IFP Alum @ SXSW 2013
by Justin Ferrato on February 1, 2013 in Festival Strategy
We’re so thrilled about the 2013 South by Southwest Film Festival’s line up and congratulate our IFP Alumni who will premiere at the festival!
IFP staff will be present throughout the festival, stay tuned for updates if you’ll be at SXSW and come say hi!
Below is a list of the filmmakers who have have participated in one of our IFP programs.
Congratulations to all of our filmmakers!
Before You Know It- WORLD PREMIERE
IFP Spotlight on Documentaries 2012
Director: PJ Raval
Three gay seniors navigate the adventures, challenges and surprises of life and love in their golden years.
(World Premiere)
Brothers Hypnotic- WORLD PREMIERE
IFP Spotlight on Documentaries 2009
Director: Reuben Atlas
Eight brothers, extraordinary brass musicians from Chicago’s South Side, test their brotherhood and their father’s legacy against mounting mainstream success.
(World Premiere)
IFP No Borders International Co-Production Market 2010
Director/Screenwriter: Destin Daniel Cretton
The film follows Grace, a young supervisor at a foster-care facility, as she looks after the teens in her charge and reckons with her own troubled past. An unsparingly authentic film, full of both heart and surprising humor.
Cast : Brie Larson, John Gallagher Jr., Kaitlyn Dever, Rami Malek, Keith Stanfield
(World Premiere)
12 O’Clock Boys- WORLD PREMIERE
IFP Documentary Lab 2011
Director: Lotfy Nathan
Pug, a young boy growing up on a combative West Baltimore block, finds solace in a gang of illegal dirt bike riders known as The 12 O’Clock Boys.
(World Premiere)
Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton- WORLD PREMIERE
IFP Documentary Lab 2012
Directors: Stephen Silha, Eric Slade
A documentary about embracing your passions and becoming the person of your dreams, disguised as an inspiring biopic about pioneering filmmaker and poet James Broughton (1913-1999).
(World Premiere)
Good Ol’ Freda- WORLD PREMIERE
IFP Spotlight on Documentaries 2012
Director: Ryan White
The story of Freda Kelly, a shy Liverpudlian teenager asked to work for a young local band hoping to make it big: The Beatles. Their loyal secretary from beginning to end, Freda tells her tales for the first time in 50 years.
(World Premiere)
IFP Spotlight on Documentaries 2011
Director: Dan Hunt
Chronicles the extraordinary life of trans male porn pioneer and educator, Buck Angel. It’s a moving & provocative story of a man’s search for acceptance from his family and the world. An inspirational tale of an unlikely hero.
(World Premiere)
Our Nixon- NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
IFP Documentary Lab 2012
Director: Penny Lane
Recently discovered Super 8 home movies filmed by three of Richard Nixon’s closest aides – and fellow Watergate conspirators – offer an intimate and complex new glimpse into his presidency in this all-archival documentary.
(North American Premiere)
These Birds Walk- WORLD PREMIERE
IFP Documentary Lab 2012
Directors: Omar Mullick, Bassam Tariq
The film documents the resilience of a 6-year-old Pakistani runaway as he tackles one critical question: where is home? The streets, an orphanage, or with the family he fled in the first place?
