Camden International Film Festival Announces 2012 Feature Schedule

Camden International Film Festival Announces 2012 Feature Schedule

CAMDEN, Maine, September 6, 2012 – The Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) has announced its slate of feature films taking place September 27– 30, 2012 throughout Camden and Rockland, Maine.  CIFF will present over 70 films, both features and shorts, from all across the globe, including a number of World, US and regional premieres. 

Now in its eighth year, the Camden International Film Festival presents a snapshot of the cultural landscape through the year’s best non-fiction storytelling.  The festival is recognized as one of the top 25 documentary film festivals in the world, and one of the 12 best small town film festivals in the US.

“Submissions to the festival nearly doubled this year, and the quality of work continues to grow,” said Ben Fowlie, founder and director of the Camden International Film Festival. “This year's program is a collection of films that show how diverse the documentary medium is and how creative filmmakers have become at sharing their stories.  We have films that will transport our viewers to every corner of the globe, providing an intimate glimpse into our surrounding world.”

Nearly every film will be accompanied by a post-screening Q&A with attending directors or producers. In total, over sixty industry representatives and filmmakers from all over the world will be in attendance over the course of the four-day festival.

The festival will also expand upon its Points North Documentary Forum. Now celebrating its fourth edition, Points North is a two-day conference taking place on September 28 & 29 at the Camden Opera House.  Points North provides the independent film and media making community an unparalleled opportunity to connect with industry leaders.  Representatives from the New York Times, PBS POV, Vimeo, Etsy.com, Discovery, Kickstarter, the Tribeca Institute, and a number of other funders, broadcasters and independent executive producers will be in attendance.

CIFF will also be announcing several other films over the next week, including additional features, its entire shorts program and the Made in Maine showcase.

Pass sales for the festival are on sale now. For more information on the festival, lodging, and pass sales, visitwww.camdenfilmfest.org.

2012 Features Include:

BALLROOM DANCER
Andreas Koefoed and Christian Bonke | Denmark | 2011 | New England Premiere

A decade after Slavik Kryklyvyy became the World Latin Dance Champion, he tries to regain the success that seemed to have slipped by him with a new partner and lover. Depicting their shifting dynamic through gestures, glances, and dance, this film evolves past the comeback, into a tragic love story, as Slavik's perfectionism drives a wedge between them.

 BETTING THE FARM
Jason Mann and Cecily Pingree | USA | 2012 | New England Premiere
After being dropped by their main dairy processor, a group of nine Maine organic dairy farmers try to launch a new milk company, Maine’s Own Organic Milk. But in their first year, the farmers face mounting debts and money loss every week. Can the new company succeed, and fast enough to save them?

 CALL ME KUCHU
Katherine Fairfax Wright and Malika Zouhali-Worrall | USA, Uganda | 2012
In Uganda, a new bill threatens to make homosexuality punishable by death. David Kato - Uganda's first openly gay man - and his fellow activists work against the clock to defeat the legislation while combating vicious persecution in their daily lives.

 CANÍCULA
Jose Álvarez | Mexico | 2012 | East Coast Premiere
An engrossing ethnographic work, Canicula is a study of the rich cultural heritage and traditions of the Totonac people of Veracruz, Mexico, who have resided in this region for thousands of years. Beautifully photographed, this documentary features rare footage of the Totonac's "voladores" ritual ("the flying dance"), named an Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO.

 CHASING ICE
Jeff Orlowski | USA | 2012 
Acclaimed environmental photographer James Balog was once a skeptic about climate change. But through his Extreme Ice Survey, he discovers undeniable evidence of our changing planet. Chasing Ice reveals Balog's hauntingly beautiful, multi-year time-lapse videos of vanishing glaciers across the Arctic, all while delivering fragile hope to our carbon-powered planet. 

 CITADEL
Diego Mondaca | Bolivia, Germany | 2011 | US Premiere
CITADEL captures the disturbing and mysterious place of the male prison in La Paz, Bolivia. The film attempts to expose life inside a detention facility which does not adhere to the traditional mores of prison; here, some inmates’ wives and children live alongside the prisoners.

CODE OF THE WEST
Rebecca Richman Cohen | USA | 2012
Set against the sweeping vistas of the Rockies, the steamy lamplight of marijuana grow houses, and the bustling halls of the Montana State Capitol, CODE OF THE WEST follows the political process of marijuana policy reform. This is the story of the many lives and fraught emotions when politics fail and communities pay the price.

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