FESTIVAL PROGRAM 1ST EDITION
MIDDLEBURY FESTIVAL AUGUST 27-30, 2015 middfilmfest.org
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WELCOME! A MESSAGE FROM THE MNFF’S CO-FOUNDERS brothers, Turner and Bill, who have been burning up the festival circuit during recent years. These talented New Orleans-based documentarians will be awarded the MNFF’s first-ever award for Cinematic Vision and Imagination.
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And check-out our assorted Pop-Up Events and parties that will be held all over town. More than thirty of our filmmakers will be in Middlebury and they will be happy to mingle and talk with audiences after screenings and at lovely spots around town.
Lloyd Komesar, Producer
Jay Craven, Artistic Director
Welcome to our inaugural edition of the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival! We began our journey nearly 18 months ago, motivated by our core idea that a four-day festival that is deeply committed to first and second time filmmakers could stand apart from other film events. And so the building tprocess began – we created a visual identity, secured venues, found sponsors and partners, hired a smart and hard-working staff, and reached out to filmmakers around the world, selecting the very best pictures we could find. The Festival received 320 film submissions from 35 countries, lending an international edge to our deliberations. You will see short and feature length films that include whimsical comedies, taut dramas, and innovative documentaries that may change our conversations about pressing issues. We’ve also programmed some family-friendly films, including Shaun the Sheep and a delightful adventure picture, The Incredible Adventures of Jo Jo and His Annoying Little Sister, Avila, that features a precocious 18-month old actor as co-star. We’re also screening The Dinkytown Uprising, a place-based documentary by a 92-year old first-time director who may very well qualify as the world’s oldest new filmmaker. Our Festival schedule is organized into three-hour time blocks and, within each block, you will sometimes find one, two or even three short films that precede the feature film. The short films are satisfying in their own right and elevate the attention we would like to give to these imaginative directors. After all, the French cultural ministry requires that shorts screen before features and who are we to argue with the French? Throughout our Festival, be on the lookout for several On-Stage Dialogues that will feature extended conversations with filmmakers. Please especially note our Saturday 4:30pm screening of Western, the latest work by the Ross
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And be sure to catch music, food and beverages at our FREE high-octane Festival Dance Party on the Middlebury Town Green, Saturday night from 7:00-11:00pm. The seven-piece gypsy funk band, Evolfo Doofeht [The Food of Love], promises a memorable evening of sizzling drums, guitars, keyboard, and a brass section that will have you begging for more. A guaranteed crowd pleaser. To wrap things up, please join us for a special Closing Ceremonies event on Sunday evening, when we announce the six winners of our VTeddy Awards at the historic Town Hall Theater. The VTeddies are smile-inducing custom statuettes created exclusively for the Festival by our friends at Vermont Teddy Bear Company. These six winning filmmakers will also be given a tour to screening venues in each of the six New England states, fully supported by the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival. By working to create this ground-breaking New England Circuit, MNFF is developing a sustained commitment to emerging filmmakers. We want to take a moment to thank our essential sponsors, starting with our fabulous presenting sponsor, Woodchuck Hard Cider, our generous local newspaper, The Addison Independent, and Vermont Public Radio, our state’s superb conduit of information and ideas. We also want to tip our hat to the forward-thinking Middlebury College. We hope you’ll join us in thanking all of our sponsors, whose logos you will see on the inside back page of our program. They have stood with us from the beginning, sharing in our vision for an event that we hope will become a cultural annuity for the town of Middlebury—and all of Vermont. So check out the films, talk to filmmakers, and stop by our special events and Saturday night dance party. Enjoy Middlebury. Take in our surrounding countryside here in the Champlain Valley. And, most of all, accept our hearty thanks for making the effort to come out and join us for this very first Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival! See you at the movies!
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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS WHERE DO I PICK UP INFORMATION?
ARE THERE FREE EVENTS AT THE FESTIVAL?
There is a Festival information tent in Fountain Triangle Park at the corner of Main Street and Merchants Row. Our staff will be on site from 9:00pm–6:00pm on Friday, August 28 and Saturday, August 29 and from 9:00pm–4:00pm on Sunday, August 30.
Absolutely! We have gone to great lengths to ensure that there is something for everyone.
WHERE ARE THE FILMS BEING SCREENED? Our Opening Night Film will be screened at Town Hall Theater at 7:00pm on Thursday, August 27. On Friday, August 28 and Saturday, August 29, films will screen at Town Hall Theater, Marquis Theater and Dana Auditorium at Middlebury College. Screening times are 10:30am, 1:30pm, 4:30pm and 7:30pm. On Sunday, August 30, films will screen only at Town Hall Theater and Marquis Theatre. Screening times are 10:00am, 1:00pm and 4:00pm. The presentation of the VTeddy Awards to our top films will take place at the Closing Ceremonies on Sunday, August 30 at 7:00pm at Town Hall Theater.
WHERE CAN I BUY FESTIVAL & DAY PASSES? All Passes can be purchased directly at our website middfilmfest.org, or in person at the Town Hall Theater Box Office on Merchant’s Row. Festival Passes are $75 and Day Passes are $28. Online purchasers: Bring your photo ID and confirmation number or print-at-home ticket to exchange for your actual Pass at the Town Hall Theater Box Office. Passes are not mailed but can be picked up from Town Hall Theater Box Office beginning 10:00am on Thursday (8/27). Town Hall Theatre Box Office hours during the Festival are 10:00am-6:00pm on Thursday-Saturday and 9:30am-2:00pm on Sunday. We encourage you to pick up your pass at least THIRTY MINUTES before your first screening.
All of our panels and pop-up events with filmmakers and industry professionals are free and open to the public. Additionally, the big Saturday night Dance Party on the Town Green is free for all to enjoy. For times and details on panels and parties, see our Schedule. Pop-up events will occur throughout the Festival, so keep an eye out for them.
WHERE DO I FIND PARKING? There are many parking options throughout the town of Middlebury and Middlebury College campus. Street parking is available throughout downtown. There are municipal lots below the Cross Street bridge and in Frog Hollow at the base of Mill Street. There are many additional spaces in the lot behind the Mahaney Center for the Arts at Middlebury College (72 Porter Field Rd). Signs will be posted along Main Street/VT Route 30 to guide you there.
CAN I SPEAK WITH FILMMAKERS & PRODUCERS AT THE FESTIVAL? Of course! This is one of the unique benefits of the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival. Attending filmmakers will be available to audiences through post–screening Q&A sessions, pop-up events, and panels. Don’t hesitate to say hello!
WHY BUY A PASS? When you purchase a Festival Pass, you receive special treatment. Festival Pass holders will be seated first at all screenings. Day Pass holders will be seated following the seating of all Festival Pass holders. No seats are reserved, but your place will be held until 10 minutes before showtime. All Festival Pass holders are also entitled to free entry at all of our parties and events.
CAN I BUY JUST ONE TICKET TO JUST ONE MOVIE [OR ONE BLOCK OF FILMS]? Single tickets for any block of films are available for $11 at each of the three venues’ lobby box office at any time during the Festival. A single ticket is good for any one block at any venue on any day. Single ticket seating begins 10 minutes prior to listed showtime..
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SCHEDULE THURSDAY 8/27
OPENING NIGHT @ TOWN HALL THEATER
FILM: APPROACHING THE ELEPHANT
DIRECTOR: AMANDA ROSE WILDER
Year one for Lucy, Jiovanni and Alex at the Teddy McArdle Free School, where all classes are voluntary and rules are determined by vote – adults and children have an equal say. Wilder is there from the beginning to end of the school year, documenting and observing founder Alex Khost and an indelible cast of outspoken young personalities as they form relationships, explore their surroundings and intensely debate rule violations, until it all comes to a head.
Documentary
6:00 PM
Doors Open
6:30 PM
Introductions
7:00 PM
Screening Begins (89M)
9:00 PM
AFTER PARTY @ THE SWIFT HOUSE INN --OPENING NIGHT TICKET HOLDERS ONLY--
Producers: Amanda Rose Wilder, Jay Craven, Robert Greene, Caitlin Mae Burke
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SCHEDULE FRIDAY 8/28
THT = TOWN HALL THEATER MARQ = MARQUIS THEATER
DANA = DANA AUDITORIUM SCRN = SCREENING ROOM @ MARQUIS
Short (min.)
Feature (min.)
Special
10:30 AM BLOCK A THT (91M)
Minimum Wage (15m)
Tired Moonlight (76m)
MARQ (112M)
Alien Communication (9m)
Obsolete (12m)
Shaun the Sheep (85m)
DANA (125M)
Junk Girl (17m)
Lady Luck (18m)
Completely Normal (90m)
SCRN (98M)
Blue Light (8m)
Can't Get There From Here (9m)
F 35: A Noisy Problem (8m)
1:30 PM
BLOCK B
THT (103M)
Stunned (23m)
How to Win at Checkers (Every Time) (80m)
MARQ (108M)
Akash (18m)
OMO Child (90m)
DANA (109M)
Barnyard Slop Trough (25m)
June, Adrift (84m)
SCRN (84M)
This is Home (3m)
Junior Walk (3m)
FREE (73m)
Conversation: What Do Producers Look for in a Screenplay? This free-wheeling session will explore how a screenplay gets traction and moves into production. 2:15 PM @ MIDDLEBURY CHOCOLATES 7 FROG HOLLOW ALLEY Includes producer and former Oscilloscope distribution executive David Laub; screenwriter, Sarah Lawrence film professor, former TX Film Commissioner, Fred Strype; and Bill Phillips, documentary filmmaker. Moderator: Jay Craven, MNFF Artistic Director.
