In 2011, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas outed himself as an undocumented immigrant in an essay published in the New York Times Magazine. Documented chronicles his journey to America from the Philippines as a child; his journey through America as an immigration reform activist; and his journey inward as he re-connects with his mother, […]
Drama | Arabic w/English subtitles | 90 min | 2010 Directed by Oday Rasheed A broken family lives uneasily within the gated courtyard of a dilapidated Baghdad house. Hard up for money, the family must live with a sullen and imperious boarder, a contract killer. Iraqi filmmaker Oday Rasheed’s second feature gorgeously captures contemporary Baghdad’s […]
A film by Cristian Mungiu A Burlington Film Society Screening (FREE for VTIFF Members, CLICK HERE to find out more about membership) Unrated | Romania | Romanian w. English Subtitles | Sundance Selects & IFC Films | 2012 | 150 Minutes In an isolated Orthodox convent in Romania, Alina has just been reunited with Voichita after spending several years […]
Directed by Ahmed Imamovic | Bosnia-Herzegovina | 2010 | 90 min Bosnian w/English subtitlesBianka LeGrand, Bosnian-born Burlington City councilor will be present for Q&A An emotionally rich portrait of war’s troubled aftermath, Belvedere paints an uncommon image of patience, faith, love, and above all, forgiveness. Bosnia & Herzegovina’s official submission to the 2012 Academy Awards
Maidentrip A film by Jillian Schlesinger A BURLINGTON FILM SOCIETY SCREENING (FREE for VTIFF Members, CLICK HERE to find out more about membership) Documentary / First Run Features / English, Dutch w. English Subtitles / 2013 / 82 Min Genevieve Jacobs, a professor, psychotherapist, writer and native Vermonter who grew up sailing and boat-building with her parents, will be introducing the […]