IN COMPETITION MINOTAUR by ANDREÏ ZVIAGUINTSEV at 8:30 Runtime: 2h15 Russia, 2022. When Gleb, a successful company director, finds himself under siege from mounting corporate pressures and an...

IN COMPETITION PAPER TIGER by James Gray at 8:30 Runtime: 1h55  In James Gray’s deeply felt and intense drama, two brothers become entangled in a scheme that turns out to be too good to be true. As...

IN COMPETITIONFATHERLAND by PAWEŁ PAWLIKOWSKI at 9:30Runtime: 1h22 FATHERLAND centers on the relationship between the Nobel Prize-winning writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika, actress, writer...

NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION 11:30AM – 1:15PM at the ALAMO LAMAR / ALAMO LAMAR 5 WISHFUL THINKING: At a loss for how to save their relationship, Julia and Charlie are pressured by Julia’s friend to...

NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION3:00PM – 4:34PM at the ALAMO LAMAR / ALAMO LAMAR 4 BRIAN: After a meltdown during drama club auditions and hopelessly in love with his teacher, Brian decides to run for...

NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION 9:30 PM – 11:15 PM at the ZACH THEATER WISHFUL THINKING: At a loss for how to save their relationship, Julia and Charlie are pressured by Julia’s friend to take a twin...

  Thursday, October 23   1:15 PM Yes! at Film House Israel, in the aftermath of October 7. Y., a jazz musician struggling to make ends meet, and his wife Jasmine, a dancer, sell their...

7:00 PM My Father’s Shadow at Film House  A semi-autobiographical tale set over the course of a single day in the Nigerian capital Lagos during the 1993 Nigerian election crisis. The story...

  On October 17th, 2025, the Vermont International Film Festival kicks off at 7 pm with its first film, Akinola Davies Jr.’s My Father’s Shadow. 2025 marks the 40th anniversary of the largest film...

  Friday, October 17 — Opening Night 7:00 PM My Father’s Shadow at Film House  A semi-autobiographical tale set over the course of a single day in the Nigerian capital Lagos during the...