Camden International Film Festival Announces 2017 Festival Slate and an expanded Storyforms showcase of nonfiction VR CIFF opens with the World Premiere of Dustin Nakao Haider’s Shot in the Dark, produced by Michael Gottwald and Josh Penn of Court 13 (Beasts of the Southern Wild) Showtime Documentary Films joins as [...]
Camden International Film Festival passes now on sale with early bird discount until July 1 May 25, 2017 [Camden, Maine] – The Points North Institute also announced today that passes to the 2017 Camden International Film Festival and Points North Forum are now on sale through the organization’s website: https://pointsnorthinstitute.org/ciff/box-office/. [...]
2017 Summer Internships WHO WE ARE The Points North Institute is a media arts organization dedicated to providing a launching pad for the next generation of nonfiction storytellers while strengthening Maine communities through powerful nonfiction media. We got our start in 2005 with the founding of the Camden International Film Festival [...]
CIFF Selects: SHERPA "Powerfully polemic...jaw-gapingly spectacular" – Hollywood Reporter A fight on Everest? It seemed incredible. But in 2013 news channels around the world reported an ugly brawl at 21,000ft as European climbers fled a mob of angry Sherpas. In 1953, New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay had reached [...]
2016 Camden International Film Festival and Points North Winners The Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) has announced the winners of the 2016 Festival, which took place September 15 to 18 in Camden, Rockport and Rockland, Maine. Under its new banner, the Points North Institute, the organization has expanded artist programs such [...]
Points North Institute announces selections for Shortform Editing Residency and Storyforms, a new showcase of VR and interactive media at CIFF The Points North Institute has unveiled the lineup for Storyforms, its inaugural showcase of interactive and immersive nonfiction media that takes viewers beyond traditional screens. The program includes six virtual [...]
Points North Institute announces 2016 Forum program at Camden International Film Festival August 25, 2016 [Camden, Maine] – The Points North Institute has unveiled unveiled the lineup for its eighth annual Points North Forum. The three-day conference program runs concurrently with the Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) from September 16 – [...]
Camden International Film Festival Announces 2016 Festival Slate CIFF opens with Morgan Spurlock’s RATS Showtime Documentary Films joins as 2016 Title Sponsor CAMDEN, Maine, August 23, 2016 – The Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) has announced the slate of feature and short films for its 12th edition, which will take [...]
CIFF presents The Fixer on August 18, 7pm at the Camden Opera House Leaving behind his life as a fixer for Western journalists reporting on the war in Afghanistan, Osman (Dominic Rains) lands in a small bohemian town in Northern California, living on the couch of his friend’s mother (Academy Award-winner Melissa [...]
Points North Institute Announces Shortform Editing Residency For Filmmakers and Journalists Working on Documentary Shorts or Episodic Series The Points North Institute opened submissions for the inaugural Shortform Editing Residency, a new program supporting filmmakers and journalists working on documentary shorts or episodic series. The week-long residency will take place September 11-18, bringing four selected filmmakers to Maine [...]
Camden International Film Festival expands into the Points North Institute [Camden, Maine] July 6, 2016: The Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) expands their year-round support of documentary filmmakers and media artists through the establishment of the Points North Institute, a launching pad for the next generation of nonfiction storytellers. Building on [...]
CIFF Selects: VANISHING SAIL on May 19 at the Camden Opera House! The Camden International Film Festival and the Camden Opera House will screen VANISHING SAIL, followed by a skype Q&A with the director on May 19 at 7 PM as the next title in the popular CIFF Selects monthly series. [...]
Camden International Film Festival and the Camden Opera House bring HOW TO LET GO OF THE WORLD AND LOVE ALL THE THINGS CLIMATE CAN’T CHANGE from Josh Fox (Oscar-nominated director of GASLAND) to the COH on Thursday, April 14 at 7 pm as the next installment of the popular series CIFF Selects. HOW TO LET GO OF THE [...]
