Opening Night

I HAVE SOMETHING TO GET OFF MY CHEST

Cedar O'Dowd | 8:21 |VT

*Made Here Fund Awardee*

A trans man heals from surgery. Live action narrative blends with experimental animation.

The Migrant Body | Paula Gil Higa, Cal Hopwood | 12 | VT

An examination of human migration and motives for individual displacement through the creative lens of PH Dance’s Artistic Director, Paula Higa, deriving from her personal experience as a dual citizen of Brazil and the United States.

Stillpoint | John Killacky | 3:05 | VT
 

*Jury Honorable Mention*
A visual poem rumination on living with chronic pain.

M. T. Nestor | John Schlag | 16:38 | VT
 

*Jury Honorable Mention*
An android has trouble accepting the loss of his owner, until he finds a way to give her a new life. A humorous, subtle and – surprisingly – a human tale.
*East Coast Premiere*

Grafton | Bryan Santiago | 26:06 | VT
 

*Jury Honorable Mention*
A psychological thriller about a woman who gets lost on the interstate and stumbles upon a small town where she reluctantly assumes the identity of someone else.

Love of the Land | Travis Van Alstyne | 8:38 | VT
 

*Made Here Fund Awardee*
A short animated film based on the true and tragic story of VT farmer Romaine Tenney.

Connected | Chad Ervin | 35:34 | VT
 

Vermont’s Grassroots Effort for Rural Broadband.