Film

Main Street Landing is an environmentally and socially conscious redevelopment company located in Burlington, Vermont. Their Performing Arts Center has a space that will work for almost any kind of event, meeting, film showing, fundraiser, private party, play, talent show, or performance.

From VICII:

A discussion about the film “Women Builders and Earthen Architectural Heritage in Africa” as a means of addressing the re-claiming of cultural identify and global architectural expectations and climate change. Featuring the following speakers:

Sandy Baird, citizen of the world, co-producer of VICII

Eric Agnero, citizen journalist, co-producer of VICII

Diane Gayer, architect / ecological planner

Amélie Esséssé, architect / filmmaker

For more information visit vicii.org

Mariah Riggs interviews Orly Yadin from VTIFF. 

Orly Yadin, Executive Director of VTIFF since Jan 2012, is a filmmaker and producer of both documentaries and animation films and series. Prior to making films, she was a film researcher on historical programmes and since 2001 has been Managing Director of Footage Farm – an archival footage collection. Orly has also taught documentary film history and theory in universities in England and at Burlington College. In 1995 she co-founded and ran Halo Productions specializing in animation films. Many of Halo’s short films won international awards at festivals, and one, Silence, was shortlisted for the Academy Awards. Orly became a VT resident in 2004 and has been a US citizen since 2010. 

This year's festival will take place October 21-30, 2022. Located at the Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center with some virtual options and a satellite venue at The Savoy Theater in Montpelier.

For more information: www.vtiff.org

Film critic and scholar Barry Snyder provides a brief history of modern German cinema and discusses the work of Werner Herzog's latest film "Fireball," the future of movies, and the power that awe plays in film.