Building Trails, A Farmer's Road Building (74m) Communities (4m)
3:30 PM SOCIAL HOUR @ STORM CAFE IN FROG HOLLOW --FILMMAKERS ONLY-4:30 PM
BLOCK C
THT (113M)
As It Appears (11m)
MARQ (118M)
Project: ICE (118m)
DANA (107M)
Emma's Fine (11m)
Dirty Beautiful (96m)
SCRN (77M)
Associations (3m)
Acadian Nights (5m)
Blunderbus (25m)
Conversation: Film Criticism in the Age of the iPhone How has the role and impact of film criticism changed in the face of declining print media and legacy publications and the rise of social media and websites like Rotten Tomatoes?
Wedgerino (77m)
6:00 PM @ CAROL’S HUNGRY MIND CAFE 24 MERCHANTS ROW Explore this with our distinguished panel: Gerald Peary, Boston film critic, National Society of Film Critics member, filmmaker; Margot Harrison, Seven Days Arts Editor/Film Critic; Leger Grindon, writer, and Walter J. Cerf Distinguished Prof., Middlebury College; and Ioana Uricaru, director, screenwriter, and Ass’t Prof., Middlebury College. Moderator: Jay Parini, poet, novelist, screenwriter, critic and Axinn Prof. of English, Middlebury College. Puppet Master (6m)
Asymmetric (4m)
Wald (12m)
And Counting (14 m)
Posthumanismaniarama! (13m)
5:00–6:00 PM HAPPY HOUR @ THE LOBBY ON BAKERY LANE --ALL FESTIVAL PASS HOLDERS WELCOME-7:30 PM
BLOCK D
THT (118M)
Inspector Goes to Breakfast (9m)
Muck (14m)
MARQ (112M)
Young Bull (22m)
The Other Barrio (91m)
DANA (98M)
The Wolfpack (98m)
SCRN (107M)
Thaw (10m)
Hurt (17m)
Connections (2m)
Romeo is Bleeding (93m)
Desert Cathedral (80m)
8:30–10:00 PM FRIDAY NIGHT GATHERING @ TWO BROTHERS TAVERN ON MAIN STREET
--ALL FESTIVAL PASS HOLDERS WELCOME--
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Helio (20m)
SCHEDULE SATURDAY 8/29
THT = TOWN HALL THEATER MARQ = MARQUIS THEATER
DANA = DANA AUDITORIUM SCRN = SCREENING ROOM @ MARQUIS
10:30 AM BLOCK E
Short (min.)
Feature (min.)
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Conversation: What’s the Near Future for Indie Filmmaking? The film industry has been shifting away from theaters toward streaming, smartphones, web series, and more.
THT (103M)
Bumblebees (4m)
MARQ (98M)
The Distant Touch The Vow (5min) (6m)
All Systems Go (10m)
DANA (105M)
Eben Markowski: The Elephant Project (6m)
By and By (96m)
SCRN (90M)
45365 (90m)
1:30 PM
BLOCK F
THT (109M)
My Gal, Rosemarie (16m)
Almost There (93m)
12:30 PM @ MIDDLEBURY COMMUNITY MUSIC CTR @ COMMUNITY HOUSE 6 MAIN ST [NEXT TO THE POST OFFICE]
MARQ (110M)
Marathon (14m)
Somewhere (18m)
Figurine (78m)
Katie’s consulting agency is specifically geared to filmmakers and focuses on film festival strategizing, crowd funding, and social media outreach. She will be joined by filmmakers who have used crowd funding platforms to finance their projects. Moderator: Jay Craven, MNFF Artistic Director.
DANA (110M)
Milk With Dignity (8m)
Cowgirls (23m)
The Land (22m)
SCRN (80M)
Tchoupitoulas (80m)
John the Baptist (24m)
Last Dance on the Main (3m)
Good Business (25m)
Sunakali (50m)
9:15 AM @ MIDDLEBURY CHOCOLATES 7 FROG HOLLOW ALLEY
The Incredible Adventures of Jojo (77m)
Dialogue will explore what opportunities exist for independent filmmakers in the 21st century. Participants include David Laub, producer, former distribution executive at Oscilloscope, now consultant for A24; and Bill Phillips, documentary filmmaker. Moderator: Jay Craven, MNFF Artistic Director.
Conversation: Crowdfunding and Other New Ways to Finance Your Films With special guest Katie McCullough, director of Festival Formula.
Films By and About Middlebury Grads Featuring Directors Molly Stuart, Sarah Briggs, Erin Davis, Bill Phillips, and Special Guest Sabra Field in Conversation with Liza Sacheli
Sabra (57m)
Conversation: Women Film Pioneers From the early days of motion pictures, women were making movies. Recent scholarship and the Women Film Pioneers Project are transforming understanding. Join Kate Hearst for a discussion about this fascinating subject. 3:15 PM @ OTTER CREEK KITCHENWARE AND ELECTRONICS 16 MERCHANTS ROW
3:30–4:30 PM THE AFTERNOON PARTY @ EDGEWATER GALLERY IN FROG HOLLOW
--ALL FESTIVAL PASS HOLDERS WELCOME--
4:30 PM
BLOCK G
THT (92M)
Western (92m)
On-Stage Dialogue Directors and MNFF Awardees Bill and Turner Ross talk with Jay Craven
MARQ (115M)
Parallel Chords (14m)
Malady (101m)
DANA (105M)
Call of Duty (7m)
Men Go To Battle (98m)
SCRN (142M)
Of Men and War (142m)
5:00–6:00 PM HAPPY HOUR @ AMERICAN FLATBREAD AT MARBLE WORKS 7:30 PM
BLOCK H
THT (94M)
Four Eyes (13m)
Pretend We're Kissing (81m)
MARQ (118M)
Mr. Badluck (28m)
The Sound and the Shadow (90m)
DANA (107M)
Nasbandi (23m)
Among the Believers (84m)
--ALL FESTIVAL PASS HOLDERS WELCOME--
On-Stage Dialogue Directors Hemal Trevedi and Mohammed Naqvi talk with Jay Craven
7:00–11:00 PM MNFF DANCE PARTY @ TOWN GREEN +
FREE ADMISSION + OPEN TO ALL
MUSIC BY EVOLFO DOOFEHT / BEER, WINE & HARD CIDER FOOD TENTS (BROUGHT TO YOU BY MIDDLEBURY UNDERGROUND)
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SCHEDULE SUNDAY 8/30
THT = TOWN HALL THEATER MARQ = MARQUIS THEATER
DANA = DANA AUDITORIUM SCRN = SCREENING ROOM @ MARQUIS
8:30–10:00 AM FESTIVAL BREAKFAST @ THE DINER ON MERCHANTS ROW & SAMA’S CAFE ON COLLEGE STREET
Short (min.)
+ OPEN TO ALL +
10:00 AM BLOCK I THT (103M)
Simon (12m)
Melancholy Doorman (10m)
Lullaby (12m)
Archie's Betty (69m)
MARQ (98M)
Lady and the Frog (3m)
Crooked Candy (6m)
The Scenes (10m)
Landfill Harmonic (84m)
1:00 PM
BLOCK J
THT (115M)
Mail.Man (20m)
Dinkytown Uprising (95m)
MARQ (121M)
Picking up the Pieces (28m)
(T)ERROR (93m)
4:00 PM
BLOCK K
THT (110M)
Dollar-a-Day Boys (30m)
Mavis! (80m)
MARQ (108M)
Eminent Domain (20m)
The Armor of Light (88 m)
7:00 PM CLOSING CEREMONIES @ TOWN HALL THEATER
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FREE + OPEN TO ALL
Feature (min.)
VTEDDY AWARDS PRESENTATION
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Special
MNFF STAFF & SPECIAL GUESTS LLOYD KOMESAR – FESTIVAL PRODUCER Credit: Todd Balfour
Lloyd Komesar spent nearly 30 years as a sales, research and distribution exec in the film and television programming industry, first at Blair Television in New York, then, for the next 25 years, at the Walt Disney Company in New York and Los Angeles. Having acquired extensive knowledge of the distribution models of film and television over his rewarding career, he brings a considerable amount of perspective and insight to the MNFF endeavor. And he really likes seeing films.
