Points North 1:1 Meetings

Each of our Artist Programs culminates in a series of 400+ networking meetings between selected filmmakers and 100+ funders, distributors, producers, broadcasters, festival programmers, and other industry professionals, representing some of the most influential and prominent platforms for creative independent documentary today globally.

These meetings take place both in person during CIFF and virtually in the weeks following the festival.

ELIGIBILITY

This program is invitation-only.

To be considered, please submit it to the Artist Program that is the best fit for your project.

Pictured below are the industry professionals that participated in the 2024 edition of the Points North 1:1s.

Andrea Alarcon

Producing and Artist Support Manager

Sundance Institute - DFP

she/her

Samah Ali

Senior Shorts Programmer

DOC NYC, SFFILM

she/her

Thibaut Amri

Producer

Avant la Nuit

he/him

Carol Bash

Program Coordinator

Black Public Media

she/her

Susan Bedusa

SVP, Production & Development

4th Row Films

she/her

Opal H. Bennett

Senior Producer | Executive Producer

American Documentary | POV

she/her

Anna Berthollet

CEO, Sales & Acqusitions

Lightdox

she/her

Jenny Bohnhoff

International Sales & Operations Manager

MetFilm

she/her

Kristin Boivin

Programming Manager

Hot Docs

she/her

Dawn Bonder

CEO

The deNovo Initiative

she/her

Clint Bowie

Artistic Director

New Orleans Film Society

he/him

Caitlin Boyle

Executive Director

Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival

she/her

Luke Brawley

Founder

INDOX

he/him

Keri Archer Brown

Director, Content & Initiatives

ITVS

she/her

Emilie Bujes

Artistic director

Visions du Reel

she/her

Alice Burgin

Head of Industry

Visions du Reel

she/her

Daniel Cantagallo

Vice President

Cargo Film & Releasing

he/him

Sarah Choi

Development & Artist Support Associate

Field of Vision

she/her

Charlotte Cook

Co-Founder and Executive Producer

Field of Vision

she/her

Shana Darabie

Development Associate

Department of Motion Pictures

she/her

Sarba Das

Head of Nonfiction

Media Res Studio

she/her

Samuel Didonato

Associate Director

Cinema Tropical

he/him

Val Dowd

Film Sales Manager

Submarine Entertainment

she/her

Erica Fink

VP, Head of Development

Imagine Entertainment

she/her

Maxyne Franklin

Director

Doc Society

she/her

Alexandra Garcia

Supervising Producer, Op-Docs

The New York Times

she/her

Megan Gelstein

Co-Director / Chief Program Officer

Catapult Film Fund

she/her

Maëlle Guenegues

Festival & Acquisition

CAT&DOCS

she/her

Alex Hannibal

Senior Creative Exec

A24

she/her

Heather Haynes

Director of Programming

Hot Docs

she/her

Kyle Hentschel

Director of Development, Documentaries

TIME Studios

he/him

Carolyn Hepburn

Producer

ESPN Films

she/her

Nikki Heyman

Film Officer

Doc Society

she/her

Kendra Hodgson

Managing Director

Women Make Movies

she/her

Tracie Holder

Documentary Filmmaker/Film Funding Strategist

Means of Production Films

she/her

Tim Horsburgh

VP

National Geographic

he/him

Ash Hoyle

Programmer

Sundance Film Festival

he/him

Morgan Hulquist

Associate Producer

Multitude Films

she/her

Patrick Hurley

Head of Distribution & Business Affairs

Sandbox Films

he/him

Wouter Jansen

Owner // Sales & Acquisitions

Square Eyes

he/him

Marcella Jelic

sales and acquisitions

Split Screen

she/her

Ali Khechen

Qumra Senior Industry Manager

Doha Film Institute

None

Michael Kinomoto

Senior Manager, Production

ITVS

he/him

Kelsey Koenig

VP of Production

Impact Partners

she/her

Sarah Lash

Senior Director, Acquisitions

Condé Nast Entertainment

she/her

Anna Lee

Director of Learning and development

Working Films

she/her

Kerry LeVielle

Coordinating Producer

POV

she/they

Bennett Levine

Tracking Executive

Cinetic Media

he/him

Charlotte Lichtman

Agent, Media Finance

CAA

she/her

Susan Margolin

