Clio Berta

Operations Manager – she/her

Clio Berta is an artist, composer and event producer currently living and working in midcoast Maine. She has directed and produced collaborative multimedia events in public parks, galleries, vacant storefronts and her own backyard, composed scores for a diverse range of short films and is currently fascinated by holograms. She is thrilled to be the Operations Manager at the Points North Institute! Clio graduated in 2017 from Massachusetts College of Art and Design with a BFA in Interrelated Media, where she studied abroad at the Burren College of Art and participated in selected coursework at Berklee College of Music. She has been a Resident Artist at Studio Kura in Itoshima, Japan, the Stillness Project in Jefferson, Maine and Fish Factory in Stöðvarfjörður, Iceland.

Sean Flynn

Artistic Director – he/him

Sean Flynn is the Program Director and Co-Founder of the Points North Institute, where he has spent the past 13 years leading the organization’s program development and expansion from a small-town film festival into a year-round media arts institute with global reach. He currently oversees the curation and design of the Camden International Film Festival, a growing suite of filmmaker grants and fellowships, a 2-day documentary conference, an immersive media exhibition, and year-round community engagement initiatives that use documentary screenings to build public discourse. Sean received a master’s degree from MIT’s Comparative Media Studies department, where he worked as a researcher at the MIT Open Documentary Lab. He began his filmmaking career as a producer and cinematographer on two feature-length documentaries, BEYOND BELIEF and THE LIST, which examine the consequences of America’s military interventions in the Muslim world since 9/11. Both films premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and aired on national television. In 2012, Sean was a Fulbright Senior Research Fellow in Mumbai, India.

Meg Fournier

Finance Manager – she/her

For over 15 years, Meg has been building and supporting multi-disciplinary arts programs around Maine with a particular interest in their effect on the communities they serve. Born and raised in Louisiana, the arts have been an integral part of her daily life since day one. She moved to Brooklyn to pursue a BFA at Pratt Institute and somehow landed in Waldo County, Maine – a place she loves with every fiber of her being. Prior to joining Points North Institute as Production Manager, Meg’s work included roles with the Maine Arts Commission, Waterfall Arts, the Maine International Film Festival, Shadow Distribution, and the Unity College Center for the Arts, as well as the Renzi Education & Art Center in Louisiana. She also co-founded and directed the Free Range Music Festival and Roots & Tendrils, a contemporary art and music venue in Belfast. Meg lives in Belfast with her family, a wild rescue pup, and four moody chickens.

Nicole Fowlie

Finance Manager – she/her

Nicole Fowlie has been a dedicated supporter since the Camden International Film Festival's first year, and she has enjoyed working for Points North as an official member for several years. She lives in the midcoast area where she is raising her two sons. In addition to her work for Points North, Nicole is proud to work with youth at a local elementary school.

Kate Fox

Director of Development – she/her

Kate is a seasoned nonprofit leader with nearly two decades of experience advancing arts and cultural organizations through strategic fundraising and program development. She holds a graduate degree in Visual Arts Administration from New York University and has secured and managed funding for organizations ranging from grassroots initiatives to multimillion-dollar institutions. Prior to joining Points North, she held positions at BRIC Arts Media, the Children’s Museum of the Arts, the Bronx Museum of the Arts, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Her work is grounded in community engagement, educational access, artist support, and a deep commitment to equity. Based in the Portland area, Kate spends as much time as possible in the Midcoast—especially in the summer.

Willoughby Lucas Hastings

Senior Marketing Coordinator – she/her

Willoughby Lucas Hastings is a visual artist and educator originally from Huntsville, Alabama, and currently based in Rockland, Maine. As a visual artist, Willoughby works in textiles, photography, sculpture, and social practice. Her artistic practice led to an interest in public programming and design both implemented in her Marketing role at Points North. Willoughby holds an MFA from the School Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University and a BFA from the University of Georgia. She was a Artist in Residence at MASS MoCA, Aquarium Gallery, and JX Farms and has participated in fellowships at the Tufts Institute of the Environment, School Museum of Fine Arts, and Out in the Open.

Morgan Hulquist

Festival and Community Programs Manager – she/her

Morgan Hulquist is a documentary filmmaker based in Portland, Maine. Prior to joining Points North Institute, she was Associate Producer at Multitude Films, the Emmy-winning documentary production company invested in mentoring the next generation of independent producers. Her credits include Sundance winning and IDA Award nominated LIFE AFTER (Sundance 2025), Netflix Original POWER (Sundance 2024), IDA Awards nominated shorts collection QUEER FUTURES (CPH: DOX 2023), New York Times Critic’s Pick IT'S ONLY LIFE AFTER ALL (Sundance 2023), Oscar-shortlisted HOW WE GET FREE (SFFILM 2023) and Emmy-winning LOWNDES COUNTY AND THE ROAD TO BLACK POWER (Tribeca 2022). She also held roles at Chicken & Egg Films, was a 2025 LEF New England Flaherty Fellow and an organizer of the 2025 Maine Palestine Film Festival, and recently spent a season working on a flower farm in Southern Maine.

