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Film Independent's Fast Track project market

Film Project Markets, Dissected

by Mynette Louie on April 2, 2012

Film Independent's Fast Track project market

Sometimes I feel like a traveling salesman, going from festival to festival selling my finished films, and from market to market pitching my new projects.  I recently participated in my ninth project market on the “filmmaker” side, and I’ve done four of them on …

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Why Independent Filmmakers Shouldn’t Rule Out TV

by Kam Miller on March 27, 2012

Independent filmmakers transitioning into television makes perfect sense. Indie filmmakers share a passion for singular characters, earned character development, and edgy storytelling. Television allows you to focus on your characters at least a dozen hours a season. Sometimes – if you’re lucky – you’re living with your characters for hundreds …

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What is Indie Today? New Trends in American Independent Filmmaking

by Dan Schoenbrun on March 23, 2012

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The Privilege of Representation

by Mynette Louie on March 2, 2012

There’s been a lot of chatter about race and representation lately — “Linsanity,” the Pete Hoekstra campaign debacle, the overwhelmingly white makeup of Oscar voters and nominees alike, Billy Crystal in blackface at the Oscars, the lack of Asian American actors on the New York stage, the controversy over the …

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Director Alrick Brown on Micro-Budget Filmmaking

by Cait Carvalho on February 22, 2012

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Alrick Brown discusses the realities of making a film on the cheap.

From the 2011 Independent Filmmaker Conference.

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Director Alrick Brown on Developing Kinyarwanda

by Cait Carvalho on February 10, 2012

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Alrick Brown (Director, Kinyarwanda) discusses how he approached the screenwriting process as writing a series of interconnected shorts.

From the 2011 Independent Filmmaker Conference.

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IFP’s Guide to Granting Organizations

by Dan Schoenbrun on February 9, 2012

Do you know of a granting opportunity that isn’t listed on this page? Let us know by emailing dschoenbrun@ifp.org.

Chicken and Egg

A film fund and non-profit production company dedicated to supporting women filmmakers passionate about the craft of storytelling, as well as social justice, environmental and human rights issues. Funding opportunities …

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Managing and Agenting Your Career

by Dan Schoenbrun on February 1, 2012

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