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VENUES AND TICKETING CONTACT: [email protected] | 802-660-2600 STAY UP TO DATE: FOR LATEST INFORMATION OR LAST MINUTE CHANGES SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER VTIFF.ORG TICKETING VENUES GRAB A BITE AND TALK MOVIES The festival box office will be open daily during the MAIN STREET LANDING PERFORMING Daily receptions 6-7pm in the Festival Lake Lobby, free festival from one hour before each day’s first screening. ARTS CENTER appetizers (cash bar by Zero Gravity Brewery, the official It is highly recommended, though, to book your tickets in beer of VTIFF 2018) advance online at VTIFF.ORG. If you have a purchased a Amory Grill & Bar 101 Main Street – stylishly upscale Gold Pass or 10-pack, or if you are a VTIFF All Access or The Festival Information desk and box office from Patron Member, you can book tickets in advance, or you Oct 18 thru Oct 28 will be located at Main Street Skinny Pancake Gold Pass holders receive 20% can go to the Information Desk at the festival to redeem Landing Performing Arts Center. Enter either from discounts – 1 per person per day. tickets for specific films of your choice. If you choose not Battery Street or from 60 Lake St and take elevator to 3rd floor. Screenings at MSL will take place in to book in advance, you can go directly to the screening Penny Cluse Café 169 Cherry Street – great place Film House and the Black Box Theater. MSL now with your Pass – you do not have to get a ticket at the for breakfast or lunch box office. We hold back a certain number of seats offers an on-site Mamava for nursing mothers. for Gold Pass holders (that includes also our Patron Honey Road 156 Church Street – delicious Members) up to 10 minutes before each show on a BURLINGTON CITY ARTS (BCA) Mediterranean food first-come – first-served basis. After that, we reserve the right to sell the tickets, especially if the screening Burlington City Arts at 135 Church Street is the A Single Pebble 133 Bank St, Burlington - gourmet is in high demand. screening venue for the weekday Lunchtime Shorts, Chinese food; their food truck – Friday, 12-1pm, Monday through Wednesday and Friday. Oct 26 only, outside Foam Brewery, a few steps from the festival TICKET PRICES ECHO LAKESIDE HALL Zero Gravity 716 Pine Street - local craft beers Echo Lakeside Hall is located at 1 College Street on in a great atmosphere Burlington’s waterfront. 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HILTON GARDEN INN 101 Main St, Burlington, VT, (802) 951-0099 The venues are located on regular Chittenden County Transit routes. There is a shuttle on College Street that leaves every 15 minutes. HOTEL VERMONT 41 Cherry St, Burlington, VT, (802) 651-0080 For more info visit CCTAride.org LITTLE PLACE GUEST HOUSE 209 N Winooski Ave, Burlington, VT (802) 660-8283 MAIN ST. BANK ST. LUCKY B&B LANDING PARKING FILM HOUSE / 163 Cherry Street, Burlington, VT (802) 399-2121 BLACK BOX N LAKE CHAMPLAIN WATERFRONT SKINNY PANCAKE BECOME A VTIFF COLLEGE ST. MEMBER TODAY CITY HALL PARKING ENJOY THE FESTIVAL FOR FREE! FILM IS ONE OF THE ECHO PARK CHURCH ST. MOST DEMOCRATIC, ACCESSIBLE AND TRANSFORMATIVE BATTERY ST. BATTERY PINE ST. ST. PAUL ST. S. CHAMPLAIN ST. BURLINGTON FORMS OF ART. YOUR MEMBERSHIP ENSURES WE ARE ABLE CITY ARTS TO PRESENT THE WORLD TO VERMONT THROUGH FILM. MAIN ST. VTIFF.ORG/MEMBERSHIP 2 CONTENTS WHAT’S INSIDE WELCOME TO VTIFF 2018! Films A-Z Page 6-22 NEQ -Regional Filmmakers Showcase Page 24-27 Lunchtime Shorts Page 23 Environmental Justice Films Page 28 Visiting filmmakers and speakers Page 28-29 Sponsors and supporters Page 32 Welcome to the We are also very happy to have expanded the 32nd year of the Vermont Filmmakers’ Showcase to our neighbors BOARD OF DIRECTORS Vermont Interna- in New Hampshire, Maine, northern New York and tional How many Québec. Our hope is that the new NEQ Regional Paula Willoquet-Maricondi, President programmers Film Showcase will provide an opportunity for Lorna-Kay Peal, Vice President does it take to filmmakers to meet and learn about each other’s Larry Crist, Secretary curate a festival work. I encourage you to come to these free Kevin Meehan, Treasurer program? In our screenings (with a suggested donation) and support case… 8. These local filmmakers in the Northeast and Québec. Ryan Chartier, Holly Cluse, Tamika Davis, Eric Ford, dedicated film Arnie Malina, Patrick McKee, Ben Rinehart lovers spent the This year we have a record number of filmmakers