JAY CRAVEN – ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Credit: Matt Kiedaisch
Artistic Director and filmmaker Jay Craven has made seven feature films, four documentaries, and an Emmy Award-winning comedy series (Windy Acres) for public television. He directs Kingdom County Productions and teaches at Marlboro College, where he directs the biennial “Movies from Marlboro” program where 20 professionals mentor and collaborate with 32 students from multiple colleges to make a feature film for national release. Craven founded Catamount Arts in St. Johnsbury in 1975 — and co-founded Circus Smirkus in 1986. His newest feature film, Peter and John, stars Jacqueline Bisset and will screen at the Middlebury Town Hall Theater at 7pm Friday, September 25th.
PHOEBE LEWIS – PUBLICITY ASSOCIATE Phoebe Lewis is thrilled to be a part of this historic inaugural event. Phoebe grew up performing in the summer in Ripton, VT with the Bread Loaf Acting Ensemble productions (most notable role: “Boy” in Much Ado About Nothing). A rising senior at Kenyon College, she has written for the Kenyon Collegian, emPower Magazine, and, most recently, the Addison Independent. Phoebe hopes to pursue a career in arts management upon graduating from Kenyon.
KYLA JARRETT – OPERATIONS ASSOCIATE Kyla is a recent graduate of Middlebury College, where she majored in foreign languages and was a coxswain on the men’s crew team. She grew up in a show business family and has loved acting and filmmaking for her entire life. She spent four summers working as an assistant manager of a production company at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the world’s largest theatre festival. She has worked behind the scenes on The Great Gatsby and on the eclectic projects of Rabbit Bandini Productions. She has most recently worked in front of the camera in the upcoming feature film Talk is Cheap. She is extremely grateful for the opportunity to be a part of this festival’s inaugural year.
KATE HEARST – PANELIST AND MODERATOR Dr. Kathryn Hearst specializes in cinema & media studies; women’s & gender history; social & cultural history of the U.S. & Europe. For the past four years, Dr. Hearst has been teaching at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, NY. She serves as advisor to the Women Film Pioneers Project (WFPP), a web-based series created by the Columbia University Libraries and Center for Digital Research and Scholarship. Prior to teaching, Hearst worked in film & television development at The Polone Company. She earned her Ph.D. And M.F.A. in Film, both at Columbia University. Currently, Dr. Hearst is working on a book about documentary filmmaker Barbara Kopple.
FRED STRYPE – PANELIST AND MODERATOR Fred Strype is an award-winning screenwriter and filmmaker whose work has been screened and honored internationally. He is the Director of the Filmmaking, Screenwriting & Media Arts Program at Sarah Lawrence College. He served on the faculty of his alma mater, Columbia University, in the Graduate Film Division where he earned his MFA. He heads up Raindance Pictures, an independent production company and is the former Executive Director of the Irving Texas Film Commission serving Dallas/Ft. Worth. He won the Grand Prize at the Nantucket Film Festival, The Showtime Tony Cox Award in Screenwriting and was also a 2008 member of the Nantucket Screenwriters Colony.
DAVID LAUB – PANELIST David Laub is an independent producer and distribution consultant for the film studio A24 films, where he works on all elements of distribution, including acquisition, release strategy, marketing, publicity, and exhibition. Previously, David served for more than three years as Co-President of NY-based independent distributor Oscilloscope Laboratories, where he oversaw all elements of distribution. He executive produced two of Oscilloscope’s recent releases, Omar Mullick and Bassam Tariq’s These Birds Walk and Lotfy Nathan’s 12 O’Clock Boys. Prior to Oscilloscope, David worked for five years at the distributor THINKFilm, where he was involved in the acquisition and distribution of films including Half Nelson, Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead and Taxi to the Dark Side. He has a BA in Film Studies and English from Wesleyan University, and an MA in Film Studies, also from Wesleyan.
For information/Tickets After Dark Music Series P.O. Box 684, Middlebury, VT 05753 (802) 388-0216 e-mail: aftdark@sover.net. www.afterdarkmusicseries.com Peformances in Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater Corner of S. Pleasant & Merchants Row Tickets at Main Street Stationery and by mail.
An evening with Loudon Wainwright III A Grammy Award-winning songwriter, folk singer, humorist, actor, and one of America’s most astute lyrical commentators.
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FILMS A-Z 45365
Acadian Nights Saturday SCRN Block E 10:30 am 90M
Akash Friday SCRN Block C 4:30 pm 5M
Friday MARQ Block B 1:30 pm 18M
45365 captures the complexities and ambiguities of one town’s shared experience. It is a patient and inquisitive look at the lives and landscapes that make up this community of 20,000 people. Multiple storylines eventually coalesce into a mosaic of faces, places, and events. It is a look at life in Sidney, Ohio.
Marked by vibrant color, hypnotic interludes, and sensual appeal, Acadian Nights is an experiential art film inspired by the universality of dreams- particularly dreams of houses and the spaces that contain us. Elements of hybridization, collage, and animation blur the boundaries between fantasy and reality. Archetypes of family emerge from Weiss’s constructed images. The narrative is grounded in the cycle of waking and dreaming.
Faced with her bible abiding, hard working father’s failing health and his inability to provide for her education, eight-year-old Bargavi learns the ways of courage and hope by giving us an unapologetic and honest account of her life in Chennai slums.
Directors: Bill Ross, Turner Ross
Language: English
Director: Peggy Weiss
Language: Silent
Director: Sri Charan
Language: Tamil
Documentary
Country: USA
Writer: Peggy Weiss
Country: USA
Writer: Sri Charan
Country: India
Producers: Bill Ross, Turner Ross
Producer: Peggy Weiss
Producer: Sri Charan
Alien Communication
All Systems Go
Almost There
Friday MARQ Block A 10:30 am 9M
Saturday MARQ Block E 10:30 am 10M
Saturday THT Block F 1:30 pm 93M
Sometimes communicating with the opposite sex can be as alien as communicating with well... an alien. This slightly sci-fi short film is a touching coming of age story that the awkward in all of us can relate to.
When Sam, a socially isolated 11 y earold, finds out that his all-time hero, Neil Armstrong, will be visiting his small Vermont town in the fall of 1969, it becomes his mission to meet Armstrong and ask him to bring his toy astronaut on a trip to space. However, when Sam’s older sister and a group of bullies get in the way, Sam has to take matters into his own hands.
For many, Peter Anton’s house embodies an endof-life nightmare: heat and electricity are shut off, floorboards are rotting, and the detritus of a chaotic life is precariously stacked to the ceiling. For the filmmakers, Anton’s home is a treasure trove, not to mention Anton himself, a character worthy of his own reality TV show. By its quietly satisfying ending, Almost There provides human drama, insights into mental illness, aging in America, and the redemptive power of art.
Directors: Kris Theorin, Kurtis Theorin
Language: English
Director: Aaron Kalischer-Coggins
Language: English
Country: USA
Writer: Aaron Kalischer-Coggins
Country: USA
Directors: Aaron Wickenden, Dan Rybicky
FAMILY-FRIENDLY
Producers: Zach Dravis, Lawrence Ma
WORLD PREMIERE
Producer: Amy Theorin
FAMILY-FRIENDLY
Among The Believers
Approaching the Elephant Saturday DANA Block H 7:30 pm 90M
Charismatic cleric Abdul Aziz Ghazi, ISIS supporter and Taliban ally, is waging jihad against the Pakistani state. His dream: impose strict Shariah law throughout the country, as a model for the world. His Holy War is motivated by the government’s 2007 leveling of his flagship mosque that killed his mother, brother, only son and 150 students. Intimate and shocking, Among the Believers offers rare insights into the ideological battles shaping Pakistan and the Muslim world. Directors: Hemal Trivedi, Mohammed Naqvi
Language: Urdu, English
Documentary
Country: Pakistan
Producers: Hemal Trivedi, Jonathan Goodman Levitt
Documentary
Country: USA
Producers: Aaron Wickenden, Dan Rybicky
Archie’s Betty
Thursday THT OPENING NIGHT 6:00 pm 89M Year one for Lucy, Jiovanni and Alex at the Teddy McArdle Free School, where all classes are voluntary and rules are determined by vote – adults and children have an equal say. Wilder is there from the beginning to end of the school year, documenting and observing founder Alex Khost and an indelible cast of outspoken young personalities as they form relationships, explore their surroundings and intensely debate rule violations, until it all comes to a head.
Language: English
Sunday THT Block I 10:00 am 69M The filmmaker, a devoted Archie fan, makes an independent documentary search for the real-life people behind the characters in the ever popular Archie comics. Were Archie, Betty, Veronica, Moose, and Jughead based on actual students whom Bob Montana, the original Archie cartoonist, knew in high school in the 1930s in Haverhill, Massachusetts?
