Amanda Wilder’s “Approaching the Elephant”
Last Friday evening I was walking with Chantel Elassaad, IFP’s Development and Programming Coordinator, after the first energizing and exhausting week of IFP’s Documentary Labs. Approaching the Elephant, my film about a group of children at a free school where rules are created democratically and …
As an entertainment attorney, I am often called upon to assist writers who have gotten themselves into trouble because they do not understand how their work may infringe the rights of others. A writer who learns the fine points of the law through trial and error is receiving …
Producer Peter Phok and I speaking on a panel at IFP’s Filmmaker Conference.
In the year and a half since Brian Newman wrote his very apt and memorable post, “Killing the Film Fest Panel,” panels haven’t improved much. In that time, I’ve spoken on or moderated over a dozen panels, …
I’m writing to you now from a screening room in TriBeCa, where we are in the throes of the 2013 Documentary Labs! The Labs are easily my favorite thing to do at IFP, so even though I haven’t seen the sun in hours, hiding here, its a good place to …
As the weather turns from a chilly gray to a warm yellow, spring in New York makes me think about a few things – picnics along the High Line, the start of weekend excursions with my dog AND the Tribeca Film Festival.  I’ve always loved Tribeca for its documentary films, the …
IFP, the nation’s oldest and largest non-profit for independent filmmakers, is seeking digital interns.
Veteran Entertainment Attorney Mark Litwak gives valuable legal insight for every filmmaker in a new series of legal videos on IFP’s YouTube Channel and we wanted to share the a few videos to get onto your radar. Litwak has a no nonsense approach to important legal subjects such …
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Gut Renovation premieres at the reRun Gastropub Theater in DUMBO Brooklyn Friday April 19th- Thursday April 25th. For information on tickets, click here.
Su Friedrich’s Gut Renovation focuses on something all New Yorkers can relate to one way or another: gentrification. After living in Williamsburg, Brooklyn for two decades, Su Friedrich …