Camden International Film Festival and the Camden Opera House are bringing back the popular monthly series CIFF Selects to Camden one Thursday each month (except for one Wednesday in July) through August - March 17, April 14, May 19, June 16, Wednesday July 20 and August 18. To kick off the series, which will launch [...]
The 12th Camden International Film Festival and Points North Documentary Forum will be held in Camden, Rockport and Rockland from September 15 to 18, 2016. This past September, CIFF and Points North hosted over 100 filmmakers, film industry representatives and journalists, with filmmakers in attendance at nearly every screening and more development opportunities for [...]
The Festival closed Sunday evening with the U.S. premiere of THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING straight from its world premiere at Toronto. Prior to the screening, CIFF hosted its annual Awards Ceremony, presenting four awards for documentary features and one for a documentary short, in addition to its Points North Pitch Award and three grants awarded through a [...]
The Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) has announced the slate of feature and short films for its 11th edition, which will take place September 17-20, 2015 throughout Camden, Rockport and Rockland, Maine. CIFF will present over 60 features and short films from across the globe, the country and the state, with filmmakers attending nearly every [...]
We're excited to announced a new partnership between Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) and the Conservation Media Group (CMG) to award at least one $5,000-$10,000 grant for a project that uses video to create measurable action in ocean conservation or sustainable energy. This grant is open to applicants worldwide, including both individual filmmakers and organizations looking for [...]
From BAFTA award-winning director Asif Kapadia (SENNA), AMY will screen at the Camden Opera House at 7 p.m. Wednesday, August 19th, as the last of the Camden International Film Festival’s monthly CIFF Selects documentary series. AMY tells the incredible story of six-time Grammy winner Amy Winehouse, in her own words. Featuring extensive unseen archive footage [...]
Would you like to be at the heart of the Camden International Film Festival this year? Are you a well-organized, gracious person who likes working with the public? We need a dynamic, engaging, responsible Festival Hub Manager who will be ready to welcome all attendees to CIFF. The Hub Manager will work for several hours [...]
The 2015 Sundance Winner CARTEL LAND will screen at the Camden Opera House at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 15, as part of the Camden International Film Festival’s monthly CIFF Selects documentary series. CARTEL LAND is a riveting, on-the-ground look at the journeys of two modern-day vigilante groups and their shared enemy: the murderous Mexican [...]
We are thrilled to finally be able to unveil the launch of a filmmaker retreat in partnership with Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) and CNN Films. The five-day Camden/TFI Retreat, presented by CNN Films, will kick off today in Camden and Rockport, Maine and will provide mentorship and guidance to five U.S. filmmaking teams focused on creative, [...]
DONATE to come to our 2015 Preview Party on Wednesday, July 8 at Brewster Point Barn and RSVP today! This year, in addition to a sneak preview of the 2015 films, we have filmmakers and a behind-the-scenes look at what CIFF's got up its sleeve for this year! We believe that CIFF and Points North [...]
CIFF's 2015 Aging in Maine screening tour is bringing award-winning documentary films and discussions to more than twenty different communities between April and July. The tour is part of a two-year program sponsored by Camden National Bank, bringing together nonprofit leaders, healthcare professionals and community leaders from across the state to explore aging-related issues. [...]
CIFF Selects returns to Camden! We're partnering with the Camden Opera House and SundanceNow Doc Club to bring back CIFF Selects, a monthly documentary series to Camden one Wednesday each month, March through August. On April 22 at 7 PM, Camden joins 70 cities around the world in screening PLANETARY on Earth Day, released by long-time CIFF supporter Vimeo! Straight to Camden [...]
CIFF Selects returns to Camden! We're partnering with the Camden Opera House and SundanceNow Doc Club to bring back CIFF Selects, a monthly documentary series to Camden one Wednesday each month, March through August. The series kicks off on Wed, March 25 at 7 PM with CIFF 2014 favorite WILD HOME! Jack and Robert Schurman's WILD HOME (Dirigo Doc! Made in Maine!) [...]