Director: Amanda Rose Wilder
Language: English
Director: Gerald Peary
Language: English
Documentary
Country: USA
Documentary
Country: USA
Producers: Amanda Rose Wilder, Jay Craven, Robert Greene, Caitlin Mae Burke
Writer: Gerald Peary Producer: Shaun Clancy
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FILMS A-Z CONTINUED The Armor of Light
As it Appears Sunday MARQ Block K 4:00 pm 88M
Associations Friday THT Block C 4:30 pm 11M
Friday SCRN Block C 4:30 pm 3M
The Armor of Light follows the journey of an Evangelical minister, Reverend Rob Schenck, anti-abortion activist and fixture on the political far right, who breaks with orthodoxy by questioning whether being pro-gun is consistent with being pro-life. Reverend Schenck is shocked and perplexed by the reactions of his long-time friends and colleagues who warn him away from this complex, politically explosive issue.
Engin invites his co-worker friend Esin for a date at his house. While he’s trying to hide the fact that he’s living with two flatmates, Engin gets anxious as the date is turning into a chaos. After Esin passes out during dinner all of a sudden, Engin decides to invite his flatmates in order to wake Esin up.
An abstract short film made during the most dreadfully slow period of a Vermont winter. Associations is a daydream- an homage to the places that the mind can wander. Using light experiments including a timelapse inside of a camera obscura, the piece explores the interaction of time and movement in a peaceful yet peculiar fashion.
Director: Abigail E. Disney
Language: English
Director: Ezgi Akyol
Language: Turkish
Director: Luke Becker-Lowe
Language: English
Documentary
Country: USA
Writers: Ezgi Akyol, Emre Tuncel
Country: Turkey
Writer: Luke Becker-Lowe
Country: USA
Producers: Kathleen Hughes, Gini Reticker, Abigail E. Disney
Producer: Ateş Benek
Asymmetric
Barnyard Slop Trough Friday SCRN Block C 4:30 pm 4M
USA PREMIERE
Producer: Luke Becker-Lowe
WORLD PREMIERE
Blue Light Friday DANA Block B 1:30 pm 25M
Friday SCRN Block A 10:30 am 8M
This short experimental documentary explores the similarities and differences between a person’s appearance and how they perceive them self. Asymmetric treats the human face as a landscape. The short film employs intimate camera angles and unconventional interviews to examine the human face as if it were something foreign to the viewer.
After another poorly received show, pop-up restaurateur Fredrick Klise finds inspiration from his family farm and his red-diaper upbringing to craft his most revolutionary pop-up yet: Barnyard Slop Trough. Seeing the farm-to- table movement as having been hijacked by bourgeois anti-consumerism consumerism, Fredrick decides to serve slop in a giant trough as a way to unite people in their animalistic instincts.
If the average human lives to be around 80, they spend 20 years of their life staring at a screen. “Blue Light” shines light on the often overlooked topic of technology addiction and over use by teenagers and adults in Vermont and our world, through interviews and statistics. It challenges its viewers to start realizing how much time they spend on media. Let’s start getting our 20 year back!
Director: Luke Becker-Lowe
Language: English
Director: Jack Gustafson
Director: Ben Shumlin
Language: English
Writer: Luke Becker-Lowe
Country: USA
Writers: Jack Gustafson, Luke Pretz Country: USA
Writer: Ben Shumlin
Country: USA
WORLD PREMIERE
Producers: Jack Gustafson, Luke Pretz
Producer: Ben Shumlin
Producer: Luke Becker-Lowe
Blunderbus
Language: English
WORLD PREMIERE
Building Trails, Building Communities Bumblebees Friday THT Block C 4:30 pm 25M
Friday SCRN Block B 1:30 pm 4M
Saturday THT Block E 10:30 am 4M
Blunderbus is a coming of age comedy about two life-long friends living in a tent in Brooklyn to save money for a cross country road trip planned since childhood. Tensions are high after a long summer of tent living, and their adventure across America cannot come soon enough. Just before they leave, unpleasant truths emerge that threaten to destroy everything.
Working with the U.S. Forest Service, Vermont Mountain Bike Association, Middlebury Bike Club, and VYCC, the Jolly Rovers Trail Crew was able to facilitate and help build a sustainable and creative “turnpike” through one their workshops.
Despite being told as a child he would never speak or walk, Vance accomplished what doctors thought was impossible. But now he has a new challenge: dating.
Director: Ashley Louis
Language: English
Director: Scott Mallory
Language: English
Director: Jenna Kanell
Language: English
Writer: Ashley Louis
Country: USA
Writer: Scott Mallory
Country: USA
Writer: Jenna Kanell
Country: USA
Producers: Judy Posey, Joshua Louis, Eleanor Wilson
Producer: Scott Mallory
WORLD PREMIERE
Producers: Jenna Kanell, Katy Tulka
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FILMS A-Z CONTINUED By and By: New Orleans Gospel at the Crossroads
Call of Duty
Saturday DANA Block E 10:30 am 97M
Can’t Get There From Here Saturday DANA Block G 4:30 pm 7M
Friday SCRN Block A 10:30 am 9M
This film follows James Williams Sr. and The Electrifying CrownSeekers, a traditional gospel quartet struggling into the fifth decade of its community ministry, buffeted by generational changes in musical tastes and overwhelming post-Katrina after-effects. BY AND BY invites you into the redemptive spirit of the African American church, telling the story of an important American musical tradition in the service of perseverance, hope and faith with Mr. Williams playing some righteous guitar!
Call of Duty is a portrait of New York City Jury Duty Clerk Walter Schretzman who has learned how to lull thousands of his fellow grumpy New Yorkers into Jury Duty compliance. He plays the role of Government worker, crisis negotiator, and borscht belt comedian and shares his wisdom with Jurors during their days together. It is hard to dispute his delightful take on the mundane.
Can’t Get There From Here film explores the reasons why young Vermonters are choosing to leave Vermont. I have interviewed students, young people in the workforce, and professionals who work at schools. I have also included my own personal opinions in my film. I think it is important that today’s youth doesn’t stay at home, but venture out into the world and possibly bring back those experiences to Vermont later in their lives.
Directors: Joe Compton, Matthew T. Bowden
Language: English
Director: Matt Lenski
Language: English
Director: Amelia Hutchins Moore
Language: English
Country: USA
Documentary
Country: USA
Writer: Amelia Hutchins Moore
Country: USA
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Producers: Andrew Adair, Jake Perlin, Kate West
Producer: Amelia Hutchins Moore
Connections
And Counting
Documentary Producers: Joe Compton, Matthew T. Bowden
Completely Normal Friday DANA Block A 10:30 am 90M An awkwardly dark, romantic comedy set in NYC. Greg, a hopelessly awkward romantic who takes things a bit too far, could be described by some (perhaps all) as a stalker. Gwen is trying to survive in NYC as a maid and her personality disorder leaves it hard to accomplish anything or even consider a love life. The two cross paths on the subway, Gwen doesn’t realize it yet but she has a very secret admirer.
Friday THT Block D 7:30 pm 2M
Friday SCRN Block C 4:30 pm 14M
Amy Plambeck was 14 when she created Connections. Amy writes: “The connection between capitalism and racism isn’t always made obvious, and by ignoring this connection we continue to drive these issues deeper into the fabric of our society.” Amy drew and coupled her animation with a powerful segment of an interview with Yusef Shakur, while on the Conversations From the Open Road trip to Detroit in July, 2014.
Living two decades longer than he ever imagined possible with HIV, Quin’s life unfolds in this artistic representation of his loss, love and celebration. ‘And Counting’ takes you on an experimental journey and invites you to create your own cinematic experience by embracing what you don’t expect.
Director: Robert Vornkahl
Language: English
Director: Amy Plambeck
Language: English
Director: Michelle Wood
Language: English
Writer: Robert Vornkahl
Country: USA
Writer: Amy Plambeck
Country: USA
Documentary
Country: USA
Producers: Robert Vornkahl, Andrew Beguin, John Rebecchi, Seth Kirschner, Molly Beitchman
Producer: Amy Plambeck
Producer: Lance Levesque
Cowgirls
Crooked Candy
Desert Cathedral
Saturday DANA Block F 1:30 pm 23M Cowgirls is a portrait a mother, Claudia Ogilvie, and her two adult daughters Blue and Skye. The film is a window into the daily lives of these three working women and their relationships with each other, their horses, and the landscape in which they live. It is an exploration of what it means to be authentic, vulnerable, and strong, and ultimately what it means to truly be a cowgirl.
Directors: Sarah Briggs, Anna Carroll Documentary Producers: Sarah Briggs, Anna Carroll
Sunday MARQ Block I 10:00 am 6M
Friday SCRN Block D 7:30 pm 80M
Kinder Surprise eggs are enormously popular all around the world. From the foil wrapper to the chocolate shell, the plastic yolk capsule to the clever toy inside, Kinder eggs are practically a global rite of childhood. That is, except in the United States, where they’re considered a choking hazard and are illegal. This is the story of a Kinder smuggler.
A broken real estate developer, played by Lee Tergesen (Oz, Generation Kill, Monster), mysteriously disappears into the Southwest in 1992, leaving behind a series of cryptic VHS tapes. Without the aid of police, his wife hires a private investigator, played by Chaske Spencer (Banshee, The Twilight Saga), to bring him home. Based on a true story; the debut feature from Travis Gutiérrez Senger, blends found audio and video footage to create a unique cinematic experience.
