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 [...]
Its official - CIFF 09 will present POINTS NORTH Documentary Film Forum as part of its 5th Anniversary Celebration! This event has been in the works for quite some time and all of us at CIFF are very proud to be able to provide New England based doc filmmakers a chance to connect with and [...]
Premiering at Sundance this week, Eric Daniel Metzgar's new film is attracting quite a bit of attention in Park City and online. Already acquired by HBO, it could be because at this point with two acclaimed works under his belt, Metzgars work is highly anticipated. As a filmmaker he continues to push the boundaries of [...]
Big up's to CIFF alum Eric Metzgar (CIFF '06 - Chances of the World Changing / CIFF '08 - Life.Support.Music.) for his acceptance to the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Eric's films are both truly beautiful and groundbreaking and we look forward to screening his latest work next Fall. Here's the films description direct from Sundance... [...]