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Jonathan Ames on Making Revisions

by Jacob Appet on August 15, 2012

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Jonathan Ames on cutting and being a hard-ass.

From the 2012 Script to Screen Conference.

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2012 Project Forum Slate

by IFP Staff on August 10, 2012

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Emerging Narrative
25 Feature Scripts in Development

Arrow Written and directed by Emily Carmichael, produced by Adam Spielberg and Josh Hetzler, cinematography by Ben Richardson. In a madcap alternate-reality Brooklyn, three science-fiction heroes face …

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Apply Now for IFP’s Rio Market Fellowship

by IFP Staff on August 9, 2012

The IFP / Rio Market Fellowship is a week-long program which runs concurrently with the Rio International Film Festival in October 2012. Conceived to boost international co-productions and encourage production in Latin America, the fellowship with LATC will be offering many formal and informal networking opportunities specific to our IFP …

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Alrick Brown on Being a Black Filmmaker

by Jacob Appet on August 7, 2012

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Alrick Brown discusses unique challenges that face minority filmmakers.

From the IFP’s recent Industry Connect Event with DCTV and the NYTVF

The one thing we splurged on in Post: live musicians for our score! You decide what is most important to your project...

8 Things NOT To Do in Post on Your First Feature

by Oakley Anderson Moore on July 27, 2012

There we were, my Producer Alex Reinhard and I, straight off the plane from California to LGA.  Pulling up in front of us was the M60 bus that would take us to the fabled NY subway.  Three M60’s later, we were finally able to board amidst the pushing and shoving …

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Case Study: The Non-Traditional Festival Run of Social Justice Doc “Brothers on The Line”

by Sasha Reuther on July 2, 2012

When I set out to produce my first feature-length documentary, Brothers On The Line, I knew that a tricky funding and distribution road lay ahead. Narrated by Martin Sheen, the film explores the lives of my grandfather and great-uncles, Victor, Roy, and Walter Reuther, firebrand labor organizers and social justice …

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

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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Distribution 101 – Foreign Sales Agents

by Mark Litwak on May 23, 2012

With the start of the Festival De Cannes and accompanying Marche Du Film, one is reminded that film is both an art form and a business. The festival will exhibit approximately 22 feature films in competition, another 20 in Un Certain Regard, 6 Out of Competition and 10 in Special …

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