Brooklyn, NY (May 20, 2019) – The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) announced today the 10 feature films selected for the Documentary Lab, part of the IFP Filmmaker Labs, IFP’s year-long fellowship for first-time filmmakers currently in post-production on their debut feature. The Labs will support the creative teams as …
While the United States Constitution does not contain a single mention of a right to privacy, the United States Supreme Court has held that such a right is implicit in the Constitution and Bill of Rights. The right of privacy has been defined as the right to live one’s life …
Viewing the brain as “an operating system with glitches,” Benjamin Dickinson’s Creative Control spins a futuristic, Brooklyn-set tale about the virtual complications and distractions of man. Experimenting with a pair of highly specialized eyeglasses known as the Augmenta, David (played by Dickinson), an ad exec with a curiosity …
Before you decide to purchase the rights to a person’s life story, it is worth considering what you are buying. When you buy the rights to portray someone in film or television, you are buying a bundle of rights. These rights include protection from suits based on defamation, invasion of …
Many filmmakers have a vague understanding of the term “Chain of Title.” Often they don’t focus on this phrase until production has been completed and a distributor expresses interest in their film. They quickly discover that they must secure E&O insurance in order to make delivery to the distributor, and …
Often maligned and disregarded as the bastard child of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge celebrates its thirtieth anniversary on November 1st, and oh what a storied history it’s had. Released only a year after Wes Craven’s original terrifying introduction to the scarred …
Khalik Allah presenting at the IFP Conference: Screen Forward on Tuesday, September 22nd 2015
Photographer and filmmaker Khalik Allah’s astonishing documentary Field Niggas kicks off IFP Screen Forward’s fall programming at the Made in NY Media Center by IFP, opening for a week-long theatrical run beginning Friday, October 16th. If you’re not familiar …
A recent Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision is good news for filmmakers who want to rely on the fair use doctrine to include materials in their own work without obtaining permission. Stephanie Lenz is a mom who posted a 29-second amateur video onto YouTube of her children dancing in …