Film Festival in February and Jennifer Tiexiera and Camilla Hall’s “Subject,” which debuted at Tribeca Festival in June, are also part of this year’s lineup. Jason Kohn’s “Nothing Lasts Forever,” which premiered at the Berlin Intl. “This year’s program emphasizes the international that represents the ‘I’ in CIFF and reminds us time and again of the limitless creative potential and potency of the documentary form.”Īlex Pritz’s “The Territory,” Reid Davenport’s “I Didn’t See You There,” and Margaret Brown’s “Descendant” are among the Sundance 2022 docus screening at CIFF. “This year’s program celebrates the diversity of voices and forms in documentary and cinematic nonfiction,” says Fowlie. Over 60% of the entire program is directed or co-directed by BIPOC filmmakers this is the sixth consecutive edition that the festival has reached gender parity within the program.
“This means getting filmmakers to Maine for their in-person screenings and connecting them with attending industry and press.”Īll told, the 2022 fest will include 34 features and 40 short films from over 41 countries. or North America, and one of the greatest things we can do as a festival is to build buzz and momentum for (films) here,” says Ben Fowlie, executive and artistic director of the Points North Institute and founder of CIFF. “Much of our slate this year will be brand new to audiences in the U.S. Geo), “Procession” (Netflix), “Ascension” (MTV Documentaries), and “Flee” (Neon) all screened at CIFF, where the who’s who of the doc community - including Oscar winner Alex Gibney, Cinetic Media founder and principal John Sloss and former Sundance Institute CEO Keri Putnam – come to celebrate the fest. Last year, Oscar contending docus including “The Rescue” (Nat. Located in a small, remote village on the coast of Maine that is two hours from a major airport, CIFF has become an Oscar campaign hotspot in recent years. It is also teasing “a special secret screening” which will be the opening night film, with little additional information besides the fact that it is a new film by an Academy Award-winning director that will be in attendance. The fest will also offer a special sneak preview of Patricio Guzman’s “My Imaginary Country,” which chronicles the recent protests in Chile in which millions took to the street to demand democracy, dignity, and a new constitution. Each of the three featured documentaries will have made its world premiere before CIFF, at festivals in Toronto, Telluride and Venice, respectively. and Steve James’ “A Compassionate Spy,” about Manhattan Project physicist, Soviet spy and University of Chicago alum Theodore Hall. and his relationship to his son, Robert Downey Jr.
premiere of Tamana Ayazi and Marcel Mettelsiefen’s Netflix release “In Her Hands,” which follows one of Afghanistan’s first female mayors during the months leading up to the Taliban takeover the country in 2021 Chris Smith’s “Sr.,” centered on the life and career of Robert Downey Sr. This year’s CIFF highlights include the U.S. 18, and online screenings available from Sept. The Maine-based festival will unfold in a hybrid format, with both in-person events over a three-day period concluding Sept.
15, will feature a handful of award-contending documentaries fresh off showings at Telluride and the Toronto film festivals.
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