The Vermont International Film Festival is pleased to announce that the 2020 VTIFF Community Hero Award (previously known as VTIFF Community Champion Award) recipient is Olivia (Muffie) Milens. This is the fourth year of this prestigious award, given to a person who has significantly contributed and impacted film culture and the arts in Vermont.

COVID 19 means that this year the Award Ceremony will be restricted to a small gathering in a private outdoor space on Lake Champlain. The ceremony will take place September 16th.

Open Road Ski Company and legendary trail-map artist James Niehues (jamesniehues.com) have partnered with Mad River Glen (madriverglen.com) for a Kickstarter project to fund a striking all-new hand-painted image of the iconic mountain, with plans to use it for trail maps and mountain signs.