缅因州小镇如何变成麦加进行颁奖纪录片制片人
How a Small Maine Town Turned Into a Mecca for Awards-Seeking Documentary Filmmakers
紧随其后的主要奖励节日首映，经验丰富的电影制片人利兹·加布斯（Liz Garbus），罗伯特·格林（Robert Greene）和伊丽莎白·柴瓦萨尔利（Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi因此，他们可以参加Camden INTL的第17版。电影节。每个人都带来了他们的奥斯卡式纪录片 - “成为库斯托”，“游行队伍”和“救援”。 9月16日至19日面对面，一直在网上直到9月26日。在其第一个周末，迪克斯社区的名人 - 包括奥斯卡奖得主亚历克斯·吉布尼（Alex Gibney），电影媒体创始人兼首席约翰·斯洛斯（John Sloss），前圣\u200b\u200b丹斯学院首席执行官凯里·普特南（Keri Putnam）， NBC新闻工作室的纪录片莫莉·奥布赖恩（Molly O'Brien）和POV执行董事埃里卡·迪尔（Erika Dilday）主管 - 可以在Penobscot的各个节日场所看到XTR电影负责人Kathryn Everett曾在Ciff's Points North Thronghip Pitch会议上担任小组成员Kathryn Everett，在那里，六支电影制片人为该节目选拔了他们的工作，他们的作品将他们的作品投向了资助者，制片人和制片人，以及分销商。这是每年与音乐节有关的许多奖学金计划之一。“每个平台和彩带都在这里，”埃弗里特说。 “大业务正在这里发生。”卡姆登（Camden）发生了两种类型的业务：确保资金和/或分销和奥斯卡竞选活动。“由于卡姆登（Camden）是一个如此美丽的地理位置，这里有很多AMPAS成员，这里有一个巨大的纪录片分支机构访问权限， ”解释说。 “因此，电影制片人会与可能成为电影的大倡导者的人面对面。除了“成为库斯托”和“救援”之外，国家地理纪录片电影是与Showtime纪录片一起的CIFF赞助商，还带来了Max Lowe的“撕裂” Ciff。关于传奇的登山者亚历克斯Lowe于本月初在Telluride首映的“ Torn”通过Avalanche去世。电影Ryan Harrington高管Kinema负责人制作了所有三个NAT GEO项目。像埃弗里特（Everett）一样，他注意到“越来越多的Ampas成员”参加了节日。但他指出：“这个节日确实是一个在爱电影社区面前庆祝电影制片人的机会。”虽然CIFF有Kumbaya的元素，但电影制片人也希望脱颖而出。格林说：“坦率地说，有很多电影。” “因此，卡姆登现在是目前关注一些最好的纪录片的好地方。”卡姆登（Camden）标志着格林（Greene）的第二次节日放映《游行队伍》（Castingion），该节目在本月早些时候在特柳赖德（Telluride）首映后获得了奥斯卡的嗡嗡声。不到一周前，Netflix就被天主教神父的儿童性虐待幸存者遭到了“游行”。N Camden，电影制片人来放映，我认为这很重要。”格林说。 “显然，我们希望当地的观众看我们的电影并进行更大的对话，但是昨晚我们有一个挤满了剧院（用于“游行”），这令人兴奋，这是我最喜欢的制片人和导演。这意味着很多，我认为那是谁对此感到兴奋，您需要那些人来兴奋。福利说：“节日是十月下旬的，”福利说。 “搬到9月中旬确实是为了帮助当地经济桥梁在劳动节和土著人民日之间的一个赛季。后来我们发现这是一个非常好时光，因为我们发生在TIFF的第二个周末，您将有很多美国首演。因此，我们一直坚持那个9月中旬的日期今年，有60多名电影制片人和北方的成员参加了CIFF。虽然福利说，今年的计划是通常的规模三分之二，但迄今为止，CIFF 2021是自大流行开始以来最大的面对面纪录片集会之一。还包括Gibney制作的CNN电影和HBO Max的“ Citizen Ashe”的放映，以及Showtime的“ Real Charlie Chaplin”和Neon的“ Flay”。每部电影都在特鲁里德（Telluride）首映。但是福利（Fowlie）很快指出，塞夫（Ciff）不仅是一个聚焦电影制片人的节日奥斯卡秋季早期竞争者的首映空间，也是一个支持和即将到来的电影制片人和国际艺术家的地方。”
Immediately following premieres of their latest documentaries at major awards-circuit festivals, veteran filmmakers Liz Garbus, Robert Greene and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi headed to a small, remote village on the coast of Maine – two hours from a major airport.
