“A Community Campfire”: The 2025 Camden International Film Festival
On the cusp of every autumn for the last 21 years, the Camden International Film Festival becomes the center of the nonfiction world, offering a kind of community campfire in the midst of the seasonal showcase sprawl (Telluride, Toronto, New York), its focus on a more intimate, artist-led level of engagement in the crisp air of coastal Maine, far from the madding crowds (and industry noise). This year’s festival, situated in Camden and Rockland, felt securely grounded after several years shadowed by various uncertainties: COVID, a hurricane, and the departure of founder and former executive and artistic director Ben Fowlie […]
by Steve Dollar on Nov 6, 2025
