Category — Events

CIFF 2012 is coming to Midcoast Maine September 27-30, 2012. Mark your calendars and submit your film now. Passes go on sale July 2nd!

Check out this Save the Date video for a taste of what’s to come:

Fellow Camden IFF board member Susan Williams has a great show of her paintings through the month of March at Gerald Peters Gallery. I’ve always known Susan as someone who pushes the boundaries of traditional marketing techniques, seeing the value of forging emotional connections with customers and making a product with pride and craftsmanship. It’s no surprise that her art is blessed with an equal amount of passion. Still, it is such a pleasure to uncover a new facet of someone and I could not be more thrilled to check out her work in person Thursday night.

The Wilder Things profiled her studio recently. If you like what you see, stop by the gallery Thursday night to meet Susan or anytime during the month of March to see her work. Details for the show and opening are below.

So much to love about the recent Chipotle Cultivate Festival in Chicago.  Free to get in, dishes highlighting fresh, local, responsibly grown ingredients, celebrity chefs, great indie bands, and an entire experience dedicated to “learn(ing) about sustainable farming and get rewarded along the way”.

My friends at Loomstate designed their new uniforms and staffed a Loomstate for Chipotle booth at the festival selling exclusive Cultivate products as well as teaching attendees about sustainable production with a farm-to-finish area. Loving the common ground approach – whether the end product is food or clothing, it all starts in the earth. Chipotle proves yet again that being a main stream brand does not mean you have to sell out on your values – you can still get so much right about socially conscious thinking, branding and good business.

The Camden International Film Festival hosted a reception on Monday at the Hudson Hotel for the nominees of the 2011 Cinema Eye Honors. It was a great evening with the independent documentary’s finest – from filmmakers, to programmers, producers, granters, advocates and fans – all honoring the craft of documentary filmmaking.

Vistas came down from the Maine coast to rock attendees with their devilish beats, Maine Distilleries sponsored the event with their distinctive vodka, traditional gin, and Maine blueberry vodka, and CIFF Media Sponsor Maine Magazine sent copies of their latest issue.

The Cinema Eye Honors, held just before Sundance, have come to mark the close of one year of film and the beginning of another. Here’s to the amazing work that came out of 2010 and all the wonder that 2011 holds!

Photo Credit for all images: Alex Weber

NYC Marathon is underway and the city seems more excited than ever – perhaps in part to a great out-of-home campaign that’s been rolled out across the city in the past couple months – “I’m In. We’re In,” and a commitment by NYRR to create more opportunities for fans and spectators to get involved. Wishing all the runners a great race!