IFP Week is the place where savvy industry insiders discover new talent and projects – first.
September 17 – 21, 2017
Featuring a curated selection of over 150 new feature, documentary, series and VR projects in development-post production from over 22 countries, it is a must attend event for financiers, distributors, producers, executives and festival programmers to access bold, original talent early.
As the oldest and only co-production market in the U.S., IFP curates over 5000 customized meetings for executives during IFP Week at its Project Forum. Additional opportunities for discovery occur at Lab Showcase Screenings, Reading Series and Meet the Programmer Meetings.
Industry registration is now open.
Final Registration: August 11
Why IFP Week?
IFP has played a vital role in launching the careers of now-established directors including Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine), Moira Demos & Laura Ricciardi (Making a Murderer), Robert Eggers (The Witch), Ciro Guerra (Embrace of the Serpent), Barry Jenkins (Moonlight), David Lowery (A Ghost STory), Laura Poitras (Citizenfour), Dee Rees (Mudbound), Denis Villeneuve (Sicario), Roger Ross Williams (Life Animated), and Behn Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild).
This year, for the first time, IFP’s Filmmaker Magazine will also release its “25 New Faces of Independent Film” during IFP Week 2017. Filmmaker was also the early champions of a litany of creative visionaries who have gone on to make their mark in the creative community and popular culture including Cam Archer, Antonio Campos, Ryan Coogler, Lena Dunham, Shana Feste, Cary Fukunaga, Rachel Grady & Heidi Ewing, Patty Jenkins, Casey Neistat, Matt Porterfield, The Safdie Brothers, Sebastian Silva, and Craig Zobel.
For information on IFP Week 2016 alumni and projects, click here.
Please Note: Select Industry accessing IFP’s Project Forum meetings with talent are identified as only those companies that can actively produce, acquire, sell, distribute, or finance projects; established literary, TV, digital or talent agents or managers; or can otherwise meaningfully further the projects.
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