Global Roots Film Festival
Thursday, February 8th, 2024 — Sunday, February 11th, 2024
You’re invited to our Friday and Saturday receptions @ 6:15 pm
Come chat about the films and join us for light snacks, beer and wine!
Thanks to Foam Brewers for providing our bar at the nightly receptions.
Additional concessions, fresh popcorn and sodas are available for you to enjoy in the film house.
Festival Program
VTIFF is thrilled to announce this year’s Global Roots Film Festival lineup, featuring a dozen films from around the word, all of them officially nominated by their country for Oscar consideration as Best International Feature Film.
From creative documentaries to sweeping historical epics, from contemporary body-horror to razor-sharp satire, from eco-disaster to harrowing immigration stories, GRFF offers an incredibly wide range of films.
This year’s festival shines a light on a younger generation of women filmmakers. Of the dozen films, seven are directed by women, and four of those are first-time features (another two are second features).
We’re also extremely excited to offer a sneak-peak at our new venue, The Screening Room, a 35-seat micro-cinema located in VTIFF’s offices on the first floor of Main Street Landing. While it doesn’t officially open until March, The Screening Room will open its doors for the first time ever to show two festival films, Smoke Sauna Sisterhood (Estonia) and The Mother of All Lies (Morocco). Tickets for these films will, obviously, be very limited.
Tickets are on sale now.
(NOTE: Purchasing a Festival Pass is no guarantee of entry to specific films. You must still book films individually after purchasing your pass.)
Thank you to the individuals that have adopted films in this festival! If you are interested in adopting a film in this festival (only two are left!), or future screenings, email gail@vtiff.org to learn more. Benefits include two free tickets, your name announced at the beginning of the screening, and your name listed as a sponsor in the print and digital brochure.
We can’t wait to see you at the festival!
Tickets/Passes
Online ticketing:
We strongly encourage you to book online in advance at vtiff.org, in order to promote the smoothest experience when you arrive (no waiting in line at the box office), and because we frequently sell screenings out. Ticket sales go offline 15 minutes before a show starts and must then be purchased in person, if available.
Location for in-person ticketing
Main Street Landing at Lake & College
3rd Floor (in the Lake Lobby)
60 Lake Street, Burlington, Vermont
Hours
3rd floor box office in the Lake Lobby opens 30 minutes before the first show of the day. Buy tickets to any show, Festival passes, or memberships. Tickets to showings in The Screening Room @VTIFF will also be sold (if available) in the 30 minutes prior to the start of the showing at VTIFF on the 1st floor.
Festival Passes
Purchasing a Festival Pass then allows $0 tickets to be booked, for one individual, to all Film House screenings in the 2024 Global Roots Film Festival.
Festival passes are not valid for screenings in The Screening Room @VTIFF. See special pricing below.
Festival Pass pricing:
$45 General Public/VTIFF Friend Members
$36 for VTIFF Patron Members (20% discount)
Free for VTIFF All Access Members (become a member or upgrade anytime)
*Purchasing a Festival Pass is no guarantee of entry to specific films.* You must still book films individually.
1. Purchase your festival pass.
2. Select and book your individual films (a $0 ticket will appear when logged in).
3. Either save your confirmation email, print your tickets, download your tickets to your phone, or add them to Apple or Google Wallet for easiest access.
Ticket Prices:
The Film House at Main Street Landing:
$12 General Admission
$10 VTIFF Patron Members
$6 Student w/ID
Free for VTIFF All Access Members and Festival Pass Purchasers (see prices above); Become a member or upgrade anytime
The Screening Room @ VTIFF:
$5 General Admission (no Festival Pass or Member Benefits apply)
All Access members do not have to reserve in advance for Film House screenings, but need to be seated 10 minutes before the screenings starts to guarantee a seat. All Access membership benefits do not apply to screenings in The Screening Room @VTIFF, other than an advance purchasing window. VTIFF Member benefits/Festival Pass benefits do not apply to that venue, so tickets must be purchased.
Film Venues:
The Main Street Landing Film House
60 Lake Street, 3rd Floor
The Screening Room @VTIFF
60 Lake Street, 1st Floor
Seating capacity is VERY limited in The Screening Room @VTIFF, so book in advance to avoid disappointment. If you book a ticket for this venue, and cannot make it, please email us at least 30 minutes prior (box@vtiff.org) if you want to donate your ticket back to VTIFF.
Download the VTIFF app
- Have convenient access to the Global Roots Film Festival schedule, ticketing, and more.
Meet the VTIFF Year-round Team
Steve MacQueen, Executive Director
Gail Clook, Associate Director
Orly Yadin, Made Here Film Festival Director
Kim Janson, Volunteer Coordinator
Olivia Milens, Data Manager and Admin Support
Oliver O’Sullivan, Social Media Marketing
Anne Linton, Production Design
Joe Wehry, Website
Grace Labich, Admin Support
Global Roots 2023 Festival Staff
Projection
Projectionists – Maxwell Johnson
Box Office & Lobby Supervisors
Olivia Milens, Paula Willoquet, Ben Portway, Joe Wehry
UVM Interns
Anabella Saunders, Stella Tavilla
Host Sponsor
Main Street Landing
Volunteering
Find out more about the rewards of volunteering
A special thank you to the staff at Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center!
Festival Sponsors
