Camden International Film Festival
camden international film festival stylized ciff annual documentary film festival based camden rockport rockland maine united state take place midseptember founded ben fowlie festival highlight craft innovation within nonfiction storytelling addition ciff host annual point north forum twoday conference provides documentary filmmaker opportunity professional development creative inspiration past participant include representative hbo ae bbc cnn discovery arte vimeo tribeca film institute sundance institute pov festival screen approximately documentary feature short annually screening followed qa session director industry professional festivity weekend also include course university maine panel workshop party ciff received first grant academy motion picture art science support two program year festival paired classic documentary film new work emerging nonfiction filmmaker process curated lineup documentary past present festival received second grant academy edition support retrospective program workshop series focused past present future ethnographic documentary film ciff formed partnership tribeca film institute tfi launched camdentfi retreat retreat ran annually six day summer camden rockport maine offering five usbased documentary filmmaking team professional guidance mentorship retreat suspended tfi paused programming wake covid pandemic ciff named academy award qualifying festival documentary short film award academy motion picture art science short film receive festival’s best documentary short award qualify enter oscar competition category ciff organizer also launched point north institute year umbrella organization festival program ciff presented online virtual festival due covid pandemic addition film screening virtually festival screened part film lineup drivein theater organizer constructed rockport edition festival took place hybrid format inperson online screening ciff founder ben fowlie stepped executive artistic director point north institute rick rector board member institute appointed interim executive director sean flynn cofounder point north institute fowlie caroline von kuhn continues lead institute’s artist program expanded role oversee ciff camden international film festival official website