past six months attending the festival. They are listed [on page 28] MEET THE VTIFF TEAM collectively watching hundreds and hundreds of of this guide. You will see them at post-screening hours of film, writing their comments and arguing Q&As and at the daily receptions. Don’t be EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR about them. That is what distinguishes VTIFF shy — talk to them and make them feel welcome. Orly Yadin from many other festivals: we are not a We want them to go home and tell people about call-for-entry festival. We curate. VTIFF and Vermont. DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR Fauna Hurley Now that it’s all come to fruition, I cannot begin I say this every year, but that doesn’t make it less to describe how excited I am. It’s what I imagine it true: A film festival is an opportunity to immerse VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR feels like to see a piece of machinery comprised of yourself in the cinematic arts and watch films Kim Janson a huge number of parts that all fit together to make as they are meant to be seen — on a big screen, an engine work. The whole is so much more than in a dark room full of friends and strangers. But ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT the sum of its parts. it is also an opportunity to discuss the films you Kalia Bornstein have seen at post-screening Q&As and daily BOX OFFICE receptions, where you can eat, drink and seek Coordinator - Gail Clook We hope that we’ve succeeded recommendations from others. in including a representative Supervisors - Caitlin Bayer, Suzie Quinn selection of the best of VTIFF’s mission is to enrich the community and PROJECTIONISTS bring the world to Vermont through film. My hope Coordinator - Alex Lavin international and American is that you have a wonderful time, while absorbing Projectionists - Ben Youngbaer, Vince Rossano a wide range of film styles, genres and subjects. cinema. Our only regret each FESTIVAL PRODUCTION MANAGERS year is that films get left behind Make sure, as well, to browse our sponsors’ page. Desiree Roberts, Jon Huber Grantors, sponsors, individual donors and VTIFF because we couldn’t fit them in. members together make it all possible. If you PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE recognize any of them, please thank them, too. Luke Baynes, Holly Cluse, Alex Lavin, Barbara McGrew, One special section of the festival this year involves Ethan Murphy, Julia Swift, Paula Willoquet-Maricondi, films that relate to environmental justice. We are I’ll be at the festival most of the time. Feel free Orly Yadin lucky to have as advisor Bill Stetson, who is on to come up to me, or to any of our board members, the board of the Environmental Film Festival in INTERN staff and dedicated volunteers, and let us know Washington, D.C. Together we have assembled a George Seibold what you think. group of films on water, animals, nuclear energy, GMOs and more. And the filmmakers will all be VTIFF 2018 DESIGNER here. I look forward to some great discussions. Ted Olson, BCA Looking forward to seeing you at the movies! VOLUNTEERS Orly Yadin, VTIFF Executive Director Full list for this year at VTIFF.ORG/Volunteering VTIFF.ORG | VERMONT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2018 3 THANK YOU SPONSORS LEVITATE WaVERMONT’S LIFECAREke COMMUNITYRobin Proud to be a sponsor of the Vermont International Film Festival Thursdays at 7:00 pm Proud to support Live the life you choose... local filmmakers at the in a vibrant community where you can be yourself. Vermont International Film Visit our website or call to schedule a tour. Festival, on air & online. vermontpbs.org/madehere Wake Robin Life Plan Community 802.264.5100 / wakerobin.com 200 Wake Robin Drive, Shelburne, VT 4 VTIFF.ORG | VERMONT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2018 THANK YOU SPONSORS Proud Sponsor of the Vermont International Film Festival. THERE’S NO BETTER TIME THAN NOW. NSBVT.COM (800) NSB-CASH 802-722-7708 [email protected] VTIFF.ORG | VERMONT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2018 5 FILMS A TO Z 1945 3 FACES AMÉRICA Directed by Jafar Panahi Directed by Ferenc Török Directed by Erick Stoll & Chase Whiteside Iran | 2018 | Fiction | 100 min Hungary | 2017 | Fiction | 91 min USA | 2018 | Documentary | 76 min Farsi w/English subtitles Hungarian & Russian w/ English subtitles Spanish w/English subtitles Film Source: Kino Lorber Film Source: Menemsha Film Source: Dogwoof Awards