Language: English
Director: Andrew Rodgers
Language: English
Directors: Travis Gutiérrez Senger
Language: English
Country: USA
Documentary
Country: USA
Writers: Travis Gutiérrez Senger
Country: USA
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Producer: Andrew Rodgers
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FILMS A-Z CONTINUED The Dinkytown Uprising
Dirty Beautiful Sunday THT Block J 1:00 pm 95M
The Distant Touch Friday DANA Block C 4:30 pm 96M
Saturday MARQ Block E 10:30 am 5M
This documentary chronicles the unprecedented 40-day, 40-night continuous Dinkytown ‘occupation’ to prevent construction of an unwanted hamburger joint. From film programmer-turned-filmmaker Al Milgrom, the story is recounted by seven participants whose varied remembrances about defending the neighborhood becomes a microcosm of the memorable ‘70s Generation.
In a comically nightmarish mash-up of opposites attracting, a struggling writer brings a shiftless young beauty into his L.A. apartment, where her bad habits crash head-on with his orderly life. Just as they’re about to completely destroy each other, fate throws them an unexpected curve.
The Distant Touch is a 2D animation about a baby fox’s quest to find his mother. It shows an animal’s inner world that has been destroyed by human beings.
Directors: Al Milgrom, Daniel Geiger
Language: English
Writer: Tim Bartell
Language: English
Directors: Jun Chen, Yang Yang
Language: English
Country: USA
Director: Tim Bartell
Country: USA
Writer: Jun Chen
Country: USA
Documentary
Producers: Justin Hogan, Cameron McIntyre, Tim Bartell
Writer: Al Milgrom
WORLD PREMIERE FAMILY-FRIENDLY
Producers: Al Milgrom, Daniel Geiger
The Dollar-a-Day Boys: A Portrait of the Civilian Conservation Corps
Eben Markowski: The Elephant Project
Sunday THT Block K 4:00 pm 30M
Eminent Domain Saturday DANA Block E 10:30 am 6M
Sunday MARQ Block K 4:00 pm 20M
The Dollar-a-Day Boys revisits the Great Depression era through the memories of old men who lived through those “hard times” as enrollees in the Civilian Conservation Corps, the most successful of F.D.R.’s New Deal programs. The film is woven around the personal story of the filmmaker’s father, just one of 3 million enrollees. Despite doing hard work for about 20 cents a day, these last few living alumni recall their CCC experience as “the best thing that ever happened.
Vermont Sculptor Eben Markowski creates a life-sized elephant from iron, steel and chain. This short film explores the evolution of his creative process and the artist’s view of the world through discovery of materials, concept and skill.
Jim Bishop has been building a castle in the mountains of Colorado for more than 45 years. His limitless capacity for manual labor is matched by his fiercely opinionated diatribes about the state of the world. Weaving conspiracy theory rants with pleas for his newsworthiness and jokes about Viagra, Bishop regales, and offends, the thousands who visit his castle every year. As impressive as his castle is, the main attraction is the castle builder himself.
Director: Anthony DiFranco
Language: English
Director: Natalie Stultz
Language: English
Director: Brian Comfort
Language: English
Documentary
Country: USA
Documentary
Country: USA
Writer: Brian Comfort
Country: USA
Producer: Natalie Stultz
Writer: Anthony DiFranco Producer: Anthony DiFranco
Emma’s Fine
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F35: A Noisy Problem Friday DANA Block C 4:30 pm 11M
Producer: Brian Comfort
A Farmer’s Road Friday SCRN Block A 10:30 am 8M
Friday SCRN Block B 1:30 am 74M
A woman goes to great lengths to hide her daily struggle.
The F-35 is a revolutionary new fighter jet with impressive capabilities. In the next few years, it may become the military’s primary fighter jet. However, the F-35 is far from optimal. One key problem: It’s loud. The noise level of the F-35 is so extreme, it can cause permanent cognitive problems in children. Worse yet, the jet will be stationed in Burlington, VT: Over a thousand local children will have to tolerate its roar.
Why did two PhD soil scientists trade the security of academic tenure for the challenges and economic uncertainty of operating an Illinois goat dairy and farmstead creamery? Surrounded by commodity-based agribusiness, they strive to embody the core principles of sustainability, showcasing artisan products during slow-food dinners on the farm. Educating the public about locally-sourced small-farm diversity is changing the American food system one meal at a time.
Director: Miguel M. Matias
Language: English
Director: Audrey Lee
Language: English
Director: John Murray
Language: English
Writer: Miguel M. Matias
Country: USA
Writer: Audrey Lee
Country: USA
Documentary
Country: USA
Producers: Miguel M. Matias, Amy Demas
Producer: Audrey Lee
Writer: John Murray Producers: John Murray, Ben Spanner, Steven Berger, Paula Froehle
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FILMS A-Z CONTINUED Figurine
Foureyes Saturday MARQ Block F 1:30 pm 78M
FREE Saturday THT Block H 7:30 pm 13M
Friday SCRN Block A 10:30 am 73M
Karin leads a quiet life working at a truck wash and ushering part-time at the hockey arena. Her solitary routine is broken when she meets James, a truck driver seeking work in the city. As autumn approaches winter, Karin opens herself to the possibility of romance.
A 10-year-old boy is thrust into the tumultuous world of puberty when he gets a new pair of eyeglasses.
What is it like to grow up in one of the nation’s most violent cities? Capturing the raw beauty and powerful grace of a dance company for at-risk youth, F R E E journeys behind the curtain to spotlight the intimate stories of five teenagers in Oakland, California. This uplifting documentary showcases art’s ability to transform violence, poverty and isolation.
Director: Hans Olson
Language: English
Director: Conor Byrne
Language: English
Writer: Hans Olson
Country: Canada
Writer: Conor Byrne
Country: USA
Directors: Suzanne LaFetra, David Collier
Producers: Hans Olson, Kyle Armstrong, Dev Singh
WORLD PREMIERE
Good Business
Language: English Country: USA
Producers: Tyler Byrne, David Laub
Documentary
Helio
How To Win At Checkers (Every Time)
Saturday THT Block E 10:30 am 25M
Producers: Suzanne LaFetra, David Collier
Friday SCRN Block C 4:30 pm 20M
Friday THT Block B 1:30 pm 80M
What role can business play in transforming a society? By exploring the story of Raymond Ackerman (founder of a South African retail giant- Pick n Pay), we encounter the power that love, forgiveness and compassion can have in overcoming the injustice, prejudice and hatred of the apartheid era in South Africa; and begin to realise why ‘Doing good, is good business.’
Helio is a short, visceral film centered on a postapocalyptic underground society where miners work for light to survive. But when a dying rebel thrusts the unexpected onto an unassuming worker’s lap, all hell breaks loose. What begins as one man’s race to escape the hostile government quickly escalates into a city-wide uprising of the people.
In Thailand, all males turning 21 years old must participate in the annual military draft lottery. A black card grants exemption, while red results in two years of military service. On the morning of his draft lottery, Oat reflects back on his childhood - when his older brother Ek faced the possibility of being drafted himself. Unable to convince Ek to change his fate, Oat takes matters into his own hands, resulting in unexpected circumstances.
Director: Rob Schermbrucker
Language: English
Director: Teddy Cecil
Language: English
Director: Josh Kim
Documentary
Country: South Africa
Writer: Teddy Cecil
Country: USA
Writer: Josh Kim
Producers: Miranda Magagnini, Rob Schermbrucker
WORLD PREMIERE
Producers: Teddy Cecil, David Kenneth, Nick Cofino, Brett Miller
Country: Thailand Producers: Edward Gunawan, Chris Lee, Anocha Suwichakornpong
The Incredible Adventures of Jojo [& His Annoying Little Sister Avila]
Inspector Goes To Breakfast
Language: Thai (English subtitles)
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Hurt Friday SCRN Block D 7:30 pm 17M A group of college friends set out for a relaxing week at the lake. When they encounter an abandoned car on the back roads of Vermont a search ensues and what they discover that night will change their lives forever.
Director: Ethan Murphy
Language: English
Writer: Ethan Murphy
Country: USA
Producers: Jam Murphy, Ethan Murphy
WORLD PREMIERE
Saturday MARQ Block E 10:30 am 77M When Jojo and his sister Avila are left to their own devices after a car accident injures their mother, they must survive in the woods on their own. Among the travails and harrowing experiences is a deranged hobo, ravaging wolves, abandoned couches, and dirty diapers. But don’t fret for the little ones; they have a sharp pocketknife at the ready. There’s adventure, danger, comedy, and Skittles. “This film’s not for over-protective parents,” warns husband-wife team Ann-Marie and Brian Schmidt. Directors: Ann-Marie Schmidt, Brian Schmidt Producer: Ann-Marie Schmidt, Brian Schmidt Writers: Brian Schmidt, Scott Trawick
Language: English Country: USA
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Friday THT Block D 7:30 pm 9M With his cool logic and professional demeanor, the world belongs to the Inspector. This all changes when he arrogantly attempts to seduce a strange and beautiful lady. Drawing from the powers of Hecate and Medusa, she traps him in her own web of sorcery, and the Inspector soon finds himself ensnared in a mysticfeminist hell, where women and worms rule the world and make scrambled eggs out of men like him. Directors: Anna Loucka, Marceline Mitchell Writers: Anna Loucka, Marceline Mitchell Producers: Anna Loucka, Marceline Mitchell
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Language: English Country: USA
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FILMS A-Z CONTINUED John The Baptist
June, Adrift Saturday THT Block E 10:30 am 24M
Junior Walk Friday DANA Block B 1:30 pm 84M
Friday SCRN Block B 1:30 pm 3M
John the Baptist is a short documentary film that follows the title character through a day of intense work. Despite his arduous routine, John still finds the strength and inspiration to bring joy to the people of his city.
