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Points North Institute Names Elise McCave Executive Director, Promotes Sean Flynn As 20th Camden International Film Festival Gets Underway


The Points North Institute, which puts on the Camden International Film Festival, has appointed Elise McCave as exec. director; promotes Sean Flynn.

Elise McCave, head of film at Kickstarter, was announced Thursday night as the new executive director of the Points North Institute, the nonprofit that puts on the festival and many other artist programs. McCave’s appointment caps a search process that began after PNI executive director Ben Fowlie, who founded the Camden International Film Festival, announced his resignation in January. Like McCave, Flynn also noted the larger cultural and political context in which the 20 th CIFF is unfolding, saying, “[T]he world is on fire and on edge in so many ways, in so many places.” He acknowledged changing imperatives in the commercial side of the nonfiction film business, which are making it harder to fund and distribute documentaries on substantive topics.

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Points North Institute Appoints Elise McCave as Executive Director and Sean Flynn as Artistic Director (EXCLUSIVE)