Points North 1:1 Meetings

POINTS NORTH 1:1 MEETINGS

ELIGIBILITY

This program is invitation-only.

To be considered, please submit an application to the Artist Program that best fits your project.

Pictured below are the industry professionals that participated in the 2025 edition of the Points North 1:1s.

This program is invitation-only.

To be considered, please submit an application to the Artist Program that best fits your project.

Industry professionals participating in the 2025 edition of the Points North 1:1s will be announced below in early September.

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.

Caitlin Mae Burke

Head of Production & Development

Sandbox Films

she/they

Faridah Gbadamosi

Senior Programmer

Tribeca Festival

she/her

Bennett Levine

Tracking Executive

Cinetic Media

he / him

Mara Gourd-Mercado

Head of Industry & Training

CPH:DOX

she/her

Jannette Napoli

Senior Manager, Content & Initiatives

ITVS

she/her

Maren Scott

Manager of Filmmaker Services

New Orleans Film Society

she/they

Denise Greene

Director of Programs

Black Public Media

she/her

Evan Neff

Coordinator, Documentary Fund

Sundance Institute - DFP

they/them

haydée souffrant

Manager of Filmmaker Programs

Kartemquin Films

she/her/li

Paulina Suarez

Program Officer

Ford Foundation

She/her

Carolyn Hepburn

Producer

ESPN Films

she/her

Holly Stanton

Head of Film & TV

Antigravity Academy

she/her

Maya E. Rudolph

VP, Nonfiction

Louverture Films

she/her

Shana Darabie

Development Associate

Department of Motion Pictures

she/her

Samah Ali

Video Programming Manager

Stellar Entertainment

she/her

Tracie Holder

Documentary Filmmaker/Film Funding Strategist

Means of Production Films

she/her

Erica Fink

VP, Head of Development

Imagine Entertainment

she/her

Pam Torno

Senior Manager, Short-Form Content

ITVS

she/her

Andrea Alarcon

Producing and Artist Support Manager

Sundance Institute - DFP

she/her

Sarah Choi

Development & Artist Support Associate

Field of Vision

she/her

Gen Carmel

Program Director

LEF Foundation

she/her

Luke Brawley

Founder

INDOX

he/him

Tara Nadolny

Director of Development

ESPN Films

she / her

Emma Alpert

Head of People & Partnerships

Multitude Films

she/her

Val Dowd

Film Sales Manager

Submarine Entertainment

she/her

Kellen Quinn

Producer

Hedgehog Films

he/him

Carylanna Taylor

Director of Sales and Acquisitions

The Film Sales Company

she/they

Megan Gelstein

Co-Director / Chief Program Officer

Catapult Film Fund

she/her

Brittney Réaume

Associate Director of Artist Programs

BAVC Media

she/her

Ali Khechen

Qumra Senior Industry Manager

Doha Film Institute

none

Kiyoko McCrae

Program Director

Chicken & Egg Films

she/her

Nikki Heyman

Film Officer

Doc Society

she/her

Dawn Valadez

Co-Director of the Media Maker Fellowship

BAVC Media

she/her

Vicky Liu

Development Producer

TIME Studios

she/her

Opal H. Bennett

Senior Producer, POV | Executive Producer, POV Shorts

American Documentary | POV

she/her

Monica Victoria

Head of Distribution

EyeSteelFilm

they/them

Anya Rous

Co-founder, Vice President of Multitude, Producer

Multitude Films

she/her

Will Tamura

Program Coordinator

Chicken & Egg Films

they/them

Marcella Jelic

sales and acquisitions

Split Screen

she/her

Patrizia Mancini

Head of Industry

Sheffield Doc/Fest

She/her

Amanda Spain

Head of Documentary

EverWonder Studio

she/her

Kristin Boivin

Senior Programming Manager

Hot Docs

she/her

Matt Pifko

Acquisitions

Kanopy/Overdrive

he/him

Sean Weiner

Co-Director

UFO

he/him

David Felix Sutcliffe

Producer

n/a (Independent Producer)

he/him

Ash Cook

Programmer

Sundance Film Festival

he/him

Dawn Bonder

CEO

The deNovo Initiative

she/her

Bob Moore

Producer

EyeSteelFilm

he / him

Caitlin Boyle

Executive Director

Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival

she/her

Arno Mokros

Co-Director

UFO (Untitled Filmmaker Org)

he/they

Michael Kinomoto

Senior Manager, Production

ITVS

he/him

Daniel Cardone

Senior Manager - Nonfiction Programs and Fiscal Sponsorship

Film Independent, Inc

he/him

Bojana Maric

Co-Head of Sales and Acquisitions

Lightdox

she/her

Susan Margolin

Founder

St. Marks Productions

She/her

Maxyne Franklin

Co-ED

Doc Society

she/her

Jess Kwan

SVP, Concordia Fellowship

Concordia Studio

she/her

Tim Horsburgh

Vice President

National Geographic Documentary Films

he/him

Ekaterina Ochagavia

Executive Producer

The Guardian

she/her

Lindsay Crouse

Producer

New York Times

she/her

Tash Naveau

Program Manager - Story Fund

Indigneous Screen Office

she/her

Ania Trzebiatowska

Programmer

Sundance Film Festival

she/her

Christie Marchese

CEO

Kinema

she/her

Monique Avila

Manager

Sundance Institute - Catalyst

she/her

Andrea van Beuren

Founder

Sustainable Films

she/her

Susan Potter

Head of Business Affairs and General Counsel

The deNovo Initiative

she/her

Antonia Thornton

Senior Coordinator of Artist Programs

Firelight Media

she/her

Adriek van Nieuwenhuijzen

Head of Industry

IDFA

she/her

Emma Simpson

Head of Acquisitions and Development

Journeyman Pictures

she/her

Ina Fichman

President/Producer

Intuitive Pictures

she/her

Jenny Bohnhoff

International Sales & Operations Manager

MetFilm

she/her

Hubert Sabino-Brunette

Artistic Director

RIDM

he/him

Emily Abi-Kheirs

Programming Manager

GBH

she/they

Sweta Vohra

Head of Production/Producer

Multitude Films

she/her

Immy Sutton

Acquistion & Festival Manager

Autlook

she/her

Leila Abu-saada

Program Manager, Building Bridges Documentary Fund

Center for Asian American Media

she/her

Kendra Hodgson

Managing Director

Women Make Movies

she/her

Robert Chang

Co-Producer, POV

American Documentary | POV

he/him

Rebecca Lichtenfeld

Executive Director

inMaat Foundation

she/her

Joshua Moore

Manager of Documentary Programs

SFFILM

he/him

Vesna Cudic

Head of Documenary Partnerships & Executive Producer

Full Story Films / Sky Studios

she

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).