Northern New England/Québec | 2020/21 | Shorts | 99 min Film
Sources: Filmmakers
Sponsors: Vermont PBS/Maine Public
Not available on Virtual
Followed by Q&As with the directors, moderated by Eric Ford
YELLOW CARDS FOR EQUAL PAY
Directed by Maia Vota
10 min 40 sec | VT
*** Winner: Goldstone Award for Most Promising Filmmaker, sponsored by Bill Stetson
Members of the Burlington High School girls soccer team, inspired by the U.S. national soccer team and their lawsuit for equal pay, and Change the Story, recount the launch of their #EqualPay movement.
NATASHA MAYERS: AN UN-STILL LIFE
Directed by Anita Clearfield & Geoffrey Leighton
37 min 51 sec | ME
*** Winner: Vermont PBS Award for Best Documentary
Artist. Trickster. Activist. Now, more than ever, people want to see truthful, creative role models like Natasha Mayers, who is known as the “most committed activist artist” in Maine and who Senator George Mitchell called a “state treasure.”
STAY FOR TEA
Directed by Paul Bronislaw Kmiec
22 min 33 sec | MA
*** Co-Winner: VTIFF Award for Best Fiction Film.
As his memories evaporate from dementia, an elderly man confronts what he believes are ghosts. As he attempts to re-piece his identity, he receives a message from a special visitor.
ROSELINE LIKE IN THE MOVIES / ROSELINE COMME DANS LES FILMS
Directed by Sara Bourdeau
14 min 45 sec | QC
*** Co-Winner: VTIFF Award for Best Fiction Film | Co-Sponsor Consulate General of Canada in Boston
Roseline is a renowned actress with an impressive career. After a lifetime on camera, she gets ready to play the greatest role of her life. Fiction and reality blur together, surfacing a deeply buried secret — then: lights, camera, action.
JUST BEING HERE
Directed by Matteo Moretti
13 min 18 sec VT
*** Winner: Media Factory Award for Audience Favorite
Walter has lived alone for most of his life and doesn’t venture far from his house, but his life is far from ordinary. He finds solace and wonder in the nature of his backyard in the company of special friends.