Colin Kelley

Tech Director – he/him

Colin has been with CIFF since 2010, where he started as a projectionist. In addition to his work here, Colin is the Technical Director for the Full Frame Documentary Festival in Durham, NC and a media production consultant at Bowdoin College. He is a graduate of Alfred University and the Maine Media Workshops four-week doc program.

Elise McCave

Executive Director – she/her

Elise is the Executive Director of the Points North Institute. She has 15 years of leadership and field-building at the intersection of independent film and social impact. Previously, she was at the global fundraising platform, Kickstarter, where she served as the Head of Film, leading strategy for the company’s largest category. Prior to that, she was Deputy Director of Doc Society, where she was a member of one of the UK’s most innovative social impact funders. Over eight years she worked on pioneering models for community engagement through documentary film, notably via the international Good Pitch program and the free-to-access Impact Field Guide & Toolkit. Elise is from Cambridge in the UK, and has a BSc in Anthropology from the University of London. She’s lived in the US since 2015, and divides her time between New York and Midcoast Maine.

Zaina Bseiso

Senior Programmer – she/her

Zaina Bseiso is a filmmaker, educator, and curator whose work explores diasporic notions of return, cinematic acts of solidarity, and articulations of power in the moving image. She is the Senior Programmer at the Points North Institute, Shorts Programmer at the Sundance Institute and serves on the programming board of the LA Film Forum. As a guest curator, she has collaborated with the Flaherty Seminar and DOXA Film Festival, among others. In 2019, Bseiso co-founded Bahia Collective, a community of filmmakers committed to collaborative practices and curation. Her first feature film, Todo Lo Sólido, is currently in post-production and has received support from Sundance, Sandbox Films, Visions Sud Est, IDFA, and others.

Nate Davis

Web Developer – he/him

Nate Davis is a composer, artist, and technologist who has had the good fortune to participate in projects across a wide variety of creative and technological domains. Recent work includes a large quasi-theatrical piece of musical alchemy for the early music ensembles at Florida State University and a chamber opera about agriculture in Maine and on Mars. Davis holds a PhD in music composition and theory from the University of California, Davis and an MA in mathematics from Brandeis University. He lives in Rockland and is serving his second term on the Rockland City Council.

Sarah Erwin

Associate Producer, Artist & Community Programs – she/her

Born & raised in Maine, Sarah is thrilled to be a part of the Points North Team as Associate Producer, Artist & Community Programs. She comes to Points North from Tribeca Film Institute and is excited to bring her love for independent film & community engagement to her home state. She loves talking about TV shows and also would be happy to help anyone source the perfect vintage quilt for their home.

Brit Fryer

Fellowship Manager – he/him

Brit Fryer is a filmmaker and artist from Chicago's South Side, currently based in New York. His films include Tessitura, The Script, Caro Comes Out, and Across, Beyond and Over. His feature debut, With Time (co-directed with collaborator Noah Schamus), is supported by ITVS, the Ford Foundation, Chicken & Egg Films, and the Points North Institute. Prior to working in documentary, Brit worked at the Writers Guild of America East and the Made in NY Post Production Training Program.

Gugi Gumilang

Features Programming Associate – he/him

Gugi Gumilang is a documentary programmer, producer, and industry strategist working across global film ecosystems. As Programme Director of In-Docs, he leads Docs by the Sea, supporting Asian documentary projects for international markets. He is an International Programmer at Hot Docs and serves on the Executive Board of the Documentary Association of Europe (DAE). His curatorial work extends to selection committees for Sundance Documentary Fund, Chicken & Egg Pictures, IDFA Bertha Fund, and Eurimages, and juries at CPH:DOX, DOK Leipzig, Cannes Docs, IDFA Forum, RIDM, and Ji.hlava IDFF. His films as producer and executive producer have premiered at major festivals including Locarno, Hot Docs, DOK Leipzig, and Hong Kong.

Kate Lemberg

Industry Programs Manager – she/her

Kate Lemberg works in programming, artist development, and operations at film festivals all over the USA. Primarily, she is documentary programmer at RiverRun; Industry Programs Manager at Points North; features assistant programmer at Tribeca; and Film Nominations Associate at the Film Independent Spirit Awards. She produced Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival in 2025 and worked in artist programs or programming at Tribeca, DOC NYC, and Nashville. Kate has served as a juror/reviewer for Chicken & Egg, NewFest New Voices Grant, New Orleans Film Festival, and the IDA Awards, and she was on the advisory committee for AIDC 2026 in Melbourne.

