Past guests have included critics Kenneth Turan, Molly Haskell, Phillip Lopate, David Thomson, Gerald Peary, and Matthew Hays.
Filmmakers have included the screenwriter and director, Robin Swicord, actor/director Giancarlo Esposito, actor Michael Murphy, producer Christine Vachon, and documentary makers Albert Maysles, Les Blank and Ralph Arlyck.
"[1] Matthew Hays, the Montreal-based film critic, called the 2006 festival "incredible ... a mind-bendingly fascinating diet of movies."
Every year hundreds of volunteers help run the festival and host special events at numerous venues across Montpelier, Vermont.
World Premiere - The Summer of Walter Hacks (2010) The 14th Green Mountain Film Festival was held from March 18 to 27, 2011.