http://www.greenmountainfilmfestival.org Sat, 27 Mar 2010 17:17:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.greenmountainfilmfestival.org/2010-films-events/afghan-star http://www.greenmountainfilmfestival.org/2010-films-events/afghan-star#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:20:38 +0000 admin http://www.greenmountainfilmfestival.org/?p=1163

Tuesday, March 23; 8:30 pm @ City Hall Arts Center available. Friday, March 26; 7:00 pm @ City Hall Arts Center available.

After 30 years of war and Taliban rule, pop culture has returned to Afghanistan—and since 2005, millions are tuning in to a wildly popular TV talent show. Winner of the Directing and Audience awards in Sundance’s 2009 World Documentary competition, Havana Marking’s timely and moving film follows the dramatic stories of four young finalists—two men [...]]]> http://www.greenmountainfilmfestival.org/2010-films-events/afghan-star/feed 0 http://www.greenmountainfilmfestival.org/2010-films-events/among-farmers http://www.greenmountainfilmfestival.org/2010-films-events/among-farmers#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:19:35 +0000 admin http://www.greenmountainfilmfestival.org/?p=1161

Tuesday, March 23; 6:30 pm @ Savoy Theater goingfast. Wednesday, March 24; 2:15 pm @ Savoy Theater available. Sunday, March 28; 9:30 am @ Savoy Theater available.

German cinema's growing number of films willing to address topics relating to World War II has a fine addition in Ludi Boeken's new film, which tells of farmers in Westphalia who without hesitation sheltered Jewish friends (their former World War I comrades) from the Nazis. The farmers are used to weathering even dangerous situations somehow, [...]]]> http://www.greenmountainfilmfestival.org/2010-films-events/among-farmers/feed 0 http://www.greenmountainfilmfestival.org/2010-films-events/amreeka http://www.greenmountainfilmfestival.org/2010-films-events/amreeka#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:17:52 +0000 admin http://www.greenmountainfilmfestival.org/?p=1159

Friday, March 19; 6:00 pm @ Savoy Theater soldout. Wednesday, March 24; 4:15 pm @ Savoy Theater available. Thursday, March 25; 8:30 pm @ Savoy Theater available.

Stephen Holden, The New York Times: “Cherien Dabis’s AMREEKA (the Arabic word for America) stands alongside THE VISITOR as one of the most accomplished recent films about a non-European immigrant coming to the United States. While the arrivals in the other two movies were not legal immigrants, the indomitably good-natured protagonist of AMREEKA, Muna [...]]]> http://www.greenmountainfilmfestival.org/2010-films-events/amreeka/feed 0 http://www.greenmountainfilmfestival.org/2010-films-events/art-bell-presents http://www.greenmountainfilmfestival.org/2010-films-events/art-bell-presents#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:16:10 +0000 admin http://www.greenmountainfilmfestival.org/?p=1157

Wednesday, March 24; 6:15 pm @ Pavilion Auditorium available.

Art Bell (the creative mind behind the GMFF trailer) will demonstrate the latest in digital techniques on a start-to-finish musical video and a political commercial. Approximately 90 minutes.   Filmmaker website]]> http://www.greenmountainfilmfestival.org/2010-films-events/art-bell-presents/feed 0 http://www.greenmountainfilmfestival.org/2010-films-events/before-tomorrow http://www.greenmountainfilmfestival.org/2010-films-events/before-tomorrow#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:15:27 +0000 admin http://www.greenmountainfilmfestival.org/?p=1155

Saturday, March 20; 7:15 pm @ Savoy Theater goingfast. Sunday, March 21; 11:45 am @ Savoy Theater available.

