Vermont

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Taxi Cab Teranga

Sep 2012

2011 | Directed by Sara Bailin

A short film following a day in the life of Omar Ndiaye, a Senegalese taxi cab driver in New York City, who learns that any day could be his last.

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Cough Drop

Sep 2012

2007 | Directed by Kristina Lear

Ten-year-old Kate has confusing parents; her self-absorbed father is attractive and indifferent and her anxious mother is loving and controlling. One day after school, Kate is asked by a strange man to take a ride with him. Encouraged by the unknown man’s kind words and easy manner as well as the excitement of doing something secret from her parents, Kate decides to make her first break from mom and dad’s guidance and take a different route home.

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The Ministry of the Stove

Sep 2012

2011 | Directed by Finn Yarbrough, Katherine Yarbrough

Quaker tradition has it that meetings are held together on Sundays, collectively asking for the Holy Spirit to enter the sanctuary created by communal silence. The South Starksboro Meeting House is the oldest continually used Quaker church in Vermont: Quakers have worshipped here each Sunday in silence for 186 years. So in the wintertime when the fire is stoked in the center of the candle-lit and un-heated church, the ministry that they take is said to be “the ministry of the stove.”

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Five Ways to Leave Your Lover

Sep 2012

2012 | Directed by Lukas Huffman

Beautifully shot on super 16mm film, this film portrays the journeys of a diversity of couples who all arrive at the same universal moment: romantic disconnect. This allows the film to celebrate previously unseen characters, which form the contemporary American social tapestry.

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Pearl

Sep 2012

2012 | Directed by Dan Butler

When a midwestern poet (Dan Butler) visits an elderly relative (Frances Sternhagen) to bring news of his mother’s recent death, the visit takes an unsettling turn. Adapted from a poem of the same name by former US poet laureate Ted Kooser.

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The Wild

Sep 2011

2011 | Directed by Alexander Christof Mackowiak

A heroin addict makes sacrifices to get even with a mob boss, but things turn out much worse and more bizarre than he imagined.

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Razor Burn

Sep 2011

2011 | Directed by Greg Ivan Smith

Dread builds for a Vermont couple as an escaped convict’s return looms over their day.

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An Occurrence On the Pier

Sep 2011

An Occurrence On the Pier
2011 | Directed by Jake Haehnel

A glimpse into the mind and the thoughts that rush through it as a decision is made.

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Timeshare

Sep 2011

2011 | Directed by Chico Eastridge, Ben Peberdy, Drew Peberdy

Mild-mannered Ned Swanburg’s evening is ruined when he accidentally runs over his time-traveling future self while driving home from the corner gas station. Aided by Verne, his ne’er-do-well roommate, Ned takes the atomic-powered Time Suit from the body of his future incarnation and attempts to rewrite history. Will he succeed in his desperate mission to save his own future, or will he ruin the timeline forever, breaking the laws of physics and hurling himself headfirst into a never-ending paradox of madness?

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Hardwood Throughout

Sep 2011

2011 | Directed by Greg Ivan Smith

A realtor tries her best to keep a secret from her client while showing an important home.