VTIFF Program-Guide 2023 - Flipbook - Page 26
FILMS A TO Z
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“We learn about and understand
the world through stories.
WHITE BALLS ON WALLS
THE WICKER MAN
Directed by Sarah Vos
Netherlands | 2023 | Documentary | 99 min | Dutch
w/subtitles
Directed by Robin Hardy
UK | 1973 | Fiction | 94 min | English
Thank you
for bringing the best
to Burlington.”
Film Source: Rialto
Film Source: Icarus
Sponsored by: Pam Wintle & Henry Griffin
SHOWTIMES
THURSDAY, OCT 26 | 9:15 PM | FH
SHOWTIMES
THURSDAY, OCT 26 | 4 PM | BB
The world-renowned Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam
allowed a camera behind the scenes of a process that
raises uncomfortable and awkward questions. Can a
painting still be entitled “The Prostitutes?” When you
appraise art, should you also take the skin color or gender
of the artist into account? And how is one to engage with
visitors who find all this “too politically correct?” The film
follows the new director of the Stedelijk as he attempts to
change the museum’s policies and curation to be more
inclusive and progressive. Presented with a slightly
tongue-in-cheek tone, filmmaker Sarah Vos takes us into
the most private conversations and arguments between
the curators and managers. As so many museums around
the world, including close to home in Vermont, struggle
with how to reassess their collections and curatorial
decisions, this film is as timely as it is entertaining. ~OY
Before there was Midsommar or Nicholas Cage screaming
about bees, there was 1973’s folk horror classic The
Wicker Man. Now in a stunning 50th anniversary 4k
restoration, this seminal British folk horror film welcomes
viewers to the remote Scottish enclave of Summerisle.
Sergeant Howie (Edward Woodward) has received an
anonymous report that a girl has gone missing on the
island, but when he arrives, the wary residents deny she
ever existed. An eerie mystery unfolds plunging Howie
deep into the pagan rituals practiced by the small, isolated
community. A case study in the dangers of shared
delusions and a landmark in ‘70s freak-out cinema, The
Wicker Man’s rapturous, combustible conclusion has
seared its indelible mark on the history of film. ~TW
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Support the 2023 Vermont International Film
Festival
***Followed by a Q&A with Kristan Hanson, the Fleming
Museum’s Curator of Collections and Exhibitions.***
VENUES
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FH: FILM HOUSE
BB: BLACK BOX THEATER
UVM RECITAL HALL
AT REDSTONE CAMPUS
All at Main Street Landing
Performing Arts Center, Burlington
384 South Prospect Street
Burlington
THE ESSEX RESORT & SPA
70 Essex Way
Essex
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