Emma’s an aspiring sound designer in LA paying the bills creating sound effects for pornos. Barkley pretends she didn’t drop out of her Masters program so her Polish family doesn’t find out she fizzled. Rachel’s a great elementary school teacher but her life is empty outside of work. When Emma’s parents trash her failed boat building project, the three millennial women drive to rural Maryland to rescue and restore both the boat and their pride.
Ned McEleney’s film, Junior Walk, Coal River Mountain Watch, presents a young man who grew up in southern West Virginia. Junior’s words speak for a community, landscape and tradition. Ned was a Burlington College Media Activism student on the Conversations From the Open Road trip to Appalachia. Ned is interested in using media to inform and unite people attempting to create a society based on environmental stewardship not destruction, mutual aid rather than perpetual war.
Director: Rodrigo Rezende Meireles
Language: Portuguese
Director: Adrienne Subia
Language: English
Director: Ned McEleney
Language: English
Writer: Rodrigo Rezende Meireles
Country: Brazil
Writers: Amanda McCann, Cassie Ramoska, Christine Moore
Country: USA
Writer: Ned McEleney
Country: USA
Producer: Rodrigo Rezende Meireles
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Junk Girl
Producer: Ned McEleney
Producers: Amanda McCann, Cassie Ramoska, Christine Moore, Kasia Trojak
Lady and the Frog Friday DANA Block A 10:30 am 17M
Lady Luck Sunday MARQ Block I 10:00 am 3M
Friday DANA Block A 10:30 am 18M
There once was a girl / who was made up of junk / She looked really dirty / and she smelled like a skunk / She was always unhappy / or in one of her slumps-perhaps ‘cause she spent / so much time down in the dumps / The only bright moment / was from a guy named Stan / He was from the neighborhood / garbage man / He loved her a lot / and made a marriage proposal / but she already thrown herself / in the garbage disposal.
A frog wakes up in a bag of mixed vegetables at a supermarket. A lady runs by and grabs the bag.
Lady Luck is a magical fantasy film that tells the story of a young boy’s attempts to win back his mother’s love after the family falls on hard times. The film is based on DH Lawrence’s story ‘The Rocking Horse Winner’ - a story which is often named as one of the top 10 best short stories of all time.
Director: Mohammad Zare
Language: Farsi
Director: Tina T. Hsu
Language: English
Director: Jo Lewis
Language: English
Writer: Shalale Kheiri
Country: Iran
Writer: Tina T. Hsu
Country: USA
Writers: Jo Lewis, Fay Garrett
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Producers: Jo Lewis, Victoria Bavister, Krissi Mcilquham
Country: United Kingdom
Producer: Tina T. Hsu
The Land
Landfill Harmonic Saturday DANA Block F 1:30 pm 22M
Last Dance on the Main Sunday MARQ Block I 10:00 am 84M
The Land is a short documentary film about the nature of play, risk and hazard set in The Land, a Welsh “adventure” playground. At The Land children climb trees, light fires and use hammers and nails in a play-space rooted in the belief that kids are empowered when they learn to manage risks on their own.
Landfill Harmonic follows the Recycled Orchestra, a youth group who plays instruments made out of garbage. When their story goes viral, the orchestra is catapulted into global spotlight. However, when the largest flood devastates their country, they must become the source of hope for their community.
Director: Erin Davis
Language: English
Documentary
Country: USA
Directors: Graham Townsley, Brad Allgood, Juliana Penaranda-Loftus
Language: Spanish (English subtitles)
Documentary
Country: Paraguay, USA
Producers: Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert
Producers: Juliana PenarandaLoftus, Belle Murphy, Rodolfo Madero, Alejandra Amarilla, Jorge Maldonado
Saturday DANA Block E 10:30 am 3M An animated documentary on the demolition of a row of historic buildings on Montreal’s St Laurent boulevard, also known as “The Main”, by politicians and building developers, and the resistance put up by the burlesque artists and the local community.
Director: Aristofanis Soulikias Animator: Aristofanis Soulikias Producer: Aristofanis Soulikias
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Language: English, French Country: Canada
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FILMS A-Z CONTINUED Lullaby
Mail.Man Sunday THT Block I 10:00 am 12M
Malady Sunday THT Block J 1:00 pm 20M
Saturday MARQ Block G 4:30 pm 101M
A man attempts to cope with the over stimulation of contemporary society. Is a mysterious package he purchases the solution?
With letters something of an endangered species in the Internet age, “Mail.Man” dramatically illustrates their continued importance in a moving but lighthearted fashion, with modern technology still playing an important role. Inspired by a character-driven nod to Frank Capra, the story unfolds through the endearing experience of a veteran mail carrier, with a twist that could make text-obsessed viewers rediscover the power and beauty of a well written letter or email.
Attempting to escape her grief and fulfill her mother’s last dying wishes, Holly ventures out of the confines of the family home to find love. She meets Matthew, a man troubled by a secretive and obscure past. Together they find solace and begin to create something beautiful. They then encounter Matthew’s mother Loralei, who thrusts the loving couple into a spiraling nightmare of lies and deceit, testing their loyalty and redefining their definition of family.
Director: Stuart Valberg
Language: English
Director: William Aydelott
Language: English
Director: Jack James
Language: English
Producers: Jason Booth, Woodrow Travers
Country: USA
Writers: William Aydelott, David Graves
Country: USA
Writer: Jack James
Country: United Kingdom
Producers: Jack James, Kemal Yildirim
Producers: David Graves, Courtland Jones
Marathon
Mavis! Saturday MARQ Block F 1:30 pm 14M
The Melancholy Doorman or: With Great Serotonin Levels Comes Great Responsibility Sunday THT Block K 4:00 pm 80M
Sunday THT Block I 10:00 am 10M
Evvie is a young woman trying to put the missing pieces from her past back together. Her search brings her to an unfamiliar town where she fixates on running a marathon which leads her to discover that the truth is more complicated than she imagined.
MAVIS! is the first documentary on gospel/soul music legend and civil rights icon Mavis Staples and her group, The Staple Singers. Featuring powerful live performances, rare archival footage, and conversations with friends and contemporaries, MAVIS! reveals the intimate stories of her journey. At 75, she’s making the most vital music of her career, winning Grammy awards, and reaching a new generation of fans. Her message of love and equality is needed now more than ever.
While going about his professional duties, a doorman discusses his struggles with depression, and finds hope in the origin stories of superheroes.
Director: Lauren Smitelli
Language: English
Director: Jessica Edwards
Language: English
Director: Michael Greer
Language: English
Writer: Lauren Smitelli
Country: USA
Documentary
Country: USA
Writer: Michael Greer
Country: USA
Producer: Aaron Schnobrich
Producers: Jessica Edwards, Rachel Mills
Producer: Michael Greer
Men Go To Battle
Milk With Dignity
Minimum Wage
Saturday DANA Block G 4:30 pm 98M
Saturday DANA Block F 1:30 pm 8M
WORLD PREMIERE
Friday THT Block A 10:30 am 15M
Kentucky, 1861. Francis and Henry Mellon depend on each other to keep their unkempt estate afloat as winter encroaches. After Francis takes a casual fight too far, Henry ventures off in the night, leaving each of them to struggle through the wartime on their own.
Right now, farmworkers are struggling to secure their basic human rights and create a more just dairy industry in Vermont. In this short documentary, farmworkerleaders tell their stories of hardship, dignity, organizing, and hope as they launch a groundbreaking initiative known as “Milk with Dignity.” As they document the many realities of life on Vermont dairy farms, farmworkers call on Ben&Jerry´s to respect the livelihoods of farmworkers and farmers in their supply chain.
While hustling into the bar where she works, Kit is reminded that rent is due...rent she doesn’t have. Hours later - questionably fired, car towed with her wallet inside, phone dead - she is forced to walk home. When a stranger mistakes her uniform for a prostitute’s, Kit takes a chance.
