And Then I Was FrenchUS PREMIERE SYNOPSIS Sensitive wallflower Cara exists quietly in her humdrum life until the appearance of charismatic Jay unlocks powerful desires within her. When Jay’s beautiful French lover arrives, Cara’s journey to self-discovery takes a dark and unexpected turn, with tragic consequences, as Karma rears its head once more. SCREENING INFORMATION Date: Saturday, August 27, Read More…
The Best and Worst Days of George Morales’ Unnaturally Long Lifehttp://vimeo.com/100968602 2016 VTEDDY WINNER: BEST SHORT NARRATIVE EAST COAST PREMIERE SYNOPSIS George and Susie Morales own a restaurant in East Los Angeles and have been happily married for nearly forty years. They are also immortal. Their secret lies in a recipe for chicken mole. It has kept them from aging. It has kept them together. But Read More…
Between the LinesNEW ENGLAND PREMIERE SYNOPSIS Two young actors, strangers, are thrown together in a casting before spending a fleeting summer rehearsing and learning to fall in love on stage. As they are gently guided by their director (cupid), their own feelings take over. SCREENING INFORMATION Date: Sunday, August 28, 2016 Time: 10am Location: Town Hall Theater Read More…
Black Canaries2016 VTEDDY WINNER: VSO SPECIAL AWARD – BEST INTEGRATION OF MUSIC INTO FILM VERMONT PREMIERE SYNOPSIS Isolated, desperate, and haunted by his coal-stained birthright, Clarence Lockwood continues his daily descent into the accursed Maple mine—even after it has crippled his father and blinded his youngest son. Set in 1907 and based on director Jesse Kreitzer’s own Read More…
Blind DateWORLD PREMIERE SYNOPSIS Technology is transforming the way we date and find love. Mobile apps like Tinder and websites like OkCupid are whetting our appetite for instant visual gratification. But, if you’re single and blind, you face a distinct set of challenges in finding love. A digital divide has emerged between sighted and blind people Read More…
Bloom of YouthNEW ENGLAND PREMIERE SYNOPSIS A young man returns home after graduating from college to propose to his sweetheart and open a school to better their small Chinese village. However, a mother’s dreams and senseless violence create obstacles that love must overcome. SCREENING INFORMATION Date: Friday, August 26, 2016 Time: 10:30am Location: Town Hall Theater The Read More…
Broke2016 VTEDDY WINNER: BEST FEATURE NARRATIVE NEW ENGLAND PREMIERE SYNOPSIS A disgraced sports star earns a second chance through the support of his number one fan. SCREENING INFORMATION Date: Sunday, August 28, 2016 Time: 4pm Location: Marquis Screening Room The Complete Festival Schedule CREDITS Director: Heath Davis Writer: Heath Davis Producer: Luke Graham FILM INFORMATION Genre: Read More…
Busking Turf WarsEAST COAST PREMIERE SYNOPSIS For Steven Lockmoore, busking is a way of life. He’s worked hard for his place on the street and is passionate about the community of which he is a part. And whilst he may not be the most gifted musician on the street, he has a love for what he does Read More…
Captain FantasticSYNOPSIS Ben Cash and his wife Leslie raise their six children deep in the wilderness of Washington state. Isolated from society, Ben and Leslie devote their existence to educating their kids to think critically, training them to be physically fit, guiding them in the wild without technology and demonstrating the beauty of coexisting with nature. Read More…
Child For SaleVERMONT PREMIERE SYNOPSIS In the United States alone, roughly 300,000 children are bought and sold for sex. Sex slavery is a growing and lucrative epidemic that is often more profitable than the drug trade. The perception is that these girls (and also boys) are prostitutes who entered sex work out of necessity or by choice. Read More…
CircleVERMONT PREMIERE SYNOPSIS The short film “Circle” depicts a young woman in despair, who after experiencing a tragic loss escapes into the seemingly perfect past. She loses herself in vivid memories and starts to neglect her real life. A constant inner struggle emerges between past and present, distorting her perception of reality. Ahmad Saleh, a Read More…
