Join us for the joyful presentation of the VTeddy Awards celebrating the winners for Best Documentary Short, Best Documentary Feature, Best Narrative Short, Best Narrative Feature, Audience Award – Short, Audience Award – Feature, the Hernandez/Bayliss Prize, the Clio Visualizing History Prize for the Advancement of Women in Film, the Gaia Prize for Environmental Filmmaking, the Shouldice Family Prize for Best Vermont-Made Film, the Vermont Symphony Orchestra Award, the AICEF Prize for Cross-Cultural Filmmaking, the Thaddeus Stevens Prize and the inaugural Ralph Steiner Prize for Poetic Cinema. Afterwards is an onstage discussion with Raj Patel (Director) following the screening of The Ants & The Grasshopper. Hosted by Jay Craven.

A discussion with Karen Allen (Actress) following the screening of Starman. Hosted by Jay Craven.

A discussion with Sofia Bara (Producer) following the screening of The Other Side andJoel Gershon (Director) following the screening of Cirque Du Cambodia. Hosted by Lloyd Komesar.

A discussion with Matteo Moretti (Director) following the screening of Just Being Here and Leslie Koren (Director) following the screening of Now Return Us To Normal. Hosted by Lloyd Komesar.

A discussion with  Liz McBee (Director) following the screening of Burning The Village. Hosted by Jeanine Frost.

A discussion with MNFF Honoree Actress Karen Allen following a 40th Anniversary screening of the Steven Spielberg classic, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. Hosted by Jay Craven.

On-stage conversation with Hannah Ayers & Lance Warren (Directors) following the screening of How The Monuments Came Down.  Hosted by Bill Hart.