Jonathan Ames on Making Revisions
by Jacob Appet on August 15, 2012Jonathan Ames on cutting and being a hard-ass.
From the 2012 Script to Screen Conference.
2012 Project Forum Slate
by IFP Staff on August 10, 2012Click Here to Read the Full Press Release
Click Here to Download a PDF version of the Project Forum Slate.
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 …
Apply Now for IFP’s Rio Market Fellowship
by IFP Staff on August 9, 2012The 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 …
Alrick Brown on Being a Black Filmmaker
by Jacob Appet on August 7, 2012Alrick Brown discusses unique challenges that face minority filmmakers.
From the IFP’s recent Industry Connect Event with DCTV and the NYTVF
8 Things NOT To Do in Post on Your First Feature
by Oakley Anderson Moore on July 27, 2012There 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 …
Case Study: The Non-Traditional Festival Run of Social Justice Doc “Brothers on The Line”
by Sasha Reuther on July 2, 2012When 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 …
A Call to Producers: Innovate or Die
by Mynette Louie on June 18, 2012Summit 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 …
Distribution 101 – Foreign Sales Agents
by Mark Litwak on May 23, 2012With 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 …
