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Hotel Vermont Award for a film with the Best Sense of Place – Birch

Urban Rhino Award for Best Cinematography – Little Beeri’s March

Hawk Award for Best Screenplay – Dolls Don’t Die (Les poupées ne meurent pas)

Media Factory Award for Audience Favorite by popular vote – Major Arcana

Zero Gravity Award for Most Innovative film – The Epitaph of Marwa Stein

Vermont PBS Award for Best Documentary – Brothers

Northfield Savings Bank James Goldstone Award for Most Promising Filmmaker – Peter Ackerman

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Location: 156 College St. 3^rd Floor (across from City Hall Park) with elevator access

Cost: $500-600/mo includes private office (approx. 135 Sq Ft), heat/electric, kitchen, optional shared conf. room space / reception area

Burlington Telecom is in the building.

Questions? Call us! 802-660-2600 or email us at info@vtiff.org

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“Last month, the FBI reported that hate crimes in Vermont increased for the second year in a row, and are now at their highest level since 1995. The evidence of escalating hatred and bigotry is right here in Vermont. There are dozens of examples from Burlington to Brattleboro, St. Johnsbury to Bennington. As cultural leaders, we stand against hate and violence and we will take action.

“We have come together to commit our cultural organizations to the vital work of promoting inclusion, respect, and change in Vermont communities. We know that the arts and humanities have the power to create and nurture empathy, promote critical thinking and thoughtful reflection, offer healing strategies, and advance understanding across differences such as race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, and age. In 2019, each of our organizations will undertake programming that advances dialogue and healing in our communities. We invite other cultural organizations across the state to join us to reject bigotry, work for a kinder and more thoughtful Vermont, and build creative, healthy, welcoming communities for all.”

A list of participants as of December 5 is HERE.

Organizations who have signed the statement will be invited to nominate representatives to join a planning committee for a meeting in early 2019. We anticipate that this meeting will be one of a series of coalition-building meetings across the state by Vermont’s arts and culture leaders who represent a diverse and broad-based community.

If  you’d like to join the coalition, contact one of the following:

Lydia Clemmons, Clemmons Family Farm, (802) 310-0097
Christopher Kaufman Ilstrup, Vermont Humanities Council, (802) 262-1351
Karen Mittelman, Vermont Arts Council, (802) 828-5420

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LAKE EFFECT – VT PBS Award, a $500 cash prize for Best Documentary

MODIFIED – The Media Factory Award, a $500 cash prize for the Audience Favorite, by popular ballot

THE HIKE – Hawk Award, a $350 cash award for Best Screenplay

IT WILL BE THE PAST – Zero Gravity Award, $300 cash prize for Most Innovative Film

ROOTED: CULTIVATING COMMUNITY IN THE VERMONT GRANGE by Ned Castle and Charlotte Barrett – Hotel Vermont Award, a $250 cash prize for a film with the Best Sense of Place

A CERTAIN KIND OF MAN – Urban Rhino Award, a $250 cash award  for Best Cinematography

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Interview with Orly Yadin about VTIFF 2018

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Wildfire is designed to be the easiest way to find volunteer opportunities, get rewards from local businesses, and track your volunteer activity. When you sign up, you will have a profile page displaying your volunteer activity, be able to win rewards, and be able to sign up seamlessly for volunteer opportunities. On Wildfire, one hour of volunteering is worth 100 points- and you can gain bonus points. You can use your points to directly claim any available reward.

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A print of the Billy B. Van movie “Where Are Your Husbands?” was recently found in a Library of Congress vault. Made on the shores of Lake Sunapee, the movie is to be screened at Dexter’s Inn in Sunapee, N.H., on July 12, 2017, at 7 p.m.. More information HERE

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For high res picture of Paula Willoquet-Maricondi click HERE
Paula Willoquet-Maricondi is Dean of the Division of Communication and Creative Media at Champlain College. She has a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature & Film Studies from Indiana University, and a MA in French from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is the editor of Framing the World: Explorations in Ecocriticism and Film; Pedro Almodóvar: Interviews; and Peter Greenaway’s Postmodern/Poststructuralist Cinema. Prior to moving to Vermont in 2013, Paula taught film studies at Marist College in New York. She was born and raised in Brazil.

