In March, Points North, the nonprofit organization behind the Camden International Film Festival (CIFF), launched Points North Presents, a monthly screening series in collaboration with the Strand Theatre. Fourth Thursday documentary screenings continue throughout the Summer leading up until the festival September 17-20. Points North Presents brings some of the year’s best documentaries to Midcoast Maine, with each screening followed by a community conversation intended to create space for genuine exchange between artwork, artists, and local audiences.

The Summer slate kicks off with Felipe Bustos Sierra’s Everybody to Kenmure Street on June 25 which includes a post-screening panel discussion produced in partnership with the ACLU Maine. It is followed by Oscar-nominated director Sara Dosa’s Time and Water, on July 23 and Penny Lane’s Wild Inside on August 27, both will have facilitated community discussions.

Points North will also host a special second screening of Sara Dosa’s Time and Water at 7pm on Friday, July 24 on North Haven Island, at Waterman’s Community Center.

Tickets to Rockland and North Haven events can be purchased on Points North’s website at https://pointsnorthinstitute.org/community/points-north-presents/.

And for those attending screenings at the Strand, conclude your Points North Presents experience with a night cap and recap of the film next door at Lemon Bar.

Points North Presents is produced in collaboration with The Strand. Support for the program is generously provided by The Dave Nichols Charitable Trust, with media support from Midcoast Villager. The series is a program of Points North, extending the organization’s commitment to advancing the art, artists, and audiences of cinematic nonfiction storytelling throughout the year.

Summer 2026 Lineup

June 25, 7:00pm
Everybody to Kenmure Street, dir. Felipe Bustos Sierra, 2026
On Eid morning in Glasgow, a dawn immigration raid triggers one of the most spontaneous and successful acts of civil resistance in recent memory. In Scotland’s most diverse neighborhood, hundreds of residents rush to the streets to stop the deportation of their neighbors.

July 23, 7:00pm
Time and Water, dir. Sara Dosa, 2026
Facing the death of his country’s glaciers and the loss of his beloved grandparents, Icelandic writer Andri Snær Magnason turns his archives into a time capsule to hold what is slipping away — family, memory, time, and water. From Oscar-nominated director, Sara Dosa.

August 27, 7:00pm
Wild Inside, dir. Penny Lane, 2026
In 2023, Flaco — a male Eurasian eagle-owl, the largest species of owl in the world — was discovered missing from his cage at the Central Park Zoo. What follows is a surprising story of delight, concern, and fascination, in New York City and beyond.