The Camden International Film Festival announced the award winning films from its tenth edition, which marked the end of a four-day weekend that included the screening of over 70 films from dozens of countries, as well as the 6th Points North Documentary Forum. The festival hosted over 150 filmmakers and industry leaders, with filmmakers in attendance for [...]
The Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) has announced its slate of feature and short films in their 10th festival taking place September 25– 28, 2014 throughout Camden, Rockport and Rockland, Maine. CIFF will present over 60 features and short films from all across the globe and from our very own Maine, with filmmakers in attendance [...]
The Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) announces their partnership with AJ+, the new digital platform from Al Jazeera Media Network that commissions original, innovative and engaging short documentaries from journalists and filmmakers around the world. AJ+ in association with the Camden International Film Festival will select five independent filmmakers who will be given the chance to pitch their [...]
The Points North Fellowship enhances and expands upon the well-established Points North Pitch, a unique opportunity to pitch documentary works-in-progress to an international delegation of funders, commissioning editors and producers before a live audience. Submissions are open until July 18, 2014. Filmmakers, send us your works-in-progress! For more information, visit www.camdenfilmfest.org/pointsnorth
Camden International Film Festival launches the Aging in Maine Screening Tour, a new statewide program that brings screenings of award-winning documentary films and discussions to more than ten different communities between March and July 2014. The tour is the second part of CIFF’s inaugural Engagement Summit: Aging in Maine, a unique program that connects [...]
CIFF's Ben Fowlie, Caroline von Kuhn and Sean Flynn headed to Park City last month for the Sundance Film Festival. You can check out Sean Flynn's coverage for indieWIRE of Sundance's New Frontiers program below as he asks us: Are Interactive Films Transforming Modern Storytelling? [Editor's note: This article ran in indieWIRE on January 28, [...]
The Camden International Film Festival is now accepting submissions for the 2014 festival! If you've got a film, we wanna see it! Submit now, submit here: http://www.camdenfilmfest.org/submit
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The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa announced last week that the Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) will receive an NEA Art Works grant in the amount of $10,000. CIFF is one of 895 organizations to be recognized nationwide, and one of only 11 grants awarded in the state of Maine. [...]
2014 will be a special year for the Camden International Film Festival. January marks the start of an exciting year-long celebration of our 10th festival, and a commemoration of a decade's worth of bringing the very best documentary films and filmmakers to Maine. We hope you will join us in this celebration, and will consider [...]
10x10 Interview with David Redmon Director, Mardi Gras: Made in China 1. Can you talk a bit about why you two decided to focus your life and careers on making documentary films? An overwhelming number of sociologists use documentaries to teach in their courses, yet 99% of sociology teachers do not encourage video ethnography as a legitimate research [...]
The Camden International Film Festival and The Strand Theatre celebrate the upcoming 10th edition of CIFF with 10 for 10, a monthly screening series co-presented by and held at The Strand Theatre in Rockland, Maine. Each month CIFF will bring back a highly acclaimed documentary from past festivals, or share a new film fresh from [...]
Moviemaker Magazine announced the list of the coolest film festivals in the world and the Camden International Film Festival was one of five doc festivals listed! Other fests include our friends, True / False, DocNYC and Sheffield Doc/Fest. Moviemaker stated that "with an estimated population of 4,847, CIFF is one of the best small-town festivals [...]
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The Camden International Film Festival announced the award winning films from its ninth edition, which marked the end of a four-day weekend that included the screening of over 70 films from dozens of countries, as well as the 5th Points North Documentary Forum. The festival hosted over 100 filmmakers and industry leaders, with filmmakers in attendance for almost [...]
The Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) has unveiled the lineup for its Points North Documentary Forum. Now in its fifth year, the Forum has quickly become the largest gathering in New England of filmmakers, key decision makers and thought leaders in the documentary field. The three-day conference program runs concurrently with the festival from September [...]
