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Updated 3/26/2025

GREEN MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL

  • V

    VT

Institution/Business Type: Fair / Festival

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 the mountains of Vermont. The festival’s 2025 Official Sponsor is the Norman J. Fisher and Doris Fisher  Foundation and the Presenting Sponsor is Sarducci’s Restaurant and Bar.

GMFF typically runs a multi-day film festival in Montpelier, VT in mid-late March with screenings at the Savoy Theater and the Capitol Theater, complimented with additional non-film programs, which include talks, Q&As, industry panels, networking sessions, exhibitions, and parties. 

The project is mostly volunteer-run and is currently a fiscally-sponsored project of ORCA Media, the local community access broadcast TV station. It was previously a project of Focus on Film, and its early days are documented in Rick Winstons book, Save Me a Seat! (Rootstock Publishing, 2024). 

Film submissions via Film Freeway are typically in the last part of the calendar year and sponsorships and program partners are sought througnout the year. 

Find Me

Phayvanh Luekhamhan (she/her)
Job Title: Festival Director
Phone: 8025223973
Address:
46 Barre Street
#4
Montpelier, VT 05602

About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Fair / Festival

Legal Status:

Nonprofit - Embedded in cultural public agency

Parent Organization:

Onion River Community Access Media

Year Founded:

1997

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Fair / Festival

Legal Status:

Nonprofit - Embedded in cultural public agency

Parent Organization:

Onion River Community Access Media

Year Founded:

1997

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Media - Film

Additional Disciplines:

  • Humanities - General

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Film Showings

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Adults
  • Businesses
  • Families
  • Elders
  • General Public
  • LGBTQ Populations
  • Nonprofits
  • Rural Populations
  • School Groups
  • Artists

Languages Available:

  • English

Geographic Reach:

  • Multi-State Region

Accessibility of Services

Accessibility of Services:

  • Access accommodations for people who use a wheelchair and have limited mobility
  • Access accommodations for people who are blind, partially sighted, and have low vision

Our theaters are either fully mobile accessible or can make accommodations upon request. They are equipped with listening assistive devices.

Media Gallery

I Have Worked With

Affiliations and Accomplishments

Special Designations

Designated Arts Community:

  • Vermont Creative Region Member - Lamoille Washington Creative Region

Special Designations

Designated Arts Community:

  • Vermont Creative Region Member - Lamoille Washington Creative Region