CleanVERMONT PREMIERE SYNOPSIS A young man battles his compulsions on his way to school in New York City. SCREENING INFORMATION Date: Friday, August 26, 2016 Time: 10:30am Location: Town Hall Theater The Complete Festival Schedule CREDITS Director: Gabriel Wilson Writer: Gabriel Wilson Producer: Brittany Northcross FILM INFORMATION Genre: Narrative short Length: 5 min Location: USA Read More…
Coming Through The Ryehttp://vimeo.com/143201310 SYNOPSIS Inspired by the filmmaker’s own true story, the film – set in 1969 – follows a 16 year old boy who is desperate to be a worldly adolescent. After stumbling through disastrous relationships at boarding school, and, accompanied by a local town girl, he travels the mountains of New Hampshire in search of Read More…
ConcealedNEW ENGLAND PREMIERE SYNOPSIS Max, a struggling actor living in South Africa, has flown into Sydney, Australia for the audition of his life. As soon as he lands things start to go horribly wrong when his girlfriend Sallie disappears. Frustrated with the police’s lack of progress in finding her, Max embarks on a desperate search Read More…
The DealVERMONT PREMIERE SYNOPSIS Before his debilitating car accident Bryce was the star quarterback. Monica was his prom queen and James was a loser. But high school was a lifetime ago, and now everyone’s changed: Becca’s skinny, Hector’s a star and James is everyone’s best friend. But when Monica suddenly disappears at James’ party, Bryce knows Read More…
(Dis)honesty: The Truth About LiesSYNOPSIS It’s human nature to lie; we all do it! From scandalous headlines to little white lies, “(Dis)Honesty” – The Truth About Lies explores the complex impact dishonesty has on our lives and everyday society. Interweaving groundbreaking experiments from celebrated behavioral economist Dan Ariely with personal stories from individuals affected by the unraveling of their Read More…
Drug MuleVERMONT PREMIERE SYNOPSIS Mexican drug enforcement agents get an unwelcome surprise when they suspect an American mother with a 10-year old son of smuggling. SCREENING INFORMATION Date: Friday, August 26, 2016 Time: 1:30pm Location: Marquis Main The Complete Festival Schedule CREDITS Director: David Spaltro Writer: Sharon Lesser Maguire (will attend the Festival) Producer: Sharon Lesser Read More…
ElegyVERMONT PREMIERE SYNOPSIS An old man, an expectation, a hope… SCREENING INFORMATION Date: Friday, August 26, 2016 Time: 7:15pm Location: Dana Auditorium The Complete Festival Schedule CREDITS Director: Yousef Kargar Writer: Yousef Kargar Producer: Iranian Youth Cinema Society FILM INFORMATION Narrative short Length: 22 m Location: Iran Language: Turkish
FlightWORLD PREMIERE SYNOPSIS When a snowy owl shows up in Connecticut, a young bird watcher is determined to find it–and she won’t let a busy mom, a broken bike, or a bully get in her way. SCREENING INFORMATION Date: Friday, August 26, 2016 Time: 10:30am Location: Marquis Main The Complete Festival Schedule CREDITS Director: Naomi Read More…
FreakwaveEAST COAST PREMIERE SYNOPSIS When a rule-abiding official, responsible for the issuing of identity cards and passports, is confronted by a mysterious shipwrecked hobo she is drawn into a wave of surreal events that soon brings her orderly world crashing down upon her. SCREENING INFORMATION Date: Sunday, August 28, 2016 Time: 1:00pm Location: Marquis Main Read More…
Freedom & Unity TV CollectionSYNOPSIS “Freedom & Unity TV Collection” is an annual film contest for young Vermonters who have made short films about their lives, passions and interests in their home state of Vermont. The films are judged by professionals in the film industry and awarded prizes. In 2016, 94 films were submitted. This is a selection of some of Read More…
GenesisEAST COAST PREMIERE SYNOPSIS From chaos, matter flows and creates a structure. SCREENING INFORMATION Date: Sunday, August 28, 2016 Time: 4pm Location: Town Hall Theater The Complete Festival Schedule CREDITS Director: Roman Hill FILM INFORMATION Genre: Experimental short Length: 3 min Location: France Language: English