Camden International Film Festival Announces 2013 Feature & Short Films including special Academy Programs and Internet Privacy Panel The Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) has announced its slate of feature films taking place September 26– 29, 2013 throughout Camden, Rockport and Rockland, Maine. CIFF will present over 65 features and short films from all across [...]
The Genius of Marian trailer from Banker White on Vimeo. The Camden International Film Festival is proud to announce its first annual Engagement Summit, a unique program developed in partnership with Working Films that will connect documentary filmmakers with Maine-based nonprofit leaders to develop community-based social action campaigns tied to documentary film screenings. The inaugural [...]
The Camden International Film Festival offers two passes for attendees who want to experience it all. The Festival Pass grants admission to all festival screenings and all events associated with CIFF’s Points North Documentary Forum. The VIP Pass grants the same admission as the Festival Pass plus all special events and invitation-only parties. Passes are [...]
In collaboration with The New York Times, we are excited to announce the first Op-Docs pitch event in North America. Documentary filmmakers from the United States are invited to submit their ideas for short documentaries that fit the editorial and creative scope of the New York Times Op-Docs series. Op-Docs is the Times’ forum for [...]
Join us for an exclusive sneak peek of this years lineup! Our Summer Fundraiser Party will be held on July 10th at the Rockport Opera House. Your support will help bring some of the year's best films and filmmakers to Midcoast Maine. We hope to see you there! For more information or to RSVP, click here. If you can't attend [...]
The Points North Pitch is now open for submissions. Part of CIFF's two-day Points North Documentary Forum, the pitch is a unique opportunity to connect with key funders, broadcasters and distributors in an intimate setting on the picturesque coast of Maine. Past delegates include heavy hitters from HBO, POV, ITVS, Sundance Institute, Discovery, BBC, ARTE [...]
We're honored to announce that we've been awarded the Economic Enhancement Award by the Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce. This Award recognizes an organization that has made a major economic investment or enhanced our local economy and resulted in a significant improvement to the region’s economy in the preceding year. Here is what the [...]
We've got some exciting screenings lined up for March. Take a look below for more details. Click on the links for more information on the films, and how to purchase tickets. Thursday, March 14th - CHASING ICE, Unity College Center for Performing Arts We're continuing our free community screening series with Unity College. This month [...]
CIFF is now accepting submissions for its 2013 festival. We're looking for nonfiction features and shorts, as well as work that lives on the margins of the documentary form. If you've got a film, we'd love to see it and hope you will submit. Our programs include a feature competition, emerging cinematic vision competition, shorts [...]
CIFF is proud to be a partner in bringing the acclaimed doc DOWNEAST back to Maine. The film should be coming to a theatre near you in January or February, so make sure to check back for more info. Set during an era of U.S. post-industrialization in which numerous factories have been exported, Downeast focuses on Antonio [...]
Every year at CIFF we have the same New Years resolution...watch more docs. This year we decided to help make this resolution easier by starting the new year right, with an abundance of CIFF Selects screenings throughout the region. Check out the special screenings below...more events will be added throughout the winter and spring. CIFF [...]
It's official, the 9th Annual Camden International Film Festival will take place September 26 - 29, 2013. Mark your calendars now! And just to get you excited, here's some fun memories from 2012...
The Camden International Film Festival has been recognized as 1 of 23 US film festivals to receive a grant from the Academy Foundation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the 2013 calendar year. “We are extremely honored to be recognized by the Academy in such a meaningful way,”said Ben Fowlie, founder [...]
Now that the dust has settled, we'd like to extend a giant thank you to all of our sponsors, supporters, invited guets, audience members and volunteers for helping to make the 2012 Camden International Film Festival such a memorable experience. One thing is for sure, we couldn't do it without your help. From all of [...]
Well, CIFF may be over, but we hope the memories will last forever! And now to announce the winners of this years festival... Harrell Award for Best Documentary - THE WAITING ROOM by Pete Nicks Special Jury Mention - DOWNEAST by David Redmon and Ashley Sabin This years jury included Indiewire's Bryce Renninger, DER's Executive Director, [...]
