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Understanding DCP and What It Can Bring to Your Film

by Justin Ferrato on February 25, 2014

Dive in as Dolby Laboratories’ Graef Allen and theatrical booker Michael Tuckman take us on a crash course in the workings of digital cinema mastering and distribution. This presentation is NOT for the faint of heart but filmmakers with the gusto to do their research about mastering and distribution options …

Fruitvale Station: Connecting to your source material. Film Week 2013 Highlights

by Justin Ferrato on December 10, 2013

In a conversation with Fruitvale Station director and writer, Ryan Coogler, and lead actress Melanie Diaz, he discusses what inspires his work, and what’s up next for him. Hear about the film’s production and incredible success straight from the source. A Weinstein Company release.

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Members Only: Full Length Videos for Film Week 2013 Panels

by Justin Ferrato on October 21, 2013

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Day 1: Future Forward

Case Study: Fruitvale Station
In a conversation with Fruitvale Station director and writer, Ryan Coogler, and lead actress Melanie Diaz, the director discusses what inspires his work, and what’s up next …

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Sundance Programmer Mike Plante On Going Places with Short Films

by Mike Plante on February 25, 2013

The notion that making a short film is just practice for a feature has never made sense to me. Every time you write a story or dialogue, work with actors and crew, or edit image and sound, you are making important artistic decisions. To think that the end product would …

Highlights from the Film Bazaar

by Priyanka Kumar on December 3, 2012

This year, my feature script INCOGNITO was an IFP partnership project at the Film Bazaar in Goa, India. INCOGNITO is the story of a seventeen-year-old girl who teams up with her father to help the Pakistani Prime Minister—on a secret pilgrimage to India—dodge an assassination attempt.

November 18, 6:40 am. At …

The Early Days of Video: A Conversation with Jon Alpert & Keiko Tsuno

by IFP Staff on October 3, 2012

DCTV Co-Founders Jon Alpert and Keiko Tsuno discuss their beginnings in filmmaking during the early days of video and what drove them to start DCTV in 1972.

Keiko: I came to this country to study fine arts and my main interest was video, so I bought Sony’s first black and white …

Director Azazel Jacobs on Following Your Passion

by Cait Carvalho on September 12, 2012

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Azazel Jacobs (Director, Terri) discusses how crucial it is to make the films that you believe in.

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A Call to Producers: Innovate or Die

by Mynette Louie on June 18, 2012

Summit of independent creative producers hosted by MoMA, Indiewire, and Zipline Entertainment in December 2009.

I’m very fortunate to be friends with many accomplished independent film producers–people whose films have screened at the best festivals, won significant awards, gotten picked up by major distributors, earned healthy gross receipts, and …

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