The Screening Room @ VTIFF
Vermont International Film Festival, 60 Lake Street, 1st floor
$10 admission unless otherwise noted.
Advance purchase recommended. Screenings sell out.
Friday, November 22 @ 7 PM
Frightful First Films!
LAKE MUNGO (2008)
Presented by Eric Ford
The film has a strong reputation among those in the know. It’s a favorite of horror-movie maven and series presenter Eric Ford, who says “Unlike other found footage horror films like Blair Witch or Paranormal Activity, Lake Mungo doesn’t rely on jump scares, it creeps ever so slowly under your skin, staying there long after the credits roll.”
Saturday, November 23 @ 7 PM
CEDDO (1977)
The great Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembene has made more than his share of classics – films like Black Girl and Guelwaar – and Ceddo is right near the top of the list. It is an ambitious, multilayered epic that explores the combustible interstices among ancient tradition, religious colonization, political opportunism, and individual freedom.
Friday, December 6 @ 7 PM
RARE EXPORTS (2010)
“Who doesn’t love a Christmas horror movie?” offers our host Eric Ford, asking a question we’d never actually pondered before. “This Norwegian Krampus tale is totally unique, off the wall, and over the top, but built around great story and characters. It’s funny and has a bloody heart.”
Saturday, December 7 @ 11 AM
Family Fun Matinee!
THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED (1926)
As visually staggering today as it must have been on its release 98 years ago (!!!), Lotte Reiniger’s The Adventures of Prince Achmed is the oldest surviving animated feature film…and it’s a doozy, sure to stagger all newcomers, adults and children alike.
Friday, December 13 @ 7 PM
VIVA (2007)
In the cult favorite Viva, Anna Biller takes the ‘auteur’ concept to the next level.
In addition to starring, writing, directing, editing and producing the film, she also wrote the music, painted the paintings, designed and made the costumes, and created the production design, down to sewing the pillows for the sofas.
Saturday, December 14 @ 7 PM
IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (2000)
At once delicately mannered and visually extravagant, Wong Kar Wai’s In the Mood for Love is a masterful evocation of romantic longing and fleeting moments.
It’s the best-looking movie with the best soundtrack and the best cinematography and the best actors with the best director…and it’s still more than the sum of its parts.