A big welcome to filmmakers, film lovers, volunteers and friends of CIFF! Thanks so much for coming out and supporting us - you can check out the full festival schedule, including film screenings, special events and Points North panels at schedule. We'll see you at the movies!
Our full program, as well as all scheduling information will be available tomorrow, right here on our website! Thanks for waiting...we hope to see you soon!
We've announced some amazing features that we'll be screening at this years Camden International Film Festival! Check them out here: http://camdenfilmfest.org/films More films, including our entire Shorts and Made in Maine programs announced very soon. We'll also be updating trailers and film information, as well as scheduling in the coming days. Check back daily for more [...]
Today CIFF announced the Opening and Closing Night Films for the 2012 Festival. The festival will open on September 27th with BETTING THE FARM and close on September 30th with CHASING ICE. More details on both these films can be found below. Both screenings will be followed by a Q&A with filmmakers and other special [...]
Join us on July 26th at the Strand Theatre in Rockland as we celebrate the peak of summer with a sneak peek of the 2012 Camden International Film Festival program! The night will be full of surprises, light fare, specialty cocktails and your support will go directly towards ensuring that the 8th CIFF is the [...]
The CIFF Box Office is now open! If you plan on attending the 2012 Camden International Film Festival, get your pass today and save! We'll be running our Early Bird Special through August 1st. Buy now and save up to 20%. Purchasing a pass is the best way to experience the festival. Passes guarantee you [...]
Don't miss this unique opportunity to pitch your project in development to an international delegation consisting of broadcasters, funders, programmers and producers. 5 documentary filmmakers will be chosen to pitch during the Points North Doc Forum on September 29, all during the 8th Camden International Film Festival! If you're holding up in a dark edit [...]
CIFF Selects expands this month with new screenings in Rockland, Portland and North Haven...yes, that little beautiful island 8 or so miles off the coast! We'll be screening one of this years highest grossing docs (JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI) and bringing back one of our favorites from the 2011 festival (LOW AND CLEAR), and recent [...]
Starting in March, the Camden International Film Festival will be teaming up with the Strand Theatre to host a monthly screening series taking place every 3rd Thursday. The series is part of CIFF Selects, a touring screening series celebrating nonfiction filmmaking and darn good stories. Films will be followed by a Q&A with filmmakers sometimes [...]
"Life is much bigger than truth, actually." With those words, I knew I was at the Berlin Film Festival. Shared by seasoned documentarian Victor Kossakovsky with another acclaimed filmmaker, Sophie Fiennes, this back and forth on the stage of an old theater mirrored conversations about identity and the nature of reality taking place all over [...]
The Camden International Film Festival is now accepting submissions for the 2012 Festival. CIFF is open to documentary films of all shapes, sizes, styles and lengths. We love a darn good story and are always looking for new voices and boundary pushers. Submit today and spread the word! To submit, visit www.camdenfilmfest.org/submit. Check out what [...]
The Camden International Film Festival was recently recognized as "one of the nation's best small-town film festivals" by POV. We're alongside some other great fests (Big Sky, T/F, Traverse City, Telluride) and the only one mentioned in New England. It's a great honor to be recognized in such a meaningful way. For a complete list of [...]
The 8th Annual Camden International Film Festival will take place from September 27 - 30, 2012 throughout venues in Camden, Rockport and Rockland, Maine. We know it's a long way away, but we're excited! Mark your calendars now and join us as we celebrate nonfiction storytelling along the rugged coast of Maine. Passes on sale [...]
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And the awards go to... Harrell Award for Best Documentary: HELL AND BACK AGAIN. Special Jury Mention to AT NIGHT, THEY DANCE. Emerging Cinematic Vision Award: BOMBAY BEACH. Special Jury Mention to BLUE MERIDIAN. Finally, and most importantly, a heartfelt and sincere thanks to all the filmmakers, industry, sponsors, supporters, volunteers and audience members who [...]
