Presented by Main Street Landing Animation, 60 minutes In English or Musical/No Dialogue Recommended for all ages! A kaleidoscopic showcase of the best short film and animation from around the world. Program includes films from Sweden, New Zealand, France, Switzerland, Australia, the UK, and the United States. The Little Bird and the Leaf Switzerland Animation, […]
Mugabe, Me and a Million Tampons is a documentary gonzo odyssey into the darkness of a nation held in fear and torn apart by corruption. Beginning in South Africa, a disillusioned photojournalist is employed to document a charity trying to organise the transportation of women’s sanitary aid into Zimbabwe. Frustrated by the complications; packing a […]
This feature-length documentary film tells the story of a few Icelandic people, not afraid to stand out from the crowd, who are taking a different path towards a more sustainable future. Academics, politicians, farmers, scientists and visionaries all demonstrate how the isolated country of Iceland could – with a little help from their friends – […]
Synopsis Celebrating the Vision of Muhammad Yunus from micro-credit to social business. What if you could harness the power of the free market to solve the problems of poverty, hunger, and inequality? To some, it sounds impossible. But Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus is doing exactly that. Yunus did his part to fight poverty by […]
Director: Teddy Mattera | 2004 | 98 minutes English with some Tswana, Afrikaans & Zulu, w/English subtitles Presented with Arts Riot as part of the BAMF movie and dinner series Watch Global – Eat Local Synopsis Traditional beliefs say that the souls of the dead will not join their ancestors until the mourners cry at […]
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 […]