Director: Zachary Treitz
Language: English
Director: Molly Stuart
Director: Joey Ally
Language: English
Writers: Kate Lyn Sheil, Zachary Treitz
Country: USA
Documentary
Language: English, (English subtitles) Country: USA
Writer: Joey Ally
Country: USA
Producers: Jonathan Case, Peer Pedersen
Producer: Steven Schardt
Producers: Molly Stuart, Migrant Justice, Middlebury College
WORLD PREMIERE
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FILMS A-Z CONTINUED Mr. Badluck
Muck Saturday MARQ Block H 7:30 pm 28M
My Gal, Rosemarie Friday THT Block D 7:30 pm 14M
Saturday THT Block F 1:30 pm 16M
A loving married couple goes away on their long - awaited holidays with their child and their dog. It seems that away from the bustle of the city nothing can disturbe their peace. However, a small incident - as in a genuine thriller introduces tension and makes them take surprising steps.
Mel, a young female open mic comedian who lives with her tabloid-obsessed mother in Queens, misguidedly seeks companionship with a misogynistic male comedian.
Somewhere on the outskirts of Los Angeles, Rosemarie and Ray pass time in an apartment packed and cluttered with the detritus of a half century of marriage. With their meager social security checks gone straight to covering rent every month and nothing in savings, Ray collects cans to get a little cash together so he can grant Rosemarie her one and only 90th birthday wish: a trip to In N Out for hamburgers.
Director: Bruno Brejt
Language: Polish
Director: Bruce Smolanoff
Language: English
Director: Jason Tippet
Language: English
Writer: Bruno Brejt
Country: Poland
Writers: Bruce Smolanoff, Emilie McDonald
Country: USA
Documentary
Country: USA
Producer: Maciej Ślesicki
USA PREMIERE
Nasbandi
Producers: Derek Waters, Joe Callender
Producers: Bruce Smolanoff, Emilie McDonald, Caitlin Mae Burke
Obsolete Saturday DANA Block H 7:30 pm 22M
Of Men and War Friday MARQ Block A 10:30 am 12M
Saturday SCRN Block G 4:30 pm 142M
Nasbandi tells the stories of four women in a remote village in Uttarakhand, India, as they reflect on their decisions to get - or not get - sterilized. Through these narratives, the film explores the larger issues surrounding India’s family planning policy, such as pervasive gender inequality, and how the policy affects the women it is designed to reach.
Retiree Donald (Brian Cresswell) is thrown into the frightening complexities of new technology after being assigned the task of entertaining his grandson little Jimmy (Sasha Kuzmenko). This causes an intense mental battle to rage within Donald’s mind - represented through a 1940’s office block. Brain Cortex Executive Orson Belles (Lawrie Fildes) commands and leads his team to try and conquer the high level task. However, when equipment explodes in the Frontal Lobe Department, chaos erupts.
The warriors in Of Men and War have come home to the United States, but their minds are stuck out on the battlefield. Like figures from a Greek tragedy, all have traumatic memories that haunt them to this day. Wives, children, and parents bear the brunt of their fractured spirits. The film explores their grueling paths to recovery at a PTSD therapy center, as they attempt to make peace with themselves, their past, and their families.
Directors: Anne Munger, Zoe Hamilton
Director: Jay Perry
Language: English
Director: Laurent Bécue-Renard
Language: English
Writer: Jay Perry
Country: Australia
Documentary
Country: France, Switzerland
Documentary Producers: Anne Munger, Zoe Hamilton
Language: Hindi, Garwali (English subtitles) Country: India, USA
Producers: Jay Perry, Royce Behin
WORLD PREMIERE FAMILY-FRIENDLY
Omo Child: The River and the Bush
The Other Barrio
Friday MARQ Block B 1:30 pm 90M
Writer: Laurent Bécue-Renard Producer: Laurent Bécue-Renard
Parallel Chords (overture) Friday MARQ Block D 7:30 pm 96M
Saturday MARQ Block G 4:30 pm 14M
For many generations, Kara people in the Omo Valley (southwest Ethiopia) believed some ‘cursed’ children bring disease, drought and death to the tribe. The curse is called ‘mingi.” Mingi children are killed. One young educated Kara man, Lale Labuko, decided he would challenge this horrific tradition. This is his story. Omo Child is the result of 5 years of filming. It follows Lale and the Kara’s journeys as they attempt to change an ancient practice.
The Other Barrio follows investigator Roberto Morales as he sifts through the suspicious circumstances of a fatal fire in a residential hotel in San Francisco’s rapidly gentrifying Latino Mission District and finds himself face to face with murder in the streets, corruption at City Hall and the mysterious Sofia Nido, a beautiful but dangerous flame from his past. Set against the current epidemic of evictions and gentrification, “The Other Barrio” is a fictionalized account of true events.
Director: John Rowe
Language: Other
Director: Dante Betteo
Language: English
Director: Catherine Dudley-Rose
Language: English
Documentary
Country: USA, Ethiopia
Writers: Dante Betteo, Richard Montoya, Alejandro Murguia
Country: USA
Writer: Catherine Dudley-Rose
Country: USA
Producer: Tyler Rowe
Producers: Dante Betteo, Richard Montoya, Lou Dematteis
Parallel Chords (overture) is the true story of a young violinist struggling to assert her individuality amidst the intense pressure of her pianist father and the formidable weight of her own musical ability. Surreal images fill her interior life, and provide her with some escape, until she ultimately breaks free in reality.
Producer: Catherine Dudley-Rose
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FILMS A-Z CONTINUED Picking Up The Pieces
Posthumanismaniarama Sunday MARQ Block J 1:00 pm 28M
Pretend We’re Kissing Friday SCRN Block C 4:30 pm 13M
Saturday THT Block H 7:30 pm 81M
The film explores the perspectives of Jewish Child Holocaust Survivors as they rebuilt their lives after the Second World War, answering the question, “How do you “live” after surviving the Holocaust?” Nine survivor’s voices are interwoven into a choral ensemble telling the previously untold story of the efforts of child survivors to build normal and productive lives from tragic beginnings. Their struggle, bittersweet reflections, hope and energy are poignant and uplifting testament to the human spirit.
Posthumanismaniarama! explores the increasingly blurred line between human and machine. Through a series of vignettes, we follow the evolution of our relationship with technology, up to the present and beyond. At times unsettling and darkly comedic, this short wrestles with the looming issues of singularity, robotics, and the future of mankind. Will these changes and fusions push human existence into an enlightened age or will we be left in the digital dust?
Benny is a hapless romantic, stuck in his own head. Things start to change for him as he experiences a whirlwind weekend romance with a young girl hell-bent on finding a magical kind of love.
Director: Joshua Tebeau
Language: English
Director: Casey Duke Feldman
Language: English
Director: Matt Sadowski
Language: English
Documentary
Country: USA
Writer: Casey Duke Feldman
Country: USA
Producer: Peter Harvey
Country: Canada
Writer: Joshua Tebeau
Writer: Matt Sadowski
Producer: Joshua Tebeau
Producers: Andrew Dominguez, Daniel Obzejta
Project: ICE
Puppet Master
Romeo is Bleeding
Friday MARQ Block C 4:30 pm 118M
Friday SCRN Block C 4:30 pm 6M
Friday THT Block D 7:30 pm 93M
North America’s Great Lakes contain twenty percent of the planet’s fresh surface water – staggering, considering that encompasses every river, stream and lake on Earth. Lake Superior itself holds ten percent of Earth’s fresh water. Formed by ice, filled by ice, often covered by ice, North America’s freshwater inland ocean encapsulates human exploration and development. PROJECT: ICE reveals the Great Lakes through the prism of ice, from the crossroads of history, science and climate change.
In Puppet Master a young woman forgets her smartphone at home after a stressful morning. Distressed by the thought of how many messages she might be missing at that very moment she has to make her way downtown. There she eventually realizes how dependent people have become on their smartphones and social media.
A fatal turf war between neighborhoods haunts the city of Richmond, CA. Donté Clark transcends the violence in his hometown by writing poetry about his experiences. Using his voice to inspire those around him, he and the likeminded youth of the city mount an urban adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, with the hope of starting a real dialogue about violence in the city. Will Richmond force Donté to compromise his idealistic ambitions? Or will Donté end Richmond’s cycle of trauma?
Director: Bill Kleinert
Language: English
Director: Marco Huppertz
Director: Jason Zeldes
Language: English
Documentary
Country: USA
Writer: Marco Huppertz
Language: German, English Country: German
Documentary
Country: USA
Producer: Michael Klein
Writers: Bill Kleinert, Brian Jaeschke Producer: Bill Kleinert
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Sabra
Producer: Marco Huppertz
WORLD PREMIERE
The Scenes Saturday DANA Block F 1:30 pm 57M
Shaun The Sheep Sunday MARQ Block I 10:00 am 10M
Friday MARQ Block A 10:30 am 85M
Born in 1935, Vermont-based Sabra Field achieved fame for masterful printmaking. The film explores Field’s most popular images - New England pastoral motifs - and asks why some critics dismiss the pastoral as an appropriate subject for contemporary art. The film investigates her decision to interpolate a variety of stylistic influences in defiance of commercial demands and discusses how intense personal tragedies have impacted Field’s work.
