Roots

Exhumation (Dirt: Part Four)
David Finkelstein | 21 | VT

Poetic imagery, music, and invocatory language, follow two men in a series of esoteric experiments. A poetic meditation on our relation to the soil and the energies buried within it.

Bloodroot
Lukas Huffman | 16 | VT

Over the course of their lives, two brothers come to terms with their kinship and mortality.

Oh Sirop
Marie Côté | 14:13 | QC
 

With the end of Quebec winter comes the maple season and its traditions centered around the sugar shack. An encounter with families that have been producing maple syrup professionally or artisanally for decades.

The Shadows of Paper Trees
Aida Daneshvar, Christopher Dreisbach | 6:30 | VT 

A film odyssey that illustrates, interprets, and illuminates verses from “Panjereh” (Window) by the late, legendary Iranian poet Forough Farrokhzad.

Baile Do Los Diablos
Victoria Simone | 16:20 | MA 

In a small jungle town the Dance of the Devils is a celebration of the continued existence of the Borucan people who successfully resisted Spanish invasion.

The Ruse (La Ruse)
Johane Prégent | 10:45 | QC
 

Clara, 14-year-old, eats her lunch every day hidden away in the school bathroom. In the eyes of her peers, she’s a bitch. Then 12-year-old Felix stumbles into HER safe place. They make up a strategy to change their fates.