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Green Mountain Film Festival

The Green Mountain Film Festival is an annual film event and awards show in Vermont. The first festival took place in Montpelier, Vermont, in 1997. In March 1999, a second festival was held and it has been an annual March event ever since. In 2010, the festival was extended to include a series of satellite screenings in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. In 2018, the festival also hosted screenings in Essex Junction, at the Essex Cinema.

Background

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The program focuses on new work from around the world together with a few classic films. Around half the films shown are documentaries. There are also screenings of shorts and student films. Screenings are often followed by informal discussions often involving the filmmakers themselves. The festival also features special appearances by established film critics and filmmakers. Past guests have included critics Kenneth Turan, Molly Haskell, Phillip Lopate, David Thomson, Gerald Peary, and Matthew Hays. Filmmakers have included the screenwriter and director, Robin Swicord, actor/director Giancarlo Esposito, actor Michael Murphy, producer Christine Vachon, and documentary makers Albert Maysles, Les Blank and Ralph Arlyck.

The critic Stuart Klawans, writing in The Nation, described the 2003 Green Mountain Film Festival as "a cinephile's utopia: a festival organized and supported by an entire community of local moviegoers."[1]

Matthew Hays, the Montreal-based film critic, called the 2006 festival "incredible ... a mind-bendingly fascinating diet of movies."

Every year hundreds of volunteers help run the festival and host special events at numerous venues across Montpelier, Vermont.

The 21st Green Mountain Film Festival was held between March 16 and March 25, 2018, and featured 82 feature films and 75 shorts,[2] hand- on workshops, a “coming of age” film short course, and the first Vermont Filmmakers Summit. Then-current director Karen Dillon spoke about the 21st anniversary saying that she wanted the festival to “feel like a party for everyone”.[2]

In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the festival went into hiatus. The 23rd Green Mountain Film Festival is scheduled to return to Montpelier in March 2024.

History

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Films in earlier festivals (2006)

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10th Festival 2007

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The 10th Green Mountain Film Festival ran from 16 to 25 March 2007. Guests included Albert Maysles, Ralph Arlyck, Rob Mermin and Kenneth Turan. The films shown included

11th Festival 2008

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The 11th Green Mountain Film Festival was held from 21 to 30 March 2008. Notable films shown included

12th Festival 2009

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World Premiere - The Brother Who Sent His Sister to the Electric Chair (2009) World Premiere - Numen: The Nature of Plants

13th Festival 2010

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The festival added a new venue at the Pavilion Auditorium, and also a three-day series of satellite screenings in Vermont's North East Kingdom.

World Premiere - The Summer of Walter Hacks (2010)

14th Festival 2011

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The 14th Green Mountain Film Festival was held from March 18 to 27, 2011.[3]

The festival inaugurated the Green Mountain 48-Hr Film Slam, a film-making competition, and announced the Margot George Short Film Competition, both initiatives aimed at fostering emerging film-making talent.

The 14th festival Guests included Phillip Lopate, David Amram, Roy Prendergast, and Jonathan Katz.[3]

15th Festival 2012

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The 15th Green Mountain Film Festival was held on March 16, 2012. Notable films shown included[4]

16th Festival 2013

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The 16th Green Mountain Film Festival was held from April 4 to April 12, 2013. Notable films shown included[5]

  • Childhood
  • Northern Borders
  • A Fierce Green Fire
  • Bert Stern: Original Madman
  • Beware of Mr. Baker
  • Girl Model
  • Kumare
  • My Worst Nightmare
  • Revolutionary Optimist
  • Sightseers
  • The Revisionaries
  • The Savoy King
  • The Thieves
  • The Waiting Room
  • 5 Broken Cameras

17th Festival 2014

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Green Mountain Film Festival hired a new Executive Director, Rachelle Murphy.[6] The festival was held from March 21-30, 2014. Notable films shown were;

References

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  1. ^ "Adaptation". The Nation. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Sari, Kymelya. "The Green Mountain Film Festival Comes of Age". Seven Days. Retrieved 2019-01-22.
  3. ^ a b Release, Press (2011-02-09). "Fourteenth annual Green Mountain Film Festival, March 18 – 27". VTDigger. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  4. ^ Barber, Michelle (2012-03-17). "2012 Green Mountain Film Festival". Michelle Barber. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  5. ^ Release, Press (2013-04-04). "Green Mountain Film Festival in St. Johnsbury to feature talks by New England directors". VTDigger. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  6. ^ Release, Press (2014-12-05). "Focus on Film and Green Mountain Film Festival announce new executive director". VTDigger. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  7. ^ a b Seife, Ethan de. "Vermont Filmmakers in the Green Mountain Film Festival". Seven Days. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
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