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 [...]
Last week SILVERDOCS announced an impressive slate of documentary films for their 2010 festival. Camden IFF's Ben Fowlie has been asked to be on the shorts jury along with Aron Gaudet from THE WAY WE GET BY and Elena Fortes from the amazing doc fest and traveling showcase, AMBULANTE. We are very honored to be [...]
The March MFVA event was a major success! Thanks to all who helped organize, especially Louise Rosen for putting together such a dynamic group of panelists. The evening consisted of the very first pitching session for Maine based filmmakers. This time around all were docs, we're not biased....I swear! 5 filmmakers had the opportunity to [...]
It's become somewhat of an annual thing for a group of Mainer's to attend the True / False Film Festival. Spearheaded by Space co-founder, Jon Courtney, this motley crew consists of filmmakers, journalists, programmers and lovers of film. Of course CIFF (Director, Ben Fowlie and Points North Producer, Dominic Musacchio) were there to check up [...]
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 [...]
CIFF is over and snow has already fallen so that must mean its time for the award season to begin (despite it only being mid-October). We expect lots of this years films to be among the many nominated in some form or another for one award or another. IFP announced the nominations for their GOTHAM [...]
The Camden International Film Festival announced its award winning films at the Closing Night Ceremony on Sunday, October 4th at the Camden Opera House in Camden. The Closing Reception ended 09 festival activities that included screening 45 films representing numerous countries, the inaugural edition of the POINTS NORTH Documentary Film Forum, live musical performances 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 [...]