'We want to make sure the audience feels as safe as possible.' Orly Yadin tweet this This year's VTIFF, which runs from Friday, October 8, through Sunday, October 17, is in some ways a return to normalcy, albeit with new precautions. Two countries never before represented at VTIFF, Malta and Myanmar, join the fold with the familial drama Luzzu and the controversial satire Money Has Four Legs, respectively. The others come from France, India, Hong Kong, Brazil, Ethiopia, Denmark and throughout North America. Of the 39 feature films screening at this year's festival, Jacobson's is one of two local entries. I love the empathy she conveys toward the disenfranchised,' Jacobson continued. 'Stone's poetry is accessible, funny, tragic, startling. The documentary has its world premiere on Saturday, October 16, at the Vermont International Film Festival. Through a combination of family interviews, archival footage and material that Jacobson shot before Stone's death in 2011, the film explores the inner workings and legacy of one of the state's most renowned creative minds. 'That is what Ruth did with her writing.' 'I believe that making art or being creative is a way to alchemically transform our experiences, even the tragic ones, into something life affirming,' the Vermont-based director wrote in an email. As she put the finishing touches on her documentary Ruth Stone's Vast Library of the Female Mind, filmmaker Nora Jacobson sent Seven Days some thoughts on the former Vermont poet laureate's body of work.

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