A Statement from the IFP Board of Directors
by Gotham on August 28, 2018 in Uncategorized
The IFP Board of Directors would like to wish Joana Vicente the best in her new position as Executive Director/Co-Head of TIFF and take this opportunity to thank her for the transformative job she did these past 8.5 years. Joana has a long history with the IFP, she was an IFP Board member for 4 years before she stepped in as the Executive Director on December 1, 2009. She will be working closely with the IFP board during the transition period through the Gotham Awards.
The IFP saw tremendous growth under Joana’s leadership. She repositioned IFP as a vital support organization and grew it from a 1.5-million-dollar organization to a vibrant 7.5 million dollars organization with 22 full time employees.
Under her stewardship IFP won a highly competitive New York City bid to build and operate the Made in New York Media Center. The Made in NY Media Center, IFP’s new home, is a 20,000-sf facility on the ground floor in Dumbo featuring an incubator space, 72-seat screening room, art gallery, classrooms and cafe.
During her tenure, Joana has provided a strategic vision for the organization, strengthened and innovated programming and its impact and expanded the scope from just film to include all forms of storytelling. The Gotham Awards, IFP’s main fundraiser event is now a must attend event kicking off award season where winners have gone on to win the best picture at the Academy Awards three times the past 4 years.
While we will miss her immensely we acknowledge the opportunity to find a dynamic new leader and we are excited to open the search and start a new chapter for the organization as it celebrates its 40th anniversary.