Girl AsleepSYNOPSIS In this vibrant portrayal of Australian adolescence, Greta Driscoll’s bubble of obscure loserdom is burst when her parents throw her a surprise 15th birthday party and invite the whole school! Perfectly content being a wallflower, suddenly Greta’s flung far from her comfort zone into a distant, parallel place — a strange world that’s a Read More…
God Knows Where I AmVERMONT PREMIERE SYNOPSIS The body of a homeless woman is found in an abandoned New Hampshire farmhouse. Beside the body, lies a diary that documents a journey of starvation and the loss of sanity, but told with poignance, beauty, humor, and spirituality. For nearly four months, Linda Bishop, a prisoner of her own mind, survived Read More…
The Graveyard ShiftSYNOPSIS It’s long past midnight when the tired and jumpy waitress decides to go and investigate the ominous noise she hears right outside the roadside coffee shop she’s working at. She discovers that a she is being attacked by a Zombie! The zombie lazily wobbles inside the shop and corners the poor waitress behind the Read More…
The Guys Next Door2016 VTEDDY WINNER: AUDIENCE AWARD – FEATURE VERMONT PREMIERE SYNOPSIS “The Guys Next Door” is an intimate portrait of a real “Modern Family:” Meet Erik and Sandro, a gay couple whose friend Rachel is a surrogate for their two daughters. Rachel, who is in her mid-40s, is married to Tony and they three children. Together, they form a Read More…
Harlan County USA40TH ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE SCREENING SYNOPSIS The epic “Brookside Strike” of 180 coal miners and their wives against the Eastover Coal Company in Harlan County, Kentucky became the subject of Barbara Kopple’s first feature documentary. By living with the striking miners for years, Kopple passionately portrays the miners’ struggle to establish more secure lives. Oscar-winning Harlan Read More…
HereWORLD PREMIERE SYNOPSIS A relationship unravels over an unmade bed. SCREENING INFORMATION Date: Saturday, August 27, 2016 Time: 7:15pm Location: Marquis Main The Complete Festival Schedule CREDITS Director: Lisa Bass (will attend the Festival) Writer: Joshua Fu (will attend the Festival) Producer: Amenya Makuku FILM INFORMATION Genre: Narrative short Length: 6 min Location: USA Language: Read More…
Hold It DownVERMONT PREMIERE SYNOPSIS One in 68 Americans are living with autism and 1% of the world has a type of Autism. Mute until the age of three, the film tells the story of Justin Fisher a battle rapper in Denver who is using music to overcome his struggles with autism. SCREENING INFORMATION Date: Friday, August 26, Read More…
Hot Type: 150 Years of The Nationhttp://vimeo.com/123916252 SYNOPSIS “The Nation” is a vivid look at America’s oldest continuously published weekly magazine. Centered through Editor Katrina vanden Heuvel, as well as an impressive array of passionate writers, the film is a journey into the soul of American Journalism. With unfettered access and unfiltered honesty, “The Nation” captures the day-to-day pressures and challenges Read More…
How You Look At ItVERMONT PREMIERE SYNOPSIS “How You Look At It” is a silent comedy short film inspired by the Carl Jung quote, ‘It all depends on how we look at things, and not how they are themselves.’ The story is about how love at first sight changes a man’s perspective of the world around him. With a Read More…
HuntwatchVERMONT PREMIERE SYNOPSIS Violent confrontation boils over in Canada as activists, fishermen and politicians battle over the fate of baby seals. In 1969, a charismatic activist, Brian Davies, set out on a personal crusade to save them. Little did he know the fight would last the rest of his life. All sides are fighting dirty. Read More…
In-betweenSYNOPSIS The first days of a relationship can feel like a delicate dance – are you moving too fast? Too slow? What’s really going on inside your partner’s mind? In-between explores the vulnerabilities of falling in love as it follows two teenagers over the span of one consequential day on the streets of Copenhagen. The Read More…