Lucila Moctezuma

Senior Consultant, Artist Programs – she/her

Lucila Moctezuma is a producer and consultant to documentary filmmakers and media organizations in the US and internationally, and programmer with international festivals. She is producer of the documentaries in-progress She Wrestles (by Charles Fairbanks), Women Like Us (Nausheen Dadabhoy), and Regreso/Return (by David Barba). Her consulting work with filmmakers focuses on story and creative authorship, and consults with media organizations in program design, program implementation, and as facilitator of story workshops. Currently she is Senior Consultant of Artist Programs at Points North Institute where she co-leads the Diane Weyermann Fellowship; Senior International Programmer for Hot Docs in Canada, and a member of the documentary programming committee at the Morelia International Film Festival in Mexico. Other consulting organizations have included Close Up Initiative, the Sundance Documentary Film Program, Brown Girls Doc Mafia, Multitude Films, and story workshops with the Bronx Documentary Center and BAVC. Previously, she held senior positions at high-profile organizations such as Chicken & Egg Films, UnionDocs, Women Make Movies, the Media Arts Fellowships for The Rockefeller Foundation, and founded the TFI Latin America Fund for Tribeca Film Institute. Lucila is based in Brooklyn, NY, and is originally from Mexico City. She is a frequent guest participant at film forums, panels and juries in the US and internationally. Lucila is a 2025 EAVE Producers Workshop Fellow, 2019 JustFilms Ford Foundation / Rockwood Leadership Institute Fellow, and a member of the Documentary Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences since 2021.

Shannon Pelletier

Graphic Designer – she/her

Shannon comes from a diverse background in performing, arts management and production. Originally from Maine, Shannon received her BFA from the New School University in NYC and her Master’s in Arts Policy and Practice at the Huston School for Film and Digital Media in Galway, Ireland. She has worked throughout the US and Europe under several scopes within the arts non-profit sector and within the commercial sector in Australia. Upon returning the US, Shannon was Operations Manager at Points North from 2016-2017 before transitioning to focused work in graphic design with a specialty in publication design—including design of the CIFF program since 2017. She is a founding member and designer of Holy Show, a magazine of contemporary life and culture in Ireland; described by the Irish Times as “unquestionably the most beautiful” Irish literary journal and celebrated in a 2024/2025 retrospective exhibition of the first 6 issues at the Museum of Literature Ireland.

Eynar Pineda

Associate Producer of Engagement – he/him

Josh Povec

Multimedia Producer – he/him

Josh leads the photo and video teams for Points North Institute and edits the CIFF trailer. He has been directing, producing and editing films for 25 years, from 100+ museum exhibits to 80+ hours of broadcast television for National Geographic, Discovery Channel, and PBS. His branded content and social-first distribution campaign clients have included Yeti, Adidas, Toyota, Cannon, Nikon, Dell and Red Bull. Josh is a board member at Northeast Historic Film and his media production company, Big POV Pictures, produces/tech directs the Camden Conference. His most recent broadcast work, America's Forests with Chuck Leavell/PBS and Amazon Prime, explores stories of Maine’s north woods. He grew up in Maine and lives in Belfast.

Deborah Rudolph

Partnerships Officer – she/her

Deborah Rudolph is Partnerships Officer for Points North Institute, and Associate Programmer at Tribeca Festival. She was previously Industry Programs Manager for Chicago International Film Festival, Impact Campaign Manager at Looky Looky Pictures, Director of Sponsorship and DOCNYC PRO for DOCNYC, and has served as Producer of the Points North Forum at CIFF, Programming Coordinator at Montclair Film, and for many years as Manager of Corporate Social Responsibility at HBO. She has been film evaluator for POV, Catapult Film Fund, and Chicken & Egg Pictures. She is dedicated to filmmaker development and education, and building partnerships to increase sustainability for documentary makers. She holds a BFA in Film and Photography from NYU, and a Masters in Communication from Columbia University.

Alix Towler

Festival Producer – they/he

Alix is a comics artist, social work trainer, community organizer, and sometimes documentary filmmaker born and raised in North Carolina and currently blessing hearts in Brooklyn, New York.

Nehal Vyas

Shorts Programming Associate – she/her

Nehal Vyas is a filmmaker, programmer, and educator from India, currently based in Los Angeles. Her work engages questions of nationhood, censorship, mythology, and domestic archives. She is interested in how cinema can hold memory against erasure and imagine collective futures rooted in solidarity. Her films and projects have been supported by the San Sebastian Film Festival, True/False, the International Documentary Association, FID Marseille, and Gold House, among others. For the past six years, she has been curating and coordinating community-based film programs through her collective work. She has also worked with the Flaherty Seminar, IFFLA, Experimenta, and Future East Films, among other film spaces.