Last night the festival kicked off with the Panoptic opening at Asymmetrick Arts, check out our photos on Flickr. The show will be up for the duration of the festival, when in Rockland take a moment to check out this great exhibition. Also be sure not to miss the Panoptic shorts Friday, September 30, 12:30 PM, Farnsworth Museum. More [...]
HBO and True / False Film Festival will invade Maine on Sunday, October 3! Make sure to stop by our Closing Night Reception from 6:30 - 7:30 at Cellardoor Winery and Vineyard in Lincolnville. The reception will take place prior to our Closing Night Film, CONVENTO. Both these events are FREE and Open thanks to [...]
The lineup for the 2011 Points North Documentary Forum, a conference program that runs concurrently with the festival from September 30 - October 1, 2011 in Camden, Maine has been unveiled. The conference connects New England-based film and media artists to a delegation of 25 funders, broadcasters and other industry representatives during a two-day program of intimate panel [...]
We've unveiled our entire lineup including all feature and short screenings as well as our Made in Maine showcase and PANOPTIC: New Media screenings! Take a gander at the schedule, view the trailers and get your passes now! Also, make sure to check out the amazing industry leaders who will be attending for our 3rd [...]
Official Selections announcements of the 2011 Camden International Film Festival began today. A list of all feature films are now available here. Check back regularly for shorts program, PANOPTIC features and Made in Maine showcase announcements in the coming days. We will also be updating our website with schedule information, as well as film trailers [...]
Great news! We've extended our Early Bird Pass Discount through August 29th! Purchase your pass before then and save up to 20%. Purchasing a pass is the only way to guarantee a seat at this years event. We'll be announcing our entire program on the 29th of August so make sure to check back soon [...]
Passes to the 2011 Camden International Film Festival are now on sale! Purchase your passes here before August 15th and save big through our Early Bird Discount! You can there from here, we promise. And you should, it's going to be a grand weekend! We'll begin announcing information on our program and other special events [...]
The 2011 Camden International Film Festival is right around the corner, and lodging space is at a premium. If you are planning on attending the festival, make sure to check out some of lodging partners. We're in the process of updating our accommodations page so check back often for up to date deals, but in [...]
The Camden International Film Festival is now accepting submissions for the 2011 Points North Pitch! One of the most exciting events of last years festival will return as part of the 2011 Points North Documentary Forum. If you're working on a documentary film and are looking to get that special chance to share it with [...]
The Camden International Film Festival will host two upcoming screenings as part of its CIFF Selects Series. The series consists of CIFF alumni films, as well as brand new titles and takes place throughout Maine. The series will kick off in April with a screening of the acclaimed documentary from 2010, LAST TRAIN HOME. A [...]
The Camden International Film Festival is currently seeking experimental and new media works for the PANOPTIC sidebar section of it’s program for 2011. We’re looking for pieces from emerging or established artists which transcend traditional forms and give a fresh perspective on the idea of documentary. In the past the PANOPTIC showcase has shown animation, [...]
Last week the doc community gathered in NYC for the annual Cinema Eye Honors to recognize yet another great year in documentary film. The Camden International Film Festival was there as a proud sponsor of the Awards show for the 2nd straight year. The Cinema Eye Honors have quickly become an extremely important event that [...]
Festival founder and programmer Ben Fowlie will be in NYC on a panel organized by Union Docs with fellow documentary programmers from Silverdocs, Sundance and RIDM in Montreal. The panel, "Why festivals? Doc film fest programmers discuss" will take place on Sunday, January 16th at the Union Docs head quarters in Brooklyn. The organization presents [...]
That's right, 2010 is winding down and 2011 is ramping up and we're putting out our official Camden IFF Call for Entries! If you've got a doc feature or short that you are looking to share with our audiences, submit today and save! We've got a number of deadlines this year and we'll be accepting [...]