Meet the 5th grade comedy troupe known as What the Heck Was That. While their public school focuses on sports and STEM, these ‘proudly-weird’ kids create their own arts education. Without any adult help and despite a few nasty bullies, these kids come together to learn, grow and shine.
When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he bargained for. A mix up with The Farmer, a caravan, and a very steep hill lead them all to the Big City and it’s up to Shaun and the flock to return everyone safely to the green grass of home.
Director: Bill Phillips
Language English
Director: Laura VanZee Taylor
Language: English
Documentary
Country USA
Documentary
Country: USA
Directors: Mark Burton, Richard Starzak
Writer: Bill Phillips Producer: Bill Phillips
Producer: Laura VanZee Taylor
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Writers: Mark Burton, Richard Starzak Producers: Julie Lockhart, Paul Kewley
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FILMS A-Z CONTINUED Simon
SOMEWHERE Sunday THT Block I 10:00 am 12M
The Sound and the Shadow Saturday MARQ Block F 1:30 pm 18M
Saturday MARQ Block H 7:30 pm 90M
Simon is a genre-crossing, dizzying dive; an inside-outside passage through dance. Passage from the imaginary to the real, from childhood to adulthood. No one is more alone than the actor who enters the stage. No one is more alone than the child who’s about to join adulthood. And when the imaginary joins reality, the figure of childhood explodes.
A heartwarming, mid-life coming-of-age story. A stuckin-the-suburbs mom forms an unlikely friendship with a new neighbor. Together they defy community and family expectations on a quest to find somewhere they each belong.
When the 6-year-old girl next door goes missing, Harold realizes that his secret audio recordings of the neighborhood may provide clues to the case. But when his overzealous new roommate Ally pushes him into a dangerous investigation, Harold’s world is turned upside down. Against the backdrop of an urban community’s mystery, this film examines the perceptions and stories we create from the sounds of our neighbors -- and the secrets we hide behind our own walls.
Director: Camille de Galbert
Language: English
Director: Laura VanZee Taylor
Language: English
Director: Justin Paul Miller
Language: English
Writer: Camille de Galbert
Country: USA
Writer: Laura VanZee Taylor
Country: USA
Country: USA
Producers: Thibaut Estellon, LightHouse Films, LLC
WORLD PREMIERE
Producer: Laura VanZee Taylor
Writers: Sam Zvibleman, Justin Paul Miller
Sunakali
Tchoupitoulas
Stunned Friday THT Block B 1:30 pm 23M
Producers: Sam Zvibleman, Justin Paul Miller
Saturday THT Block E 10:30 am 50M
Saturday SCRN Block F 1:30 pm 80M
Following the accidental death of a colleague, Eddy is charged with the task of announcing the terrible news to the wife of the deceased. His colleague, Georges, offers to accompany him for support, taking advantage of the opportunity to leave work early. Upon arriving at the widow’s house, the two men struggle with the gravity of the situation.
Sunakali is set in Mugu, Western Nepal, one of the least developed regions in the country. According to the 2011 Nepal Census, 90% of women in Mugu are illiterate. Set against the harsh but beautiful backdrop of the region, Sunakali is an uplifting documentary of Mugu’s women’s soccer team and its journey to the national championship.
A documentary that follows three brothers as they discover the scenes of latºe-night New Orleans.
Director: Gérard Pautonnier
Language: French
Director: Bhojraj Bhat
Director: Bill Ross, Turner Ross
Language: English
Writers: Gérard Pautonnier, Joël Egloff
Country: France
Documentary
Language: English, Nepali
Documentary
Country: USA
Writer: Bhojraj Bhat
Country: Nepal
Producer: Good Neighbors Nepal
FAMILY-FRIENDLY
Producers: Michael Gottwald, Dan Janvey, Josh Penn, Ed Rieker, Billy Peterson, Herb Campbell
Producer: Augustin Bernard
(T)ERROR
Thaw Sunday MARQ Block J 1:00 pm 93M
This is Home Friday SCRN Block D 7:30 pm 10M
Friday SCRN Block B 1:30 pm 4M
This is the first documentary to place filmmakers on the ground during an active FBI counterterrorism operation. Through the eyes of Saeed “Shariff” Torres, a 63-year-old Black revolutionary turned informant, viewers get an unfettered glimpse of the government’s tactics and the murky justifications behind them. Taut, stark and controversial, (T)ERROR illuminates the fragile relationships between individual and surveillance state in modern America, and asks who is watching the watchers?
On a winter weekend getaway, a woman meets a musician who ignites her creative passion.
While on the Conversations From the Open Road trip to Appalachia, 15 year old Aidan Powell was inspired by his personal connection to Vermont’s Green Mountains. Thus, it was especially poignant to witness the practice of mountaintop removal currently devastating the Appalachian Mountains. Aidan was inspired by the words and photography of Paul Corbit Brown and his ambition to protect the landscape his family has been rooted in for generations.
Directors: Lyric R. Cabral, David Felix Sutcliffe
Language: English
Director: Sheryl Glubok
Language: English
Director: Aidan Powell
Language: English
Country: USA
Writer: Sheryl Glubok
Country: USA
Writer: Aidan Powell
Country: USA
Documentary Producer: Christopher St. John
Producers: Sheryl Glubok, Macrina Newhouse
Producer: Aidan Powell
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FILMS A-Z CONTINUED Tired Moonlight
The Vow Friday THT Block A 10:30 am 76M
Wald Saturday MARQ Block E 10:30 am 6M
Friday SCRN Block C 4:30 pm 12M
Every town has a post office, lovers, guns, switchblades and beer, you just have to know where to look and when to look the other way. Pitting grand landscapes against dinners of fried chicken and the roar of V8 engines on Saturday nights, Tired Moonlight wanders through Solitaire games (always won), secrets lost in cavernous hearts, and the fifty miles of bad road that always gets you home.
Under the waning light of a solar eclipse, two young best friends, Alice and Kristi, journey to a magical desert garden. Their mission is to capture an elusive and powerful sun drop, with which they plan to murder Alice’s monstrous father. The real world intertwines with the magical in this journey into the power of a child’s imagination.
Based on a folk tale by Italo Calvino, Wald is the story of a girl who, upon encountering a cunning snake, is gifted with powers of material excess and natural beauty, which eventually prove to be a terrible curse.
Director: Britni West
Language: English
Director: Lina Roessler
Language: English
Director: Raphael Linden
Language: English
Writer: Britni West
Country: USA
Writer: Lina Roessler
Country: Canada, USA
Writer: Raphael Linden
Country: USA
Producer: Isaac Schneider, Alexis Moh
WORLD PREMIERE
Producers: Britni West, Gerald D. Rossini, Alex Karpovsky
Producers: Lina Roessler, Alyssa Swanzey
Wedgerino
Western Friday THT Block C 4:30 pm 77M
FAMILY-FRIENDLY
The Wolfpack Saturday THT Block G 4:30 pm 92M
Friday DANA Block D 7:30 pm 98M
Best friends and roommates Carl and Larry are perpetually out of work, and their new landlord is demanding rent. With no job prospects in sight, all looks bleak until they meet Johnny, a charismatic stranger. Johnny devises a plan to help the pair out of their financial bind: fight each other in a boxing match in exchange for two months’ rent. As Carl grows close to the mysterious Johnny while preparing to battle in the ring, Larry fears his bond with his best friend could be broken forever.
For generations, all that distinguished Eagle Pass, TX, from Piedras Negras, MX, was the Rio Grande. But when darkness descends upon these harmonious border towns, a cowboy and lawman face a new reality that threatens their way of life.
Locked away from society in an apartment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the Angulo brothers, nicknamed The Wolfpack, learn about the outside world through the films that they watch. With no friends and living on welfare, they feed their curiosity, creativity, and imagination with film, allowing them to escape their feelings of isolation and loneliness. Everything changes when one of the brothers escapes and the power dynamics in the house are transformed.
Director: Aaron Wertheimer
Language: English
Directors: Bill Ross, Turner Ross
Director: Crystal Moselle
Language: English
Writer: Aaron Wertheimer
Country: USA
Documentary
Language: English, Spanish Country: USA, Mexico
Documentary
Country: USA
Producers: Izabella Tzenkova, Crystal Moselle, H unter Gray, Alex Orlovsky
Producers: Min Soo Elle Kim, Rachel Whelan
Producers: Michael Gottwald, Bill Ross, Turner Ross
Young Bull Friday MARQ Block D 7:30 pm 22M A story of redemption in the face of harsh circumstances, YOUNG BULL follows JJ, a young drug addict on the streets of Los Angeles. After his release from rehab, JJ returns to his neighborhood and begins approaching family and friends looking to rebuild each broken relationship. But, always weighed down by an unresolved drug debt, JJ learns that only by coming to terms with his flaws will he achieve a measure of peace in life. Director: Nathaniel Lezra
Language: English
Writer: Nathaniel Lezra
Country: USA
Producer: Nathaniel Lezra
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