

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Points North Presents - Fourth Thursdays Documentary Screenings
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 26 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Points North Presents is a monthly screening series from the team behind the Camden International Film Festival. And this spring, we're bringing some of the year's most celebrated documentaries to the historic Strand Theatre.


Many of these films have earned standing ovations at Sundance, Tribeca, and the Oscars. Most will never see wide release.


These evenings are a rare chance to encounter them on a big screen, followed by a Q&amp;A or facilitated conversation — often with the filmmaker in attendance — creating space for genuine exchange between artists and audiences.


We're thrilled to announce the first three films in the series.


March brings a free screening of The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist, fresh from its Sundance premiere. It explores both the extraordinary possibilities and existential dangers of rapidly evolving AI technology.


April features Cutting Through Rocks, nominated for the 2025 Academy Award for Best Documentary.


May closes the spring series with Natchez, winner of Best Documentary and two additional awards at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival.


All screenings take place on the fourth Thursday of the month, 7pm, at the Strand Theatre in Rockland. Tickets are $12 General Admission and $10 for Seniors, Students, and Strand Members.


Whether you're a longtime CIFF attendee or walking through our doors for the first time, we'd love to have you.


Come for the film. Stay for the conversation.



Thursday, March 26th, 7:00 PM
The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist
Directed by Daniel Roher and Charlie Tyrell, 2026

A father-to-be tries to figure out what is happening with all this AI insanity. The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist is a hand-made, eye-opening documentary about the most powerful technology humanity has ever created… and what’s at stake if we get it wrong.

This inaugural screening will be free and open to all.



Thursday, April 23rd, 7:00 PM
Cutting Through Rocks
Directed by Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni, 2025

As the first elected councilwoman of her remote Iranian village, Sara Shahverdi fearlessly breaks patriarchal traditions by training teenage girls to ride motorcycles and stopping child marriages. When accusations arise questioning Sara’s intentions to empower the girls, her identity is put in turmoil.

The filmmakers will be in attendance.



Thursday, May 28th, 7:00 PM
Natchez
Directed by Suzannah Herbert, 2025

Natchez captures an unsettling clash between history and memory in a small Mississippi town; a layered mosaic of people contending with the weight of the past in a place where it is always present. Equal parts amusing and disturbing, we journey through an antebellum tourist destination at a crossroads as it grapples with a deeply troubled history that is so thoroughly ingrained in its present, we’re left to wonder if it’s actually past at all.

There will be a post-screening Q&amp;A with the filmmakers.



Points North Presents is made possible by generous support from the Dave Nichols Charitable Trust — alongside our Official Media Sponsor, the Midcoast Villager.

General support for the series is provided by Perspective Fund; the Lesher Family Foundation; Onion Foundation; Fisher Charitable Foundation; and the Maine Arts Commission, an independent state agency supported by the National Endowment for the Arts; as well as our tremendous individual donors.
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## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://pointsnorthinstitute.org/community/points-north-presents/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=rockland-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Rockland
- **state**: ME
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Strand Theatre - Rockland, Maine
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- **full address**: Strand Theatre - Rockland, Maine, 351 Main St, Rockland, ME 04841-3303, United States

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- **organizer**: Camden International Film Festival (https://allevents.in/org/camden-international-film-festival/4842278)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 26 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Strand Theatre - Rockland, Maine, 351 Main St, Rockland, ME 04841-3303, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Camden International Film Festival
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** Entertainment, Art, Festivals, Theatre, Nonprofit, Workshops
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