Schedule:

April 10, 2024

5:00 PM | Happy Hour Info and ticket desk open at 4:00 pm

6:15 - 8:15 PM | OPENING NIGHT

110 minutes of short films

I HAVE SOMETHING TO GET OFF MY CHEST Cedar O'Dowd | 8:21

The Migrant Body | Paula Gil Higa, Cal Hopwood | 12 | VT

Stillpoint | John Killacky | 3:05 | VT

M. T. Nestor | John Schlag | 16:38 | VT

8:30 PM | OPENING NIGHT PARTY Food and cash bar.

April 11, 2024

Roots at 11:30 am

110 minutes of short films. Pay-as-you-can! A portion of all donations are shared with the filmmakers.

Discussion: Reimagining The Outdoors at 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm

75 minute discussion panel. A portion of all donations are shared with the filmmakers.

If you‘ve ever watched cable, you’ve seen the outdoors depicted as the place we go to conquer nature. Michael Rosenfeld, executive producer of America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston, discusses how the PBS series dug deeper—revealing the surprising ways we interact with the outdoors today.

Quiet Time at 3:45 pm - 5:15 pm
81 minutes of short films. Pay-as-you-can! A portion of all donations are shared with the filmmakers.
Today We Climbed a Hill
Gordon LePage | 7:31 | ME Two mice build a mountain to reach a box of Corn Flakes.
The Quietest Year Karen Akins | 74 | VT

5:45 PM | Happy Hour

Bitter Sweet at 7:00 pm - 8:45 pm
105 minutes of short films. Pay-as-you-can! A portion of all donations are shared with the filmmakers.

Zeppo! Noah Mauchly | 9:44 | NH
Nice People Jeff Griecci | 95 | ME

April 12, 2024

11:00 AM - Workshop: Crowdfunding to Build Independence

Join Seed&Spark Founder and CEO Emily Best and Vermont filmmaker Michael DiBiasio-Ornelas to learn more about crowdfunding. Most people think about crowdfunding simply as a fundraising tool, but it’s so much more than that. Discover how to have a successful crowdfunding campaign. You’ll learn how to find your audience, structure your crowdfunding campaign, pick the right goal and incentives, and more.

1:00 PM - Workshop: The Art of the Pitch

Seed&Spark Founder and CEO Emily Best leads a discussion about project pitching. Knowing how to convey the specifics about your project in a dynamic, succinct way can land you not only investors, but collaborators, audience members, and more. Skills learned: how to prepare for a pitch meeting, how to adapt your pitch to different audiences, and how to follow up, setting your work up for success.

2:45 PM - Discussion: Music in Film

Learn all the ins and outs of music licensing and usage in film from Rick Clark, a long-time music producer and industry professional from Nashville, Tennessee. Rick is joined by Vermont musicians Tom Pearo and Neil Cleary with Big Heavy World, to discuss their Vermont music licensing platform. Sponsored by Mike Gordon.

4:15 PM - Up and Down

The World Is Ours (Le Monde Est A Elles)
Nadia Louis-Desmarchais - 21:27 - QC

Six Montreal teenage girls with symptoms of anxiety and depression, leave their urban environment for the first time to take part in a nature canoe-camping expedition.

Weight, What?

Sarah Furie - 28:12 - MA
Imagine you diligently and dedicatedly work for a company, and suddenly they fire you solely for the way you look. You’ve gained weight and they don’t want you on their payroll any longer. It’s 100% legal here in Massachusetts.

Thirty-Second Season
Charles-Emile LaFrance - 18:46 - QC
 

Normand lost his wife Alexandra eight years ago and has been isolated in his apartment since. His longtime solitude is interrupted when an old friend walks in with his camera.

6:00 PM - AWARDS PRESENTATION RECEPTION

7:45 PM - Transformations
The Dam (Barrage)
Rémi Fréchette - 19 min - QC

In 1964, during the construction of an electric dam, a macabre discovery causes a serious incident. Raymond and Fleurian are sent to the site to repair it.

The Yorkie Werewolf
Michael DiBiasio-Ornelas - 74 min - VT

A rebellious teen witch is turned into a tiny werewolf and thrown into the middle of a decades-old war between one small town’s creatures of the night - and the local mafia.

