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VTIFF presents films throughout the year.

Upcoming films

Friday, September 25 @ 7 pm
BARBARA FOREVER (2026)
The Screening Room

Barbara Forever explores the films, archive, and ongoing cultural impact of experimental filmmaker Barbara Hammer, revealing her ingenious lifelong artistic effort to create and record lesbian histories, personal and societal.

Saturday, September 26 @ 1 pm
BARBARA FOREVER (2026)
The Screening Room

Barbara Forever explores the films, archive, and ongoing cultural impact of experimental filmmaker Barbara Hammer, revealing her ingenious lifelong artistic effort to create and record lesbian histories, personal and societal.

Thursday, October 1 @ 7 pm
BAGDAD CAFE (1987)
The Screening Room

A lonely German tourist finds herself stranded in the Mojave Desert at the most desolate motel on Earth. The longer she stays, the more she bonds with the makeshift family (including CCH Pounder and Jack Palance) she’s discovered in this place forgotten by the world. Q&A with multidisciplinary artist Erika Senft Miller.

Friday, October 2 @ 4 pm
THE WORK IN PROGRESS (2026)
The Film House

Robert Reich follows up his acclaimed hit film The Last Class with a timely and poignant snapshot of a sharply divided America, where a team of filmmakers invite 30 and 80-year-olds to gather in conversation about the country.

Friday, October 2 @ 7 pm
THE WORK IN PROGRESS (2026)
The Film House

Robert Reich follows up his acclaimed hit film The Last Class with a timely and poignant snapshot of a sharply divided America, where a team of filmmakers invite 30 and 80-year-olds to gather in conversation about the country.

Wednesday, October 7 @ 6:30 pm
2026 Festival Preview
The Film House

It’s time to get excited for another Vermont International Film Festival! We can’t wait to share what’s in store, and offer light bites from Bramble with drinks from Foam/Deep City.

Saturday, October 10 @ 1 pm
COOKIE QUEENS (2026)
The Film House

It’s Girl Scout cookie season and Ara, Olive, Nikki, and Shannon Elizabeth are vying for the coveted title bestowed to the top-selling scout: Cookie Queen. Whether you’re into Thin Mints, Samoas, or Tagalongs, you’ll enjoy this sweet and sincere celebration of girl power.

Saturday, October 10 @ 3:30 pm
COOKIE QUEENS (2026)
The Film House

It’s Girl Scout cookie season and Ara, Olive, Nikki, and Shannon Elizabeth are vying for the coveted title bestowed to the top-selling scout: Cookie Queen. Whether you’re into Thin Mints, Samoas, or Tagalongs, you’ll enjoy this sweet and sincere celebration of girl power.

October 16-25, 2026
VERMONT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Main Street Landing

It’s that time again, the most exciting season of the year! 2026 Vermont International Film Festival returns at the peak of autumn, screening 60+ films from around the world. VTIFF 2026 presents the most buzzed about movies of the year, welcoming many guest filmmakers, hosting special events and happy hours, while celebrating incredible international and independent film. Join us at Main Street Landing in Downtown Burlington—in the Film House, the Black Box theater, and The Screening Room—from October 16 through 25. See you at the movies!

Friday, October 30 @ 7 pm
THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL (2009)
The Screening Room

On the night before Halloween, come see the breakout indie hit from Ti West, director of the X trilogy. The House of the Devil is a wickedly fun, stylish, and twisted Satanic Panic revival, a young brash kid-in-a-candy-store filmmaker flexing his influences and having a blast.

Saturday, October 31 @ 7 pm
GHOSTWATCH (1992)
The Screening Room

The perfect film for Halloween night, the hauntingly enthralling Ghostwatch set the template for how to catch viewers completely unawares, and it worked smashingly. 

Friday, November 6
NAZA (2026)
The Film House

Directed by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, two of the filmmakers behind the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, NAZA was shot secretly at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv and focuses on conversations with people involved in the calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians.

Saturday, November 7
NAZA (2026)
The Film House

Directed by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, two of the filmmakers behind the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, NAZA was shot secretly at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv and focuses on conversations with people involved in the calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians.