Biography

Caitlin Boyle is the Executive Director of the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival (MNFF) in Middlebury, Vermont, and a documentary film producer and impact producer. She has served for more than fifteen years as a leading expert in the use of film as a tool for amplifying social good and inspiring civic engagement.

As MNFF's first-ever Executive Director, Caitlin supports the festival's decade-long mission to celebrate film culture and to promote and exhibit the dynamic efforts of emerging filmmakers. The festival takes place annually in August in downtown Middlebury, Vermont, and exclusively features the work of first- and second-time filmmakers.

Caitlin's past work has also included roles as both Director of Filmmaker Development and Director of Industry at DOC NYC, the nation's largest doc festival, and, for ten years, Founder and Executive Director of Film Sprout, which pioneered the use of grassroots and campus networks to broaden the audience and social impact of independent film.

A specialist in navigating film distribution, Caitlin has worked with collaborators and clients including Together Films, DOC NYC, Cinereach, Odyssey Impact, Level Forward, Sundance Institute, NEON, Magnolia Films, Patagonia, Timberland, The Climate Pledge and the Center for Storytelling and Narrative Change at Auburn Seminary, in addition to more than 500 independent film teams.

She participates regularly as a mentor, guest speaker and juror for arts organizations, film festivals and educational institutions, including the Berkeley Film Foundation, Chicken & Egg Pictures, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, The Fledgling Fund, Film Independent, Filmshop, The Gotham, Impact Partners, the New York Foundation for the Arts and UnionDocs.
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