The KidSYNOPSIS “A comedy with a smile – and perhaps a tear” – so opens this 1921 silent comedy-drama that will kick off the kids-friendly block at the Middlebury Marquis on Friday, August 28th at 10:30am. The film follows Charlie the Tramp as he finds The Orphan and takes him in, and their adventures that ensue. Read More…
KrishaSYNOPSIS When Krisha shows up at her sister’s home on Thanksgiving, her close and extended family greet her with a mixture of warmth and wariness. Almost immediately, a palpable unease permeates the air as Krisha tries to make up for lost time. As Krisha’s attempts at reconciliation become increasingly rebuffed, tension and suspicion reach their Read More…
Lambing SeasonSYNOPSIS “Lambing Season” pursues the idea of a man – writer, sheep farmer, and good sport Don Mitchell. Don’s golden years carry baggage and freedoms, but what lies beneath is something deeper and more richly faceted. It is a film about choosing, chasing, and losing identity, and finding a new one among mapless backroads. SCREENING Read More…
The Last Bay Scallop?VERMONT PREMIERE SYNOPSIS The waters off Nantucket island support the last viable bay scallop commercial fishery on the east coast. But scientists estimate that it could fade into history within a decade. What will be lost in off-season economy and the island culture that grew up around the scallop fishery, if that dire prediction comes Read More…
The Laughter Lifehttp://vimeo.com/176807445 US PREMIERE SYNOPSIS The Laughter Life follows a week in the professional life of the young comedians who write and star in Studio C, a popular sketch comedy television show viewed by tens of thousands of people weekly. But theirs is not your typical comedy success story, as the cast and crew behind the Read More…
The Left BehindUS PREMIERE SYNOPSIS Set on the sprawling campus of a prestigious New England boarding school, “The Left Behind” closely follows the lives of John, Ismene, and Charlie as they fight to understand and reconcile the sudden and mysterious death of their best friend Finn. SCREENING INFORMATION Date: Saturday, August 27, 2016 Time: 10:30am Location: Marquis Read More…
The Legend of Swee’ PeaVERMONT PREMIERE SYNOPSIS Lloyd Daniels’s unlikely rise to the NBA is the stuff that myths are made of: the most sought after college basketball recruit of his generation, he got busted buying cocaine in a police sting operation, and two years later was almost killed after getting shot three times in the chest while negotiating Read More…
Legs: A Big Issue in a Small TownNEW ENGLAND PREMIERE SYNOPSIS Legs: a Big Issue in a Small Town is a light-hearted look at what it means to live in a small town–with all of the pros and cons that come with it. When a controversial piece of art gets publicly displayed, opinions start flying and feisty people take action. The film Read More…
Life, AnimatedSYNOPSIS From Academy Award winning director Roger Ross Williams, “Life, Animated” is the inspirational story of Owen Suskind, a young man who was unable to speak as a child until he and his family discovered a unique way to communicate by immersing themselves in the world of classic Disney animated films. This emotional coming-of-age story Read More…
The Magic ShoesNEW ENGLAND PREMIERE SYNOPSIS Los Angeles, 1992. Nine year-old Kamron and his family have just moved to the country from Iran in search of the American Dream. Left out of the recess basketball games, Kamron fantasizes about impressing his classmates with highflying dunks if only he had the right shoes to pull them off! Read More…
Man In CeilingWORLD PREMIERE SYNOPSIS Ryan, a slacker in his mid-20s, gets a temp job in a cubicle farm. He volunteers to pull an all-nighter to finish a time-sensitive project. But late at night, alone in the office, Ryan discovers a dying, disheveled man hiding in the ceiling…Kafka meets computers in “Man in Ceiling,” a tale of Read More…
