Movies
VTIFF presents films throughout the year.
- Weekly at The Screening Room, 60 Lake Street, 1st floor
- Curated movies and special series presented in our micro-cinema.
- $12 general admission | $6 student | member benefits apply
- Monthly at the Film House at Main Street Landing, 3rd floor
- International and independent cinema presented on the big screen.
- $12 general admission | $6 student | member benefits apply
- Host sponsor: Main Street Landing | Corporate sponsor: Northfield Saving Bank
Upcoming films
Saturday, June 27 @ 4 pm
MAD BILLS TO PAY (OR DESTINY, DILE QUE NO SOY MALO) (2025)
The Screening Room
Shot guerilla-style in 14 days in the Bronx, Joel Alfonso Vargas’ debut feature is a one of the most visually striking movies of the year, a life-on-the-margins comedy about a teenage “nutty” hustler unceremoniously thrust into adulthood.
Saturday, June 27 @ 7 pm
MANAS (2024)
The Screening Room
Island of Marajó, Amazon rainforest. 13-year-old Marcielle lives by the riverbanks with her father, mother, and three siblings. As Tielle matures, her idealized visions shatter, leaving her trapped between two abusive environments.
Sunday, June 28 @ 1 pm
MANAS (2024)
The Screening Room
Island of Marajó, Amazon rainforest. 13-year-old Marcielle lives by the riverbanks with her father, mother, and three siblings. As Tielle matures, her idealized visions shatter, leaving her trapped between two abusive environments.
Sunday, June 28 @ 3:30 pm
MAD BILLS TO PAY (OR DESTINY, DILE QUE NO SOY MALO) (2025)
The Screening Room
Shot guerilla-style in 14 days in the Bronx, Joel Alfonso Vargas’ debut feature is a one of the most visually striking movies of the year, a life-on-the-margins comedy about a teenage “nutty” hustler unceremoniously thrust into adulthood.
Wednesday, July 1 @ 7 pm
FIVE EASY PIECES (1970)
The Screening Room
Powered by Jack Nicholson’s searing performance, Five Easy Pieces is a lasting example of early-1970s American alienation, and one of the landmark films of the emerging New Hollywood era.
Wednesday, July 8 @ 7 pm
THE GOLEM (1920)
The Screening Room
Live improvised score by Matt Hagen + Will Andrews (aka Willverine). Widely recognized as the source of the Frankenstein myth, the ancient Hebrew legend of the Golem provided actor/director Paul Wegener with the substance for one of the most adventurous films of the German silent cinema.
Thursday, July 9 @ 7 pm
RASHOMON (1950)
The Screening Room
Without a doubt one of the 20th century’s most influential pieces of storytelling, movie or otherwise, Akira Kuraosawa’s breakout international sensation revolutionized film language and introduced Japanese cinema to the Western world.
Friday, July 10 @ 3 pm
LAND (2026)
The Film House
Includes a Q&A with filmmaker Orly Yadin. Born into a family of influential Zionist thinkers and archaeologists whose work helped shape the ideology of early Israel, filmmaker Orly Yadin sets out to examine the foundations of the worldview that defined her upbringing.
Friday, July 10 @ 7 pm
LAND (2026)
The Film House
Includes a Q&A with filmmaker Orly Yadin. Born into a family of influential Zionist thinkers and archaeologists whose work helped shape the ideology of early Israel, filmmaker Orly Yadin sets out to examine the foundations of the worldview that defined her upbringing.
Thursday, July 16 @ 7 pm
THRONE OF BLOOD (1957)
The Screening Room
Hands down the best Shakespeare adaptation in cinema history, this vivid, visceral take on Macbeth sets the Bard’s immortal tale of ambition and duplicity in a ghostly, fog-enshrouded feudal Japan.
Thursday, July 23 @ 7 pm
THE HIDDEN FORTRESS (1958)
The Screening Room
A grand-scale adventure as only Akira Kurosawa could create, this rip-roaring ride, among the director’s most beloved films, was a primary influence for George Lucas’s Star Wars.
Friday, July 24 @ 4 pm
HONEYJOON (2025)
The Film House
In this frothy comedy, June and her Persian mother, Lela, travel to the romantic Azores islands for a grief anniversary when along comes a sexy philosophical surfer who spices up their journey.
Friday, July 24 @ 7 pm
HONEYJOON (2025)
The Film House
In this frothy comedy, June and her Persian mother, Lela, travel to the romantic Azores islands for a grief anniversary when along comes a sexy philosophical surfer who spices up their journey.
Wednesday, August 5 @ 7 pm
HELL’S HINGES (1916)
The Screening Room
Live improvised score by Matt Hagen + Avery Cooper. This violent, morally shocking early feature-length Western features America’s first cinematic cowboy hero, William S. Hart, who became one of silent cinema’s most famous actors.
Thursday, September 17 @ 7 pm
THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC (1928)
The Film House
Live improvised score by Freeway Clyde. Spiritual rapture and institutional hypocrisy come to stark, vivid life in one of the most transcendent masterpieces of the silent era.