I’ve been a fan of The Young Turks, an online news show that currently has well over 1.5 billion views on Youtube, for approximately five years now. Created and co-hosted by Cenk Uygur, an eccentric, hard-hitting and humorous figure who gives off the feeling of both a leader and an …
Documentary filmmaker Robert Greene’s latest work, Actress, opens this Friday at the Film Society of Lincoln Center for a week-long run. A delicate character study that is both a concentrated observation of former television star Brandy Burre (The Wire) and of the role of performance in documentary storytelling, Actress is a …
A horror film festival that dare open on Halloween night (rather than those that predictably choose to conclude on the holiday), Scary Movies, the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s annual ode to genre fare both newly crafted and dusted off, kicks off its eighth edition with something for everyone. Programmed …
Were you able to attend Onur Tukel’s Summer of Blood, our inaugural offering in our brand new Screen Forward initiative, last week at the Made in New York Media Center by IFP? We had a blast and really hit the ground running! Special guests included Tukel, select cast members (such …
As the award-winning documentary Virunga from director Orlando von Einseidel gets set to premiere on Netflix and in theaters next month, IFP has now released two videos from a special screening held on September 16th at the Director’s Guild of America theater. Presented by ENVISION, “a unique collaboration between IFP and …
If you love to listen to filmmakers and industry men and women discuss their trade, providing an insider’s voice on the business trends and economic upticks of the motion picture industry, then chances are you attended the just-wrapped 2014 Filmmaker Conference at Independent Film Week! And if you’re on a …
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RBC’s Emerging Storytellers
The premier talent pool for new voices on the independent scene, RBC’s Emerging Storytellers presents 25 U.S. narrative features in early-stage development with little previous marketplace exposure. Writer/directors have a …
If you’re as excited as we are about our upcoming 36th annual Independent Film Week (taking place from September 14th – September 18th at Lincoln Center), then you will want to keep your eyes on our website tomorrow morning. This Tuesday we will officially announce our slate for the Project …