Diane Garrett On Friday, during the 18th edition of the Camden Intl. Film Festival, organizers unveiled a Diane Weyermann Fellowship at Points North Institute.Weyermann, the former chief content officer at Participant and former director of the Sundance Institute’s documentary film program, died last October of cancer.
She was 66. In addition to an apartment in New York City, Weyermann owned a home in coastal Maine. CIFF, run by Points North and concluding Sept.
18, is presenting several films Weyermann recently executive produced, including Laura Poitras’ Golden Lion-winning “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” Margaret Brown’s Sundance-winning “Descendant,” Steve James’ “My Compassionate Spy,” which recently premiered at Venice and TIFF, and Geeta Gandbhir and Sam Pollard’s “Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power.”“It’s so meaningful to be in Camden screening the film we made with Diane,” Brown told Variety during a special reception held in Camden in honor of the new fellowship. “It’s so close to where she planned to spend time collaborating with filmmakers.
I can so feel her presence here, and this Fellowship is the perfect way to honor and celebrate her life.”Established to honor Weyermann’s legacy in the international documentary community, the Diane Weyermann Fellowship at Points North will champion filmmakers producing cinematic feature documentaries that take artistic risks.
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