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, August 15 @ 3 pm
MALCOLM X (1992)
The Screening Room
Built around a truly extraordinary performance from Denzel Washington, Malcolm X draws on the iconic civil rights leader’s autobiography to trace his journey of empowerment, from a childhood riven by white-supremacist violence to a life of petty crime to his conversion to Islam and rebirth as a fearless fighter for Black liberation.
Saturday, August 15 @ 7 pm
ONCE (2007)
The Screening Room
In honor of the late Glen Hansard, VTIFF is screening the surprise musical hit of 2007. Shot by director John Carney on a shoestring in Dublin, the film became an art-house sensation, as well as an Oscar winner for the song “Falling Slowly.”
Thursday, August 20 @ 7 pm
25TH HOUR (2002)
The Screening Room
Spike Lee’s most underrated film stars Edward Norton as a kingpin in his last day before serving a seven-year bid, alongside an all-star cast—Philip Seymour Hoffman, Brian Cox, Rosario Dawson, Anna Paquin—doing top-notch work. 25th Hour is arguably the definitive film of the post-9/11 NYC.
Friday, August 21 @ 3 pm
THE SAMURAI AND THE PRISONER (2026)
The Film House
⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Kurosawa has made one of his best films, a work that feels a bit like Agatha Christie, a bit like Shakespeare, and even a bit like Samurai Columbo.” —Brian Tallarico, rogerebert.com
Friday, August 21 @ 7 pm
THE SAMURAI AND THE PRISONER (2026)
The Film House
⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Kurosawa has made one of his best films, a work that feels a bit like Agatha Christie, a bit like Shakespeare, and even a bit like Samurai Columbo.” —Brian Tallarico, rogerebert.com
Saturday, August 22 @ 3 pm
JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS (1963)
The Screening Room
A brave man and his shipload of followers heedlessly throw themselves into one dangerous adventure after another, as vengeful gods mark their progress. Nah, forget Christopher Nolan, we’re talking about Don Chaffey’s 1963 masterpiece, where undisputed stop-motion master Ray Harryhausen puts on an absolute clinic.
Thursday, August 27 @ 7 pm
BAMBOOZLED (1997)
The Screening Room
With this blisteringly funny, unapologetically confrontational satire, writer-director Spike Lee examined the past, present, and future of racism in American popular culture, issuing a daring provocation to creators and consumers alike—so on-point that it’s sometimes hard to watch.
Saturday, August 29 @ 3 pm
DILWALE DULHANIA LE JAYENGE (1995)
The Screening Room
The longest-running film in the history of Indian cinema, still screening at Mumbai’s Maratha Mandir cinema 30 years after its release, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge—popularly referred to as “DDLJ”—stars Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol as Raj and Simran, two Londoners who fall in love on a European backpacking holiday.
Thursday, September 3 @ 4 pm
HOW TO DIVORCE DURING THE WAR (2026)
The Film House
In this “stinging satire” (Rolling Stone), high-flying executive Marija chooses the worst possible moment to inform her husband Vytas she wants a divorce: just one day before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Thursday, September 3 @ 7 pm
HOW TO DIVORCE DURING THE WAR (2026)
The Film House
In this “stinging satire” (Rolling Stone), high-flying executive Marija chooses the worst possible moment to inform her husband Vytas she wants a divorce: just one day before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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.