We are also pleased to welcome to the Board Larry Crist and Garen Daly. 

Ryan Chartier

Ryan is the Assistant Director of Annual Giving for the University of Vermont Foundation. He has a MA in English Literature and BA in Film and Television Studies from UVM. He has lived in Burlington for twelve years and is originally from Western Massachusetts. He hosts a weekly radio show on 90.1 WRUV FM and works on podcasting with friends. During his first visit to a movie theater as a child he exclaimed “Wow that’s a really big TV”!

Tamika Davis:

Tamika Davis is the Director of Individual Giving for Vermont Public Radio. After living in the sunny climates of Hawaii, Tanzania and Arizona for several years, she traded desert mountains for the snow-capped variety here in Vermont. She has a BA in Photography from the University of Arizona and an MA in Global Leadership from Hawaii Pacific University. Since her relocation in 2016, she has re-invigorated VPR’s major donor program, and slowly but surely assembled a wardrobe worthy of Vermont’s winters.

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We have some news on the future of the Burlington Film Society to share. After much contemplation, we have decided to discontinue the Burlington Film Society as a program of the Vermont International Film Foundation. Four years of continuous monthly screenings have been very successful and core to the mission that the Film Society was set out to fulfill. Nearly three years ago, when BFS became a program of VTIFF, we benefited from the stability and structure of a parent organization, offering financial support and staffing to help administer the program. Over the years we have presented activities that were supplementary to the official screenings, such as post screening discussions, blog posts and have brought in speakers and filmmakers. However, because of our limited capacity, these were not as frequent as the term “society” merits. So now, in an effort to simplify and best serve members and our audience, we are renaming the monthly BFS Screenings as VTIFF Screenings.

So, what does that mean pragmatically?  We will continue to offer the same monthly film screenings at Main Street Landing. The types of films presented and discussion will not change. VTIFF member benefits will also not be materially altered. Other changes will be to phase out BFS social media, and alter the section of the VTIFF website to reflect this change. These changes will go into effect right away. You will still get all the great events, info and local film notices that you are used to, except now they will come directly from VTIFF – if you aren’t already following VTIFF on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram – please make sure to! 

Please know that these decisions are not made lightly and we hope that they will yield better understanding and participation in programming.  

We hugely appreciate everyone’s support and participation over the past several months/years, and hope that you will continue to engage with VTIFF to support our mission of community cinema. 

Thank you,

Eric Ford

Co-Founder, Burlington Film Society

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The Last Laugh
Who gets to decide what’s funny and what’s offensive?  Are comics censoring themselves?  Do we want them to?

Fatima
This touching film about searching for identity set in the Moroccan subculture in France made me examine how my own culture’s expectations control my sense of self.  Also includes the strongest screenwriting moment I’ve seen in film this year.

Nakom
This film is so much more than you expect.  The story of a young man living in the big city in Ghana, forced to return home to the village upon the death of his father, takes twists and turns that are completely unexpected, but absolutely earned as the film tells truths about what happens when the old world collides with the new.

Julia Swift is a member of the festival programming committee. She is also a screenwriter and filmmaker and is currently an Assistant Professor of Film Studies at Champlain College.

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Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World
I’m 35, so I’m of the generation that grew up in both the pre- and post-Internet worlds. The difference between the two eras is remarkable. Werner Herzog’s insightful doc traces the origins of the web and its impact on myriad aspects of daily life. The film also makes the convincing case that mankind is inching disturbingly closer to a HAL 9000 world.

Made in France
A cracklingly good thriller about a journalist embedded in a terrorist cell in Paris. Timely? Check. Controversial? Check. A surprisingly nuanced look at the psychology of jihadism? Check.