The trio made the trek so they could attend the 17th edition of the Camden Intl. Film Festival. Each brought with them their Oscar-contending docus -- “Becoming Cousteau,” “Procession" and “The Rescue,” respectively.
Fresh off showings at Telluride and the Toronto film fests, Garbus’ 'Becoming Cousteau” kicked off CIFF, which was held in-person Sept. 16-19 and continues online until Sept. 26. During its first weekend, a who’s who of the docu community -- including Oscar winner Alex Gibney, Cinetic Media founder and principal John Sloss, former Sundance Institute CEO Keri Putnam, NBC News Studios’ head of documentary Molly O'Brien and POV executive director Erika Dilday -- could be seen at various festival venues in the Penobscot Bay towns of Camden, Rockport and Rockland.
Kathryn Everett, XTR head of film, served as a panelist on CIFF’s Points North Fellowship pitch session, where six teams of filmmakers selected for the program pitch their works-in-progress to funders, producers and distributors. It’s one of many fellowship programs tied to the festival every year.
“Every platform and streamer is here,” says Everett. “Big business is happening here.”
Two types of business happen at Camden: securing funds and/or distribution and Oscar campaigning.
“Because Camden is such a beautiful location there are tons of AMPAS members here and there is a huge documentary branch access,” explains Everett. “So filmmakers get face time with people who could be big advocates of their film.”
In addition to “Becoming Cousteau” and “The Rescue,” National Geographic Documentary Films, which is a CIFF sponsor alongside Showtime Documentaries, also brought Max Lowe’s “Torn” to CIFF. About legendary climber Alex Lowe, who died via avalanche, “Torn” premiered earlier this month at Telluride.
Kinema head of film Ryan Harrington executive produced all three Nat Geo projects. Like Everett, he has noticed “more and more AMPAS members”” in attendance at the fest. But he notes that "this festival is really an opportunity to celebrate filmmakers in an idyllic, accessible setting in front of a film loving community."
While there is an element of kumbaya at CIFF, there is also a desire among filmmakers to stand out.
“There's a glut of films, frankly,” says Greene. “So Camden's a great place to spotlight some of the best documentaries out there right now.”
Camden marks Greene’s second festival screening of “Procession,” which garnered Oscar buzz after premiering earlier this month at Telluride. About six survivors of childhood sexual abuse by Catholic priests, “Procession” was acquired by Netflix less than a week ago.
“Our (AMPAS) documentary branch is really filmmaker driven, and here, in Camden, filmmakers come to the screenings and I think that that matters,” Greene says. “Obviously, we want local audiences to see our film and have bigger conversations, but it's exciting that last night we had a packed theater (for “Procession"), full of some of my favorite producers and directors. That meant a lot and I think that’s who gets excited about it and you need those folks to get excited.”
Ben Fowlie, executive and artistic director of the Points North Institute and founder of CIFF, says that he wasn’t being strategic when he chose to hold the fest at the launch of award season.
“At one point the festival was later in October,” says Fowlie. “The move to mid-September was really to help the local economy bridge a season between Labor Day and Indigenous Peoples' Day. Later we discovered that it's a really great time because we are happening during the second weekend of TIFF and you have a lot of U.S. premieres landing. So we've stuck with that mid-September date and really tried to be a counterbalance to the TIFF experience.”
This year, more than 60 filmmakers and Points North fellows were in attendance at CIFF. While Fowlie says that this year’s program is two-thirds the size of what it would normally be, to date CIFF 2021 is one of the largest in-person documentary gatherings since the start of the pandemic.
In addition to National Geographic docs, CIFF 2021 also included screenings of CNN Films and HBO Max’s “Citizen Ashe,” which Gibney produced, as well as Showtime’s “The Real Charlie Chaplin” and Neon’s “Flee.” Each film premiered at Telluride.
But Fowlie is quick to point out that CIFF is not solely a festival that spotlights filmmakers seeking Oscar glory.
Says he: “We have defined ourselves as an organization that not only is trying to develop a pipeline to a major premiere space for the fall early Oscar contenders, but also a place that supports up and coming filmmakers and international artists.”
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