Returning to Montpelier in March 2025

Established in 1997, the Green Mountain Film Festival is a non-competitive festival showcasing narrative, documentary, and experimental features and shorts from all over the world - nestled in downtown Montpelier, Vermont

Help us get ready for the 2025 Green Mountain Film Festival!

Greetings friends! The Green Mountain Film Festival is returning to Montpelier and Central Vermont in March 2025 and we are grateful for your support to make this coming year’s festival a beautiful and expansive weekend of international and local film! We have a goal of raising $12,000 in
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Highlights from the 2024 GMFF!

What a lovely way to end the 2024 Green Mountain Film Festival!After screening our Closing Film, JOONAM - we heard from Vermont based filmmaker and director Sierra Urich and our Festival Programmer Sam Kann. A beautiful close to our long awaited return and a wonderful night at The Capitol
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GMFF Finale

Saturday's program fostered so much conversation that we hope will carry beyond the festival. From Vermont's Black farmers talking about the reparative act of land sharing to the Vermont Production Collective's discussion about whose stories get told, we are heartened to hear that what
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GMFF expands to three screens πŸš€πŸš€πŸš€

Some of the heartwarming experiences from today included watching 90+ fourth-graders walk from school over to the Savoy for the cinematic treat of Robot Dreams, listening to the stories of longtime festival goers as we assist them with their movie schedule, and the introductions we've been able to
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TGI GMFF! 😺

Phew! Pictures will come later. For now, we want to say a hearty thanks for everyone who came by the hub--we got to meet so many new and returning folks and talk with you all about your hopes and dreams for this event. Festival volunteers also were the best--you brought
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23rd GMFF opens Thursday, March 14th 🎊

What a wonderful session at the Montpelier High School today showcasing local youth film projects. We also met alot of you who came to the Festival Hub and whom we met when we were out an about delivering guidebooks today. We will be at the Hub starting at 9 AM
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β€œGreat curation, wonderful gatherings for filmmakers, and engaged post-screenings conversations - grateful to be part of it.” ~ John Killacky, Vermont Filmmaker

FAQ for the 2024 Festival

We've had a lot of questions, here are a few of the most frequent ones we encounter. As always, if you cannot find your answer here, stop by the Festival Hub inside Rabble Rouser and ask one of our volunteers. Thanks! TICKETING * All tickets are available online at
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Guidebooks are out, and films about women's lives

Good morning! We have a soft-launch of our festival this afternoon with a Youth Film + Media Panel at the Montpelier High School at 1 PM. This event is primarily for the MHS students and their guests, but the public is welcome to attend, provided you RSVP first with this form.
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Comedies, media coverage, guidebooks

Word is getting out! The Barre-Montpelier Times Argus did a preview of the festival, and they also wrote about the Montpelier Chamber Orchestra's weekend performances, which kicks off as part of our Opening Night Party. And Susan Apel's Artful newsletter included us in her latest round
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1 volunteer shift = 1 free ticket

Happy Monday, Friends! πŸ‘‹πŸ½ We've sold out of another great event: Vermont Shorts, featuring new works set in our lovely state made by local filmmakers, all of whom will be in attendance for the Q&A. We have also sold out of the Film Slam & Youth Media
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One week 'til the festival! Here's the schedule πŸ—“οΈ

You've asked for it: here is the schedule grid for the films so you can plan your weekend of movie watching! Please note that we have two screens on Thursday and Friday and three screens on Saturday and Sunday. Some film times will overlap. If you plan to
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Bridge article and other stories

We have been talking to the press about the festival's revival, which you will soon start hearing about. Phayvanh was walking from lunch today, and someone told her they heard about us on the radio! We expect a few more stories about the festival this coming week, but
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