The Interrogation
At a brisk 80 minutes, The Interrogation has a rare narrative thrust for what’s essentially a two-person chamber piece. The film offers no easy answers in its examination of the psychological complexity of the perpetrators of genocide — a topic that has often been oversimplified in other narrative films about the Holocaust. An impressive debut from a first-time director.

Silence
This 11-minute animated short — which will be shown prior to The Interrogation — was co-directed by none other than VTIFF executive director Orly Yadin. It’s a great example of how animation can distill a great deal of information into a few seconds of screen time.

Luke Baynes is a VTIFF board member and part of the festival programming committee.

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Sonita
The appeal of the film for me is not only the charismatic Afghan girl whose hero is Michael Jackson, but the fascinating process of watching the filmmaker transition from merely documenting her coming of age to becoming an active agent affecting her life.

My Revolution
We have many, oh so many, wonderful coming of age films this year, but the best is perhaps My Revolution. It manages to capture the essence of youthful love while sneaking in seamlessly the complexity of France’s colonial past, the Arab Spring and the deeper concept of how we define “home.”

The Last Laugh
I’m very glad that Ferne Pearlstein, the director of The Last Laugh, will attend the screening, because I have questions to ask of her. How does one come up with the idea for a film about humor and the Holocaust? Did she spend her time laughing during the production or did the Holocaust survivors berate her for her choice of subject? If you are interested in free speech, in the limits of good taste – come see this film for yourself.

Everybody Loves…Elizabeth Murray
You don’t have to be an art expert to appreciate this fascinating film about Murray, an artist in the 1970s NYC scene. The film is about so much more than her art, presenting a woman vying for recognition in her own right, juggling family and professional life, all the while creating the most vibrant and exquisite work. An added bonus – and what festivals are all about – the director and producers of the film will attend the screening.

Mother
I have a thing for Nordic humor, even though I was born in the Mediterranean. This Estonian film, a small town thriller, will make you chuckle while trying to solve the crime, alongside the inhabitants who all know each other but can’t seem to solve it, either. A black, black comedy.

P.S. Jerusalem
I confess a certain bias here: I know the filmmaker and knew her father. And I certainly know Jerusalem. Danae Elon shot the film while returning to the town of her birth. Bringing along her husband and two small boys who were born in Canada, we view this complex city mainly through the eyes of the boys. This perspective is what makes the film unique and fresh. Elon will attend the screening and I know that the Q&A will be controversial and lively. Looking forward to this.

Orly Yadin is the Executive Director of VTIFF and a festival programmer. Orly is also a filmmaker, producer, and film researcher.

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Best and Most Beautiful Things
A beautiful, poignant coming of age doc. The subject of the film, from rural Maine, is blind, autistic and navigating love and relationships in her 20s. A fresh perspective, unique viewpoint and a meticulously crafted, cinematic film.

Girl Asleep
To say this one is Wes Anderson-esque might do it a disservice, but I doubt it. Just know that it’s filled with quirky characters, oozes visual style and is hilarious. This is a welcomed light moment in the festival. Bring your friends that like to laugh to this one.

Microbe and Gasoline
Michel Gondry – if you know him and love him as a director, you won’t be disappointed. This is a bit of a departure for him (not as much as Is The Man Who Is Tall Happy?) in the sense that there is less magic realism on the screen. The magic here is character driven. Also, who doesn’t love a road trip movie, especially when the vehicle also doubles as a garden shed?

Demon
Not really a horror film – more of a folktale. There is other-worldly possession, but also a story that is steeped in history and cultures of a Jewish fable. The dialogue slips between Polish, Yiddish and English and takes a bit to get used to, but once you do it becomes an immersive experience.

All the Vermont Filmmakers’ Showcase Films
Seriously – this year’s films are amazing! From animated short to feature length documentaries – the competition is going to be fierce this year! Don’t miss the showcases this year on opening weekend.

Eric Ford is a member of the festival programming committee. In addition to being a VTIFF board member, Eric is also the Senior Manager of Local Content at Vermont PBS.

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