The Fifth Annual Camden International Film Festival

Submissions now open for 2010 Camden IFF

Got a good story? We've got a place for you! The Camden International Film Festival is now accepting documentary feature and short submissions for the 2010 festival. There are several deadlines between now and the closing of submissions on August 1st. Visit our submissions page for all the information you need.

Posted Mar 29, 2010

CIFF Selects at Space Gallery

We couldn't be more excited to be teaming up with our good friends at the Space Gallery in Portland, ME to bring you a selection of last years festival offerings. CIFF Selects kicks off on April 8th with a screening of the acclaimed doc, OCTOBER COUNTRY. Heralded worldwide as one of the best docs of the year, the film is currently screening theatrically throughout the US. This will only be the films second Maine screening so make sure not to miss this wonderful opportunity. For more information on this event, click here.

Posted Mar 29, 2010

CIFF Founder makes Thom Powers' 20 Under 40: Film Industry Talent to Watch List

Ben Fowlie was recently recognized by Thom Powers of the Toronto International Film Festival and Stranger Than Fiction Film Series in his list of 20 documentary industry leaders under the age of 40 to keep an eye on. Powers noted that Ben and CIFF have "put a small town on the map of a crowded festival calendar. In order for film culture to flourish, we could use an organizer like Ben in every small town." Representatives from IFP, Maysles Films, Cinetic Media, Carnivalesque Films, Sheffield Doc Fest, Hot Docs and Cinereach to name a few were also recognized. For the complete list visit the STF blog.

Posted Jan 26, 2010

CIFF Continues Its World Domination!

The Camden International Film Festival was honored to host a reception for all the filmmakers nominated for a 2010 Cinema Eye Honors. The event was held the night before the awards and included an all star cast from the documentary film community. Several familiar faces from previous CIFF's filled the room and several were even attending as Cinema Eye nominees! Thanks to our sponsors Thomspon's Hotel LES, Maker's Mark and our partner, the Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking. Make sure to check out photos from the event from CIFF photographer, Bryan Bruchman on our Facebook or Flickr profiles.

Posted Jan 25, 2010

CIFF Recognized As One Of The Top International Documentary Film Festivals

The 2nd edition of the Top Twenty Five Film Festivals for Documentaries recently came out and CIFF managed to claim the #19 spot, sandwiched between the extremely poplar Sarasota and Thessaloniki FF. The list is the brainchild of filmmaker / blogger AJ Schnack who recently visited Camden for his 2009 New England Premiere screening of his latest film Convention, and has become a major resource for the international documentary filmmaking community. Created by a select number of filmmakers and industry representatives who have traveled the international festival circuit extensively, CIFF is by far the youngest festival mentioned and we're honored to have been recognized in such a big way. The reason?

"If a festival can be cozy and stimulating at the same time, then Camden is creating an exciting event to kick off the insanity that is the fall festival tour and is poised to become the top US doc showcase in the fall." - AJ Schnack

Posted Jan 24, 2010