103 minutes / 2026 / Color

Directed by Luke Lorentzen
Produced by Kellen Quinn and Luke Lorentzen
Editing and cinematography by Luke Lorentzen

World Premiere, 2026 Venice Film Festival
North American Premiere, Camden International Film Festival

At the head of a remote Maine harbor, the 60-some workers of the Brooklin Boat Yard coax wooden planks around a frame, make precise saw cuts, and sand edges for flawless joints, resulting in some of the most stunning and sought-after wooden vessels in the world. Over the course of four vibrant seasons, director Luke Lorentzen tracks the boatbuilders’ meticulous construction of a 56-foot sailboat while embedding us in the lives of these men and their close-knit community. Intertwining the rhythms of the boatyard and the natural world, Boatbuilders is a meditation on the pleasures that reward sustained attention and the potential to create meaning by engaging deeply with what we do and where we are.

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