April 13, 2024

11:00 AM | Special Event: Screenwriting Incubator

The Vermont Production Collective (VPC) presents: A Staged Reading Of New Vermont-based Screenplays
VPC invites you to a Staged Reading of selected scenes from new works for film, developed over the last nine months in the Vermont Screenplay Incubator by 5 local screenwriters. The stories, while all set in Vermont, will transport us back in time, from a deep dive into how federal decisions affected a rural VT farmer in the 1960s, to what was really on the mind of teenagers in the 1980s. Other stories explore what actions an ever-changing physical appearance may drive someone to take, why another may choose a quiet life in the Green Mountains, and even give us answers as to how the Vatican’s powers could reach Barre. A cohort of local actors will bring the scenes to life and provide you with a look into the filmmaking process for narrative fiction films.

1:00 PM | Workshop: Lighting for the Camera
Join Pat Wright, lighting professional at Driven Studio, for a demonstration of different lighting techniques, including interview and product lighting.

3:15 PM | Separation

Matteo Moretti | 13:23 | RI

After losing his wife, Papou reconciles with a changed sense of belonging as he returns to his home village without her. A tender portrait of Moretti’s Greek grandparents.

My Tomato Heart (Mon Coeur De Tomate)
Benôit Le Rouzès Ménard | 14:57 | QC

Madeleine is forced to quit her position at the neighborhood grocery store. Except that her job is her whole life, her only family. She spends her last days at work fighting to save what is dear to her heart.

An Occurrence
Dien Vo | 17:25 | QC

A distant, culturally-mixed family attempts a ceremonial day together. Lifelong emotions surface through small gestures, while the world around them keeps changing and carries on.

7:15 PM | Gamma Rays (Les Rayons Gamma)

11:00 AM | Workshop: First Day On Set: What To Know When You’re Getting Started In The Film Industry
In this presentation and hands-on workshop, Women in Film and Video New England (WIFVNE), President Emerita and Line Producer Alecia Orsini and Camera Operator and Rental Tech at Talamas, Scott Lebeda, walk you through some of the lingo, gear, safety procedures, and best practices for becoming a production assistant.

1:00 PM | Unexpected
Clear Results
Seth Jarvis | 3:21 | VT

When you need to be sure, choose Clear Results Home Pregnancy Test.

A S-h-i-t Day (Jour De M-e-r-de)
Kevin T. Landry | 91:21 | QC

A single mother, drowning under the abuses of her ex-husband is sent by her condescending boss to the middle of nowhere to interview a strange hermit. Darkly humorous and surreal events ensue, setting up an absurdly rotten day for both of them.

5:30 PM | RECEPTION

April 14, 2024

11:45 AM | Illusions

Huguette: A Story In Hifi (Huguette En Hifi)
David Dufresne-Denis | 8:55 | Q

We don’t see much of Huguette in our family home movies. This is the story of a woman, a mother, a grandmother who has been worried all her life.

Larsen
Sarah Toussaint-Léveillé | 7 | QC

Arielle, 35, is depressed. She invites two friends to dinner. Ashamed of the mess in her apartment, she tries to tackle her dirty dishes but fails. Magically they continue to pile up and overwhelm her.

The Last Rhino (Le Dernier Rhinoceros)
Guillaume Harvey | 19:02 | QC

The last of the northern white rhinos is dead. Lili, a 70 year-old grandmother, led a comfortable retired life until hearing this devastating news. An original and drôle take on a serious issue.

2:00 PM | Identity
Audishun Marianne DiMascio | 4:54 | VT

A woman auditions for a groundbreaking new play.

The Weenies (Les Roteuses)
Garance Chagnon-Grégoire | 13:25 | QC

Philomène and Carolanne are the anti-capitalist feminist punk-rock group «The Weenies. After a fiery argument both their friendship and their highly (un)anticipated gig are put at risk.

Memory Game (Jeu De Memoire)
Directed by Philippe Cormier | 8:06 | QC

The story of the fall from grace of André, an aging visual artist preparing to leave his life’s work to a museum but whose dark past is exposed by his children.

3:45 PM | Just Getting By
Just Getting By is a sweeping and yet intimate look at the lives of Vermonters who are struggling with food and housing insecurity. The film explores the day-to-day challenges and incredible resiliency that low-income Vermonters bear witness to every day. Just Getting By sheds light on an often hidden Vermont population persevering against all odds to feed and house themselves and their families.

6:00 PM | Sara’s Circus
Sara Morgan Greene is a 20-year circus veteran, and 43-year-old single mother, with a big dream-to start her own tented circus. She decides that now is the time to fulfill it before her mentor and stepmother Soos passes away.

Date: April 10 - 14, 2024

Location:

Burlington Beer Company -

180 Flynn Avenue

Burlington, VT 05401

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