The Points North Institute, located in Camden and Rockport, Maine, is organizing the annual Camden International Film Festival ("CIFF") founded in 2005. It focuses exclusively on documentary film and building community among the professional filmmakers. The "Points North Forum" was launched in 2009 to provide debates about documentary developments on a par with peers. Over the following years more than 50 funders, broadcasters, distributors and producers have been participating annually. Further on, in 2015 as a partnership with Tribeca Film Institute the Camden/TFI Retreat was started, a week-long educational program. Additionally was introduced: the Shortform Editing Residency, the North Star Fellowship, Points North 1:1 Meetings, and the 4th World Indigenous Media Lab.