This project is the first feature from the Arnait Video Productions collective, which has been gathering and documenting stories of Inuit women since 1991. BEFORE TOMORROW is the story of a woman who demonstrates that human dignity is at the core of life from beginning to end, as she and her grandson face the ultimate [...]]]> http://www.greenmountainfilmfestival.org/2010-films-events/before-tomorrow/feed 0 http://www.greenmountainfilmfestival.org/2010-films-events/bliss http://www.greenmountainfilmfestival.org/2010-films-events/bliss#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:14:21 +0000 admin http://www.greenmountainfilmfestival.org/?p=1153

Wednesday, March 24; 12:00 pm @ Savoy Theater available. Thursday, March 25; 6:30 pm @ Savoy Theater goingfast. Friday, March 26; 4:00 pm @ Savoy Theater available.

When 17-year-old Meryem is found disheveled and unconscious in the Turkish countryside, her family believes the worst - that her chastity has been lost. They turn to the ancient principle of "tore," a strict moral code that condemns Meryem to death. When she refuses to take her own life, the duty of upholding the family's [...]]]> http://www.greenmountainfilmfestival.org/2010-films-events/bliss/feed 0 http://www.greenmountainfilmfestival.org/2010-films-events/bombay-summer http://www.greenmountainfilmfestival.org/2010-films-events/bombay-summer#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:13:05 +0000 admin http://www.greenmountainfilmfestival.org/?p=1151

Saturday, March 20; 9:30 pm @ Savoy Theater available.

Joseph Mathew’s film subtly mirrors the turmoil within tradition-bound Indian society as it copes with change and rapid modernization. At the center of the story is Geeta, a young woman who leads a full life and a busy career. She is in the middle of an affair with Jaidev, a struggling writer who is slowly [...]]]> http://www.greenmountainfilmfestival.org/2010-films-events/bombay-summer/feed 0 http://www.greenmountainfilmfestival.org/2010-films-events/bonnie-and-clyde http://www.greenmountainfilmfestival.org/2010-films-events/bonnie-and-clyde#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:39:01 +0000 admin http://www.greenmountainfilmfestival.org/?p=1148

Sunday, March 28; 1:30 pm @ City Hall Arts Center available.

Arthur Penn’s 1967 film starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway as the outlaw duo was not only a watershed film for its audacious style, but its reception also marked a crucial turning point for American film criticism. Post-film event: Boston Phoenix film critic Gerald Peary will discuss the controversy. Sponsored by Burlington College. 112 minutes. [...]]]> http://www.greenmountainfilmfestival.org/2010-films-events/bonnie-and-clyde/feed 0 http://www.greenmountainfilmfestival.org/2010-films-events/the-bothersome-man http://www.greenmountainfilmfestival.org/2010-films-events/the-bothersome-man#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:38:15 +0000 admin http://www.greenmountainfilmfestival.org/?p=1146

Tuesday, March 23; 8:30 pm @ Savoy Theater goingfast. Saturday, March 27; 10:30 pm @ Savoy Theater available.

Forty-year-old Andreas arrives in a strange city with no memory of how he got there. He is presented with a job, an apartment , even a wife. But before long, Andreas notices that something is wrong. Andreas makes an attempt to escape the city, but he discovers there's no way out. Andreas meets Hugo, who [...]]]> http://www.greenmountainfilmfestival.org/2010-films-events/the-bothersome-man/feed 0 http://www.greenmountainfilmfestival.org/2010-films-events/burma-vj http://www.greenmountainfilmfestival.org/2010-films-events/burma-vj#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:36:17 +0000 admin http://www.greenmountainfilmfestival.org/?p=1143

Sunday, March 21; 6:30 pm @ City Hall Arts Center goingfast. Monday, March 22; 11:45 am @ City Hall Arts Center available. Thursday, March 25; 6:15 pm @ Pavilion Auditorium available.

Armed with small video cameras, undercover video journalists in Burma keep up the flow of news from their closed country. Their material is smuggled out of the country and broadcast back into Burma via satellite and offered as free usage for international media. The whole world has witnessed clips made by the “VJs,” but for [...]]]> http://www.greenmountainfilmfestival.org/2010-films-events/burma-vj/feed 0