Producer

St. Marks Productions

she/her

Joshua Moore

Manager of Documentary Programs

SFFILM

he/him

Bob Moore

Producer

EyeSteelFilm

he/him

Selin Murat

Markets Manager

IDFA

she/they

Molly Murphy

Executive Director, Partnerships and Innovation

Working Films

she/her

Tara Nadolny

Director of Development

ESPN Films

she/her

Alysa Nahmias

Founder, Director/Producer

AJNA

she/her

Monika Navarro

Senior Director, Artist Programs

Firelight Media

she/her

Tash Naveau

Program Manager - Story Fund

Indigneous Screen Office

she/her

Jannet Nuñez

Senior Manager, Content & Development

ITVS

she/her

Molly O'Brien

Head of Documentary

NBC News Studios

she/her

Katya Ochagavia

Executive Producer

The Guardian

she/her

Angeliki Petrou

International Program

Thessaloniki Documentary Festival

she/her

Tobi Phang-Lyn

Industry & Artist Development Manager

Chicken & Egg Pictures

she/her

Kellen Quinn

Producer

Hedgehog Films

he/him

Brittney Réaume

Associate Director of Artist Programs

BAVC Media

she/her

Jess Reilly

International Sales & Acquisitions Manager

Together Films

she/her

Jon Reiss

President

8 Above

he/him

Jose Rodriguez

Sr Feature Film Programmer

Tribeca Festival

he/him

Grace Royer

Agent, UTA Independent Film Group

UTA

she/her

Maya E. Rudolph

VP, Nonfiction

Louverture Films

she/her

Rasha Salti

Commissioning editor for La Lucarne

ARTE FRANCE

she/her

Maria Santos

Funds Program Officer

IDA

she/her

Shanida Scotland

Co-Director + Global Head of Film

Doc Society

she/her

Ranell Shubert

Nonfiction Access Initiative Funds Program Manager

IDA

she/her

Emma Simpson

Head of Acquisitions and Development

Journeyman Pictures

she/her

Juan Solera

Sales & Acquisitions Manager

Sideways Film

he/him

Haydée Souffrant

Manager of Filmmaker Programs

Kartemquin Films

she/her/li

Elaisha Stokes

Senior Program Manager

Chicken & Egg Pictures

she/her

Paulina Suarez

Program Officer

Ford Foundation

she/her

Bhawin Suchak

Co-Executive Director

NeXt Doc

he/him

Mita Suri

Film Programme Manager

Sheffield DocFest

she/her

David Felix Sutcliffe

Producer

n/a (Independent Producer)

he/him

Imogen Sutton

Festival Manager

Autlook

she/her

Carylanna Taylor

Director of Sales and Acquisitions

The Film Sales Company

she/they

Pam Torno

Senior Manager, Short-Form Content

ITVS

she/her

Zoe Toupin

Senior Manager, Content Acquisitions

Kanopy

she/her

Ania Trzebiatowska

Programmer

Sundance Film Festival

she/her

Basil Tsiokos

Senior Programmer

Sundance Film Festival

he/him

John Turner

SVP, Head of Documentaries

IMAX

he/him

Dawn Valadez

Co-Director of the Media Maker Fellowship

BAVC Media

she/her

Adriek van Nieuwenhuijzen

Head of Industry

IDFA

she/her

Noland Walker

Content Consultant

ITVS

he/him

Sean Weiner

Co-Director

UFO

he/him

Jeffrey Winter

Co Executive Director

The Film Collaborative

he/they

Jenni Wolfson

CEO

Chicken & Egg Pictures

she/her

Jin Yoo-Kim

Co-Director of BAVC MediaMaker Fellowship

BAVC Media

she/her

Major support provided by

MAE Private Foundation

WHY SHORTS?

At the Points North Institute, we have long been champions of documentary shorts. They allow filmmakers to experiment with the documentary form, release timely films more quickly, and engage wider audiences through digital platforms. Perhaps most importantly, the growing number of outlets for documentary shorts can help expand and diversify the field by lowering barriers to entry like the cost of production and distribution.

The Shortform Editing Residency, now entering its 4th year, builds on our longstanding commitment to short documentary filmmaking through our highly-curated and wildly popular shorts programs at Camden International Film Festival — Shorts First, Shorts X, and Dirigo Docs — as well as prior artist development programs like the New York Times Op-Docs Pitch @ CIFF (2013) and the AJ+ Pitch @ CIFF (2014).