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IFP Filmmaker Conference
September 15-19, 2013
Bruno Walter Auditorium
111 Amsterdam Avenue (at 65th Street), NYC
Whatever form your story takes, IFP’s Filmmaker Conference showcases how great projects can connect with audiences and stand out in a crowded marketplace.
Taking place during IFP’s annual Independent Film Week – a one-of-a-kind event bringing the international film community together to celebrate, advocate, and introduce new voices on the independent scene – the Filmmaker Conference consists of a variety of small group & networking activities, hands-on workshops, keynotes with innovators and icons, and in-depth creative master classes.
2013 Program Highlights
Presenting keynotes from filmmakers and cross-platform innovators including Lucien Castaing-Taylor (Leviathan), multimedia musician DJ Spooky, stalwart producer Jon Kilik (Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The Hunger Games), FilmNation CEO Glen Basner, case studies of Fruitvale Station, Our Nixon, Drunk History, and interactive documentary Hollow, as well as inclusive discussions exploring the art & business of 21st century storytelling.
Among the panels touching on the hottest issues in filmmaking is “Documentaries that Disturb the Power Structure.” a conversation with Oscar nominees Tia Lessin & Carl Deal, directors of Citizen Koch, Mette Hoffman Meyer, executive producer of Alex Gibney’s Park Avenue, and Claire Aguilar of ITVS.
Additional centerpiece panels include “New Black Voices,” featuring Shaka King (Newlyweeds), Yoruba Richen (The New Black), Nekisa Cooper (producer, Pariah), and conversations understanding investors’ motivations, documentary director-subject relationships, the power of Social Capital, filmmaking outside of NY & LA, and web comedies are sure to keep you thinking and informed, and inspire your latest works.
And new this year, #ArtistServices NYC presented by Sundance Institute – fierce conversations around the latest technology and trends in film including a crash course on DCP, creative financing, guerrilla marketing, and independent theatrical distribution.
Plus:
Meet the Decision Makers – face-time with some of the most exciting organizations in film today, such as Sony Pictures Classics, Cinereach, Chicken & Egg Pictures, Fandor, Nantucket Screenwriters’ Colony, Tribeca Film Institute, Sundance Documentary Fund, and many more!
Pitch Workshops give you the chance to tell your project to a panel of experts live, and get feedback on how to do it better! Applications open now for screenplays, documentaries, and web-native content!
Daily creativity games with Upright Citizens Brigade
Short Blitz Presentations from street photographer Jamel Shabazz, animator Dash Shaw, composer Peter Nashel, big data pioneers Harmony Institute, distribution advisor Peter Broderick, and the Walker Art Center’s #CatVidFest.
New Voices! Screenplay Reading Series, presented by SAGIndie – excerpts from four screenplays participating in RBC’s Emerging Storytellers program at Independent Film Week performed live.
IFP’s annual free and open to the public party and screening, the Independent Filmmaker Labs “Sneak Preview” Showcase, presented with Rooftop Films convenes again September 16. The Labs Showcase gives audiences a first-look at exciting new films, before their festival premieres.
Past speakers have included: a conversation between producer Christine Vachon and Focus Features’ James Schamus, transmedia auteur Michel Reilhac, former Ford Foundation director Orlando Bagwell, and a conversation with Oscar-nominated screenwriter JC Chandor. Plus filmmakers & storytellers Joe Berlinger (Paradise Lost), Lee Daniels (Precious), Lena Dunham (HBO’s “Girls”), Daniel Minahan (“Game of Thrones”), A.O. Scott (The New York Times), Kevin Smith (Red State), Timo Vuorensola (Iron Sky), Caveh Zahedi (I Am A Sex Addict), producers Jon Kilik, Peter Saraf, and Ted Hope, creative executives Mark Ankner (WME), Josh Braun (Submarine Entertainment), Steve Coulson (Campfire Media), Geoff Gilmore (Tribeca Enterprises), Micah Green & Roeg Sutherland (CAA), Franklin Leonard (Founder, The Black List), Wendy Levy (New Arts Axis), Dylan Marchetti (Variance Films), Sheila Nevins (HBO Documentary), Keri Putnam (Sundance Institute), John Sloss (Cinetic Media), Bec Smith (UTA), Molly Thompson (A&E IndieFilms), and Diane Weyermann (Participant Media), and case studies on Beasts of the Southern Wild, How to Survive a Plague, Buck, Bill Cunningham New York, Tiny Furniture, Winter’s Bone, and Restrepo, among many others. See last year’s archive here.
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