Independent Film Week History
Formerly known as IFFM and IFP Market, Project Forum has had a prolific history in the independent community supporting both emerging and established independent filmmakers at critical stages in their development processes. The organization championed the early work of pioneering independent filmmakers Charles Burnett, Todd Haynes, Mira Nair, Michael Moore, Joel and Ethan Cohen, Kevin Smith, Todd Solondz, and Wayne Wang. Recently, it has also played a vital role in launching the first films of many of today’s rising stars on the independent scene including Debra Granik, (Down to the Bone) Miranda July (Me, You and Everyone We Know), and Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden (Half Nelson).
Recent Highlights
Emerging Narrative: Dee Rees’ Pariah, Erin Greenwell’s My Best Day, Susan Youssef’s Habbi, Zeina Durra’s The Imperialists Are Still Alive!, Ron Eyal & Eleanor Burke’s Stranger Things, Paola Mendoza’s Entre Nos, Matt Porterfield’s Putty Hill, and Courtney Hunt’s Frozen River
No Borders Co-Production Market: Behn Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild, Ry Russo Young’s Nobody Walks, Mukunda Michael Duwil’s Vehicle 19, Olivia Silver’s Arcadia, Denis Villeneuve’s Incendies, Todd Rohal’s Nature Calls, Ryan O’Nan’s Brooklyn Brothers Beats the Best, Rashaad Ernesto Green’s Gun Hill Road, So Young Kim’s Treeless Mountain, Jalmari Helander’s Rare Exports, Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s Howl, and Sophie Barthes’ Cold Souls,
Spotlight on Documentaries: Lauren Greenfield’s The Queen of Versailles; Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman’s If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front; Marie Losier’s The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye; Michael Collins’ Give Up Tomorrow; Laura Poitras’ The Oath, Jennifer Arnold’s A Small Act, Rebecca Richman Cohen’s War Don Don, Julia Bacha’s Budrus, Jennifer Redfearn’s Sun Come Up, Aaron Schock’s Circo, Rick Goldsmith and Judith Ehrlich’s The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, Jessica Oreck’s Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo, Aron Gaudet’s The Way We Get By, Kimberly Reed’s Prodigal Sons
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