to COTS The best way to describe this most exquisite, haunting and […]
Sponsored by Bill Stetson Following the VT film Sabra, with the filmmakers and artist Sabra Field in attendance, including a display of Sabra’s prints, in partnership with BCA. Wine and snacks provided.
The Resurrection of Victor Jara Documentary | 2015 | 89 min Director: John Travers | Writer/Producer: John Summa This feature-length documentary chronicles the professional life and legacy of iconic Chilean singer-songwriter Victor Jara, who was executed while detained in prison following a right-wing military coup in 1973. The film captures events surrounding the rebirth of […]
Directed by Alexandro Ramirez | Cuba | Spanish w/English subtitles | 2014 | Documentary | 80 mins Film Source: Americas Media Initiative There will be a post-screening Q & A via skype with Cuban journalist Mónica Rivero Cabrera, moderated by Alexandra Halkin, Director, Americas Media Intiative In 2010, famed Cuban musician Silvio Rodriguez started an ongoing […]
Sponsored by Burlington-Bethlehem-Arad Sister City Program and Friends of Miriam Ward. Launch of Sister Miriam Ward’s book Behind the Wall: Palestinians Under Occupation. There will be short readings from the book. Preceding the 6:15 pm screening of A Borrowed Identity. Cash bar, hummus and baklava.
She Sings to the Stars Fiction | 2014 |108 min Director: Jennifer Corcoran | Producer: Jonnie Corcoran Winner Best Low-Budget Feature – Toronto Independent Film Festival A Native American grandmother who lives alone and very simply in the desert inhabits a world that her half-Hispanic grandson and a white, aging magician are surprised to rediscover. The filmmakers […]