This screening is sold out. We will start an in-person waitlist one hour before the screening in case we are able to release last-minute tickets. The Best Films of the 21st Century We’re borrowing a page from The New York Times and it’s suddenly-everywhere list of the 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century, we’ll […]
SOLD OUT WAIT-LIST AT 6pm The Best Films of the 21st Century We’re borrowing a page from The New York Times and it’s suddenly-everywhere list of the 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century, we’ll be sharing pairs of our favorites throughout the rest of the century, starting with these two, which are both in […]
“A gorgeous drama with an aching, open heart” —Jourdain Searles, RogerEbert.com Familiar Touch is the feature debut of director Sarah Friedland, who earned Best First Feature honors at the Venice Film Festival. It tells the story of Ruth (Kathleen Chalfant), a retired cook, who must come to terms with life in an assisted living facility. […]
This screening is sold out. We will start an in-person waitlist one hour before the screening in case we are able to release last-minute tickets. Two new films from African you can’t see anywhere else. VTIFF is committed to bringing the best international films to Vermont, and sometimes that means bringing in films that don’t […]
Two new films from African you can’t see anywhere else. VTIFF is committed to bringing the best international films to Vermont, and sometimes that means bringing in films that don’t have an American distributor, which means they can’t be streamed or seen anywhere else… only at VTIFF. These two films fit that bill. Set in […]
Flicks in the Park is presented by VTIFF and Burlington City Arts In his acclaimed filmmaking debut, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson presents a powerful and transporting documentary—part music film, part historical record—based on an epic event that celebrated Black history, culture, and fashion. In the summer of 1969, Mount Morris Park (just 100 miles south of […]
In this adaptation of Alexandra Fuller’s memoir, actor-director Embeth Davidtz examines the collapse of colonialism through the eyes of eight-year-old Bobo as Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) approaches its pivotal 1980 election, marking the end of white rule. From Schindler’s List to The Amazing Spider-Man, Matilda to The Morning Show, American actor Embeth Davidtz has earned a reputation as an engaging, relatable on-screen […]
Summer Camp Here’s a thumbnail of the plot for Douglas Sirk’s Magnificent Obsession: A good samaritan doctor dies due to the negligence of a callous playboy, who falls in love with the good doctor’s widow, whom he then accidentally blinds, before dedicating himself to becoming a great doctor. Got it? Yeah, it’s utter lunacy, with […]
Flicks in the Park is presented by VTIFF and Burlington City Arts The 2025 Oscar winner, Best Animated Film! A wondrous journey through realms natural and mystical, this wordless animated masterpiece follows a courageous cat after his home is devastated by a great flood. Teaming up with a capybara, a lemur, a bird, and a dog […]
This screening is sold out. We will start an in-person waitlist one hour before the screening in case we are able to release last-minute tickets. Rock ‘n’ Roll! Having already dominated radio and record sales in 1964, The Beatles did the improbable and took over the movies as well. A blast of wit, energy, enthusiasm, […]
Summer Camp The unlikely product of the partnership between cinematic breast-fetishist Russ Meyer and Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls started life as a sequel to Valley of the Dolls (1967), but ended up as one of the great camp films of all time, bearing no relation to its […]
This screening is sold out. We will start an in-person waitlist one hour before the screening in case we are able to release last-minute tickets. Join us for a moderated conversation following the screening. Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich always considered teaching his true calling. As he faces his final class, he wrestles with […]
This screening is sold out. We will start an in-person waitlist one hour before the screening in case we are able to release last-minute tickets. The Last Class is also screening at 4:30 pm in the Film House on August 18. Join us for a moderated conversation following the screening. Former Secretary of Labor Robert […]
Flicks in the Park is presented by VTIFF and Burlington City Arts Is it overstating things to call Pee-wee’s Big Adventure one of the high-water marks of American comedic cinema? Well, maybe, but it’s very, very funny and has definitely achieved “comedy classic” status. When his beloved bicycle is stolen by his nemesis, Francis Buxton (boo!), […]
Writer-director Eva Victor’s breakout Sundance sensation, scooped up by the hip hitmakers at A24, announces the arrival of a brilliant new voice in American independent cinema. The film follows Agnes (Eva Victor), a young adjunct professor at their alma mater. Something bad happened to Agnes. But life goes on… for everyone around her, at least. […]
Writer-director Eva Victor’s breakout Sundance sensation, scooped up by the hip hitmakers at A24, announces the arrival of a brilliant new voice in American independent cinema. The film follows Agnes (Eva Victor), a young adjunct professor at their alma mater. Something bad happened to Agnes. But life goes on… for everyone around her, at least. […]
Angelo Madsen, an associate professor of Time-Based Media at the University of Vermont, is a multi-media artist whose films have been screened around the world, winning awards at many prestigious festivals. His work has been recognized with both Guggenheim and United States Artist fellowships. Madsen describes his projects as spanning “documentary filmmaking, narrative cinema, essay […]
Flicks in the Park is presented by VTIFF and Burlington City Arts Before she was Wonder Woman, she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, she learns of a global conflict when an American pilot crashes on their shores. Diana leaves her home, convinced […]
This screening is sold out. We will start an in-person waitlist one hour before the screening in case we are able to release last-minute tickets. Summer Camp Melding the melodrama of Douglas Sirk (see: August 9 screening) with the screwball farce of Bringing Up Baby, Pedro Almodóvar’s eighth film was his international breakthrough, the largest-grossing […]
Rock ‘n’ Roll! “Don’t you know me, Kansas City? I’m the new Berlin Wall!” With this trailblazing musical, writer-director-star John Cameron Mitchell and composer-lyricist Stephen Trask brought their signature creation from stage to screen for a movie as unclassifiable as its protagonist. Raised a boy in East Berlin, Hedwig (Mitchell) undergoes a traumatic personal transformation […]