Miss Sharon Jones!CLOSING NIGHT FILM SYNOPSIS On the eve of the release of her new album, internationally recognized soul singer Sharon Jones was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Tour dates were cancelled, the album pushed back and Sharon entered into a fight for her life and career. Miss Sharon Jones! intimately follows this intense and courageous year in Read More…
Mr ReadyVERMONT PREMIERE SYNOPSIS It’s “Mr Rogers” meets “The Real World” in this Short that shows definitively that kids don’t come with an owners manual! When Albert’s time comes to take over Mom’s shift as the ‘Man of the House’, he quickly finds himself faced with the one thing he never expected: Everything that matters…to his Read More…
My Blind BrotherVERMONT PREMIERE SYNOPSIS Robbie (Scott) is a handsome but cocky blind athlete. Bill (Kroll) is his less handsome, guilt-ridden brother, whose role in life is to serve as his brother’s eyes. After guiding Robbie through a marathon, Bill thinks his job is done. But Robbie wants his brother to guide him on a sponsored swim Read More…
No SignalSYNOPSIS A celebration of the uncanny. A closer look at the past four years of one girl’s life and her close encounters, highlighting a strange perspective of everyday monotony. It’s happening now. Everywhere. All of the time. SCREENING INFORMATION Date: Friday, August 26, 2016 Time: 1:30pm Location: Marquis Screening Room The Complete Festival Schedule CREDITS Read More…
OasisVERMONT PREMIERE SYNOPSIS Max is driving out to the country to spend the summer on a friend’s family ranch when he sees a beautiful girl standing in front of a roadside gas station. He imagines how awful her life must be that she should have to live in the middle of nowhere. He then imagines Read More…
One Last Sigh Before NightfallNEW ENGLAND PREMIERE SYNOPSIS To avoid compulsory retirement and the loss of their unemployment benefits, Alfons and Carl have to attend a job center initiative to improve their team working ability. They hike through Lappland in teams of two. As soon they meet, all the problems that have ruined their lives surface and the two Read More…
Page One: Inside The New York TimesSYNOPSIS With the Internet surpassing print as the main news source and newspapers all over the country going bankrupt, “Page One: Inside The New York Times” chronicles the transformation of the media industry at its time of greatest turmoil. The film closely examines the vibrant debates, tenacious jockeying for quotes, and skillful pitching required of Read More…
PartnersVERMONT PREMIERE SYNOPSIS Professional and life partners Kate and Leigh have shared everything for years, from their apartment to the popular bar they co-own. When a slump in their sex life forces them to reconsider their relationship they must confront how intertwined their lives have become. SCREENING INFORMATION Date: Saturday, August 27, 2016 Time: 1:30pm Read More…
Peter and The FarmVERMONT PREMIERE SYNOPSIS Peter Dunning is the proud proprietor of Mile Hill Farm, which sits on 187 idyllic acres in Vermont. The land’s 38 harvests have seen the arrivals and departures of three wives and four children, leaving Peter with only animals and memories. The arrival of a film crew causes him to confront his Read More…
Phil’s Caminohttp://vimeo.com/154679805 2016 VTEDDY WINNER: BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY VERMONT PREMIERE SYNOPSIS Free spirit Phil, a man living with Stage 4 cancer and dreaming of walking the 500 mile spiritual pilgrimage Camino de Santiago across Spain. Unable to make the trip, he does the next best thing: he builds a camino in the forest behind his house, starts Read More…
Pony2016 VTEDDY WINNER: AUDIENCE AWARD – SHORT VERMONT PREMIERE SYNOPSIS Claudia, a hardworking single mom, has to go out of town on an important last minute business trip, forcing her to leave her 5 year old daughter Miko with uncle Jeff, a rock musician in his 50’s who is still running on fumes of his glory days.Spending the Read More…
The Prison in Twelve LandscapesVERMONT PREMIERE SYNOPSIS A meditation on the prison’s disappearance in the era of mass incarceration, The Prison in Twelve Landscapes unfolds as a journey through a series of ordinary places across the USA where prisons do work and affect lives: from a California mountainside where female prisoners fight the region’s raging wildfires, to a congregation Read More…
