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Deadline Approaching! @ifpfilm seeks screenplays and documentary WiPs for Independent Film Week. Apply now! http://www.ifp.org/programs/independent-film-week/
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Call for Entries – IFP’s Independent Film Week’s Project Forum
Independent Film Week (September 15-19, 2013) is the oldest and largest forum in the U.S. for the discovery of new projects in development and new voices on the independent scene. The Project Forum is a meetings-driven forum connecting filmmakers with producers, funders, distributors, broadcasters, sales agents, festival programmers, and more. Now accepting applications for: Emerging Storytellers (for U.S. writers and writer/directors seeking producers and agents to develop, produce, represent and finance their scripts), No Borders International Co-production Market (for U.S. and International producers with partial financing on new narrative projects seeking additional partners), and Spotlight on Documentaries (for U.S. filmmakers in production or post-production seeking financing partners, broadcast/distribution opportunities, and festival invitations.) Emerging Storytellers & No Borders Deadline: May 3. Spotlight on Documentaries Deadlines: May 3/May 24. More info: http://www.ifp.org/programs/independent-film-week/
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Independent Film Week (September 15-19, 2013) is the oldest and largest forum in the U.S. for the discovery of new projects in development and new voices on the independent film scene. The Project Forum is a meetings-driven forum connecting filmmakers with producers, funders, distributors, broadcasters, sales agents, festival programmers, and more. The three sections of the Project Forum with open applications are:
Emerging Storytellers. This section connects writers and writer/directors with producers and agents who can develop, produce, represent and finance their scripts. Recent participants include Destin Daniel Cretton’s Short Term 12; Shaka King’s Newlyweeds; Erin Greenwell’s My Best Day; Matt Porterfield’s Putty Hill, Derek Cianfrance’s Blue Valentine, and Dee Rees’ Pariah. For more info and to apply, click here. Deadline: May 3rd
No Borders International Co-Production Market. This section connects established narrative producers with financiers, distributors, sales agents and international partners. Recent participants include David Lowery Ain’t Them Bodies Saints; Behn Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild; Rama Burshtein’s Fill The Void; Anais Barbeau-Lavalette’s Inch’Allah; Ry Russo-Young’s Nobody Walks; and Liza Johnson’s Return. For more info and to apply, click here. Deadline for US Producers: May 3rd
Spotlight on Documentaries. This section connects filmmakers in production or post-production with financing partners, broadcasters, distributors, and film festival programmers. Recent participants include Martha Shane and Lana Wilson’s After Tiller; Katie Dellamaggiore’s Brooklyn Castle; Zachary Heinzerling’s Cutie and the Boxer; Dawn Porter’s Gideon’s Army; Marshall; Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine’s Inocente, and Lauren Greenfield’s The Queen of Versailles. For more info and to apply, click here. Final Deadline: May 24th
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