Camden International Film Fest

CINEMA IS A BEACON

And the show will go on. The 17th edition of the Camden International Film Festival will be held in person (+ online) throughout venues in Camden, Rockport, and Rockland, Maine from September 16 - 26, 2021.

The 2021 CIFF will be one our most unique and intimate festivals to date. We have spent the past six months designing a safe, accessible and immersive in-person festival experience with one guiding principle in mind: to share cinema as it was intended, on the big screen and surrounded by community.

CIFF’s Opening Weekend will take place Sept 16 - 19, and will include in-person screenings at four venues - our recently launched Shotwell Drive-In, the Camden Opera House, Strand Theatre, and a new pop-up cinema-lounge inside a 12,000 square foot boat barn on the edge of the Atlantic. Filmmakers will be in attendance, the Points North Pitch will return as a live event, and 50+ filmmaker fellows will be on the ground for the fest, making this year's event one of the largest in-person documentary gatherings since the start of the pandemic

CIFF’s Virtual Festival will run from Sept 16-26, and will provide audiences the opportunity to screen our slate of feature and short films from the comfort of your own home at any time. Our Filmmaker Solidarity Fund continues this year, which means that as a virtual festival audience member, 50% of your pass or ticket purchase will go directly to the filmmakers who are presenting work at this year's CIFF.