Radical GraceSYNOPSIS When the Vatican reprimands American sisters — citing their “radical feminism” — they become the spiritual and symbolic center of a battle for the heart of the Catholic Church. Radical Grace follows three fearless nuns who risk their place in the Church to follow another higher calling: social justice. SCREENING INFORMATION Date: Sunday, August Read More…
Real EtherealSYNOPSIS Enter into a world of stop-motion animation, cotton ball bliss and otherworldly creatures. Real Ethereal transforms the everyday into a mysterious wonderland of sound, texture and everything unusual. SCREENING INFORMATION Date: Sunday, August 28, 2016 Time: 4pm Location: Dana Auditorium CREDITS Director: Evan Mann Producer: Otherworldly Productions FILM INFORMATION Genre: Experimental short Length: 10 Read More…
RibbonsVERMONT PREMIERE SYNOPSIS “Ribbons” explores the life of an eight year-old boy when his mother brings him to an AIDS memorial service by the sea. His community’s inspirational response to the epidemic is ever present; an event that, as an adult, helps him understand the power of forming a bond with a kindred tribe. SCREENING Read More…
Saving Jamaica BayVERMONT PREMIERE SYNOPSIS “Saving Jamaica Bay” tells the story of how one community fought the government and overcame Hurricane Sandy to clean up and restore the largest open space in New York City, which had become a dumping ground for garbage, sewage, sludge and bullet-riddled mobsters. Narrated by actress Susan Sarandon, the film includes interviews Read More…
Selling RosarioVERMONT PREMIERE SYNOPSIS A family of migrant workers send their 12-year-old daughter and her outlaw cousin into the night on the promise of a stranger. “Selling Rosario” is the story of a young girl growing up in a migrant labor camp and her parents’ risky plan to get her out of an unsafe, squalid environment. Read More…
Small TalkVERMONT PREMIERE SYNOPSIS A young woman returns to her childhood neighborhood to document their daily activities but finds the outdoor bustle less active during winter season. SCREENING INFORMATION Date: Friday, August 26, 2016 Time: 1:30pm Location: Marquis Main The Complete Festival Schedule CREDITS Director: Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell Producer: Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell FILM INFORMATION Genre: Documentary Read More…
SoliloquyNEW ENGLAND PREMIERE SYNOPSIS “Soliloquy” is a magnifying glass, an entree into the internal worlds of everyone in it. A poetic interweaving of ten movement portraits, it addresses our propensity to judge people by their physical appearance and embraces difference and the inherent isolation of being human with fierceness, frankness, and celebration. SCREENING INFORMATION Date: Sunday, Read More…
SonitaSYNOPSIS Sonita is an 18-year-old female, an undocumented Afghan illegal immigrant living in the poor suburbs of Tehran. She is a feisty, spirited, young woman who fights to live the way she wants, as an artist, singer, and musician in spite of all her obstacles she confronts in Iran and her conservative patriarchal family. In Read More…
Still GayVERMONT PREMIERE SYNOPSIS Best friends Brittany and Reed come out to their religious parents at their joint 16th birthday party, landing them on a bible camp retreat for misguided teens. Assuming that there must be others like them, they decide to pursue love interests in an attempt to have their first queer experiences. Brittany courts Read More…
Suicide KaleVERMONT PREMIERE SYNOPSIS Emotional chaos ensues over the course of one lunch when new couple, Jasmine and Penn, find an anonymous suicide note at the home of the happiest people they know, Billie and Jordan. SCREENING INFORMATION Date: Friday, August 26, 2016 Time: 10:30am Location: Dana Auditorium The Complete Festival Schedule CREDITS Director: Carly Usdin Read More…