Passes to the 2010 Camden International Film Festival and Points North Forum are now on sale! Purchase before August 25th and save big through our Early Bird Discount! Individual tickets and day passes to Points North will be available day of at the appropriate venues. Passes are the best way to experience the festival in [...]
Are you a filmmaker working in New England? Got a documentary in develop? Looking for feedback? CIFF has got an outlet for you. This year the Points North Forum, a 2 day networking event running concurrently with CIFF, will introduce the inaugural Points North Pitch. 6 projects from New England will have the opportunity to [...]
On Monday, July 19th legendary documentary film director Frederick Wiseman delighted a packed house, answering questions after a screening of one of his classics, HOSPITAL. The film was part of the bi-weekly screening series called The DocYard which takes place at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, MA. The series is sponsored in part by the [...]
The Camden International Film Festival is proud to be teaming up with local filmmaker, Dana Rae Warren to premiere her latest work ALLELUIA JUNCTION at the Strand Theatre on July 3rd, 2010. The film follows 80 people ages 10 to 85 sing their way across 15 time zones in 2 weeks. By the time they [...]
So if you don't know already, we're BIG fans of the Space Gallery in Portland, ME. Like us, they're determined to provide local Maine audiences with fresh, cutting-edge documentary films that might otherwise be inaccessible to the public, or at least in the way films SHOULD be seen....on the big screen. Spearheaded by co-founder Jon [...]
Following the heels of the 2010 CINEMA EYE HONORS, Toronto IFF and Stranger Than Fiction's Thom Powers put together a list of 20 industry leaders worth keeping an eye on. Listed among the talented and hard-working leaders of the non-fiction frontier is Camden International Film Festival's Founder and Director, Ben Fowlie. Put simply by Power's, [...]
A sincere apology for the radio silence this past month. We've been extremely busy this New Year (Happy belated 2010!), holding events in association with the 2010 Cinema Eye Honors in NYC, as well as gearing up for what some are already saying is going to be a very dynamic year for docs! Although CIFF [...]
AJ Schnack recently posted the second listing of the top 25 film festivals for documentary films and filmmakers. His first edition was one of the most trafficked posts on his extremely busy blog and an international resource for filmmakers looking for worthy outlets for their film. This time AJ enlisted the help of several filmmakers [...]
Over on the west coast nominations for the 2010 SPIRIT AWARDS were announced earlier today. Several of these films we've been following for quite some time so it's a real joy to see them making it to the finals in the awards season. Congrats to all nominated doc films. Michael Palmieri's and Donal Mosher's OCTOBER [...]
The 09 list is here and we're VERY happy to see some familiar faces...and several emerging voices in the nonfiction world. A big congrats to everyone selected, especially to Jessica Oreck, Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher. We were lucky enough to catch Oreck's first feature, The Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo last March at SXSW and [...]
This industry panel brings New England filmmakers together to discuss the how-tos of getting work into film festivals, onto the theatrical and video distribution circuit, or released in the worldwide television market. Moderated by Workshops Film Program Director, Mimi Edmunds, the panel includes Louise Rosen, a media executive with over 25 years experience in the [...]
I had the chance to see a great new documentary last night from the team at Late Night & Weekends - "Still Bill", a rare and unique look at Bill Withers - the man behind "Lovely Day", "Use Me", "Grandma's Hands", "Ain't No Sunshine", "Just the Two of Us". I missed it at SXSW and [...]
On May 30th nearly 500 people congregated inside the recently renovated, and even more recently opened Somerville Armory for the premiere of a new event in Boston called Split / Signal. Jump down a few posts for more info on the event. The Camden International Film Festival was a proud sponsor of the evening, along [...]
If you're a visitor of this blog you probably already know how much we love everyone involved with Wicked Delicate. Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis are two of the hardest working folks in the biz, and chances are you've seen King Corn or The Greening of Southie by now. But there's another reason why we [...]
