Call for Entries: Points North Fellowship and Shortform Editing Residency May 9, 2017 [Camden, Maine] – The Points North Institute has opened their call for submissions for the Points North Fellowship and Shortform Editing Residency, two programs for documentaries in development that take place before and during the Institute’s Camden [...]
Points North Institute at the Tribeca Film Festival Ben, Angelica, Sean and Samara were on the ground in New York City for the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival, where four Points North alumni premiered their feature documentaries after workshopping. The festival weekend kicked off with a Nonfiction Happy Hour, organized with our [...]
Tips for Pitching Your Film Successfully - PDN Online Interview with Program Director Sean Flynn For documentary filmmakers, pitching forums provide one way to present their film projects to a group of distributors and film festival programmers. The format is pressured: Filmmakers have just seven minutes to pitch their projects, and [...]
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 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'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, [...]