Sunday 1287WORLD PREMIERE SYNOPSIS Vanessa’s family takes her to her boyfriend’s apartment so she can leave him, this time, for the last time. Sunday 1287 is based on the experiences of the Brooklyn-born writer/director, a former NYPD Precinct Commander who is now the Chief of Police of Burlington, Vermont. SCREENING INFORMATION Date: Sunday, August 28, 2016 Read More…
The Sweet HereafterSYNOPSIS A small community is torn apart by a tragic accident which kills most of the town’s children. A lawyer visits the victims’ parents in order to profit from the tragedy by stirring up their anger and launching a class action suit against anyone they can blame. The community is paralyzed by its anger and Read More…
Takin’ PlaceVERMONT PREMIERE SYNOPSIS “Takin’ Place” is an observational documentary film directed by Cyrus Dowlatshahi about ordinary people and everyday life on the South Side of Chicago. As they work, chill, hustle and survive, Dowlatshahi feels the common aspects of all neighborhoods and communities around the world: a desire to share, grow and celebrate. SCREENING INFORMATION Read More…
TestedVERMONT PREMIERE SYNOPSIS “Tested” looks at the lack of racial diversity at the top public high schools in New York City by following a dozen families from different racial, socio-economic and religious backgrounds as they prepare to pass the grueling entrance exam. SCREENING INFORMATION Date: Saturday, August 27, 2016 Time: 10:30 am Location: Town Hall Read More…
This Modern Man Is BeatVERMONT PREMIERE SYNOPSIS In a world of cultural confusion and erroneous judgment, Habib bin Habib al Fulan pawns his guitar and reconciles with his wife through self-delusion. SCREENING INFORMATION Date: Saturday, August 27, 2016 Time: 7:15pm Location: Marquis Screening Room The Complete Festival Schedule CREDITS Director: Alex Merkin Writer: David J Schroeder Producers: David J Read More…
UnspokenWORLD PREMIERE SYNOPSIS When Brenda and Phil make the devastating decision to take their newborn daughter off life support, they must retreat to separate corners to grieve. Once Brenda gets the go-ahead to try again, they come out fighting, wondering if they can retrieve the trust and courage they once had together to take another Read More…
Walk With Me: The Trials of Damon J. Keith2016 VTEDDY WINNER: BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY NEW ENGLAND PREMIERE OPENING NIGHT FILM with Judge Keith in attendance SYNOPSIS He was an ordinary “colored” man from Detroit. He became a controversial federal judge who would shape civil rights law and challenge a sitting president. Decades later, his rulings resonate in a nation still arguing about “which lives Read More…
WallaboutVERMONT PREMIERE SYNOPSIS A single woman struggles to rebuild her life in Brooklyn, New York after having spent 10 years in Europe as the unrecognized muse to a famous filmmaker. Wallabout is an intimate account of an overeducated and underemployed outsider who survives by her wits and determination as she navigates an often hypocritical and Read More…
WhisperVERMONT PREMIERE SYNOPSIS A young woman travels to a remote beachside cabin in an attempt to finally quit her heroin habit. While there she accidentally sets in motion a chain of sinister events. Hauntingly beautiful, Whisper is a modern day ghost story that will keep you gripped from start to spine-chilling finish. SCREENING INFORMATION Date: Read More…
Year By The SeaVERMONT PREMIERE SYNOPSIS After 30 years as a wife and mother, an empty nester retreats to Cape Cod rather than follow her relocated husband to Kansas. Intent to rediscover herself but plagued with guilt, she questions her decision until stumbling upon a spirited mentor. Supported by her literary agent and a host of locals, including Read More…
ZephyrSYNOPSIS It’s summer in New England and April just turned 18. Her big plans include throwing her songwriting book in a car and flooring it. However, this birthday it looks like she’ll be watching punk-rock has-beens at her local high school. The best conversation she’s had today is with her Mother’s gravestone. Really, the only Read More…
