The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3-majority opinion by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, has overturned the lower courts and decided that the doctrine of laches cannot be used to bar a suit if the applicable statute of limitations has not expired. This is the case even if the plaintiff delayed …
The ninth installment of the Independent Filmmaker Project’s Documentary Labs concluded their first week last Friday, and the ten selected projects hit the ground running. Diverse in tone, content and location (with filmmakers hailing from New York, Pennsylvania, California and beyond), this year’s work is sure to provoke and intrigue. …
Julianne Moore, Naomi Watts, Francisco Costa, Rooney Mara, Lupita Nyong’o and Joana Vicente
With the 67th annual Cannes Film Festival now underway, the film world has their attention focused solely on the French Riviera’s fruitful display of international cinema. Yesterday evening, the IFP, Calvin Klein Collection and euphoria Calvin Klein held …
Billed as a “case study in documentary outreach,” IFP held a unique panel discussion exclusive for members this past Monday evening. Proving that it’s no longer enough to make a film and hope it effortlessly finds a welcoming audience, filmmakers Lana Wilson and Martha Shane looked to various sources to …
One of the many perks of being an IFP member comes from the personal access to advanced screenings and visiting filmmakers making their presence known on a monthly basis. With Blue Ruin, a brutally haunting new feature from director Jeremy Saulnier, this past Monday served as a great example of the …
Andrew Greene, who claims he was the inspiration for the character Nicky “Rugrat” Koskoff in the motion picture “The Wolf of Wall Street,” has filed a $25 million lawsuit against Paramount Pictures and the producers of the Oscar-nominated film. The film, by Martin Scorsese, is about the notorious stockbroker Jordan …
By the summer of 2012, we (co-directors Mike Attie and Meghan O’Hara) had been working on our feature documentary, IN COUNTRY – a portrait of a group of men reenacting the Vietnam War in the woods of Oregon – for over two years. We were really excited about the way …
Last week at IFP we launched the call for entries for our 35th annual Independent Film Week. This year, there’s one important change — for the first time, we’ll be accepting applications for narrative web series at all stages of development, production, and post-production
It’s a long time coming, and something …