You’ve just made a short film. The good news is: you may be able to get as many people to see it in a movie theater as an independent feature film does. Bad news is: that doesn’t pay anything. Distribution is a word usually saved for feature films. But short …
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 …
This year, my feature script INCOGNITO was an IFP partnership project at the Film Bazaar in Goa, India. INCOGNITO is the story of a seventeen-year-old girl who teams up with her father to help the Pakistani Prime Minister—on a secret pilgrimage to India—dodge an assassination attempt.
November 18, 6:40 am. At …
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David Dinerstein discusses how social networking can prove to be a tremendous tool.
From the 2011 Independent Filmmaker Conference.
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Sustaining career is a tricky thing – from staying inspired to getting paid, there are always hurdles in the road. With experience working in television, advertising, and feature films, self-distributing and getting the Golden Ticket (a sale at Sundance), these women are making their own way, and getting …
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In this full length panel, join the next generation of indie film auteurs as they discuss the future of American independent filmmaking.
Featuring
Melanie Shatzky & Brian M. Cassidy (co-directors; Francine, The Patron Saints)
David Zellner (director, Kid-Thing)
Nathan Zellner (producer, Kid-Thing)
Amy Dotson (Deputy Director, IFP)
Mike Ryan (Producer, The Comedy, Junebug)
Olivia Silver …
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IFP proudly congratulates its 17 alumni films premiering at this year’s SXSW Film Festival, including five from our Independent Filmmaker Labs: Matt Ruskin’s Booster (Narrative Labs 2011) in Narrative Competition; Avi Zev Weider’s Welcome to the Machine (Documentary Labs 2011) in Documentary Competition; and Nir Paniry’s Extracted (Narrative Labs 2011), …
The Sundance Film Festival ended two weeks ago, but the conversations it started will be continuing and evolving throughout the year, as this year’s films travel on to the rest of the world. Sundance is always a milestone. It marks chapters in our own lives as we see a new …