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 …
Selected Projects will be featured at Independent Film Week’s Project Forum in NYC September 14-18 2014
March 17, 2014 (Brooklyn, NY) – The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) announced today a new Web Series Sidebar as part of its RBC Emerging Storytellers program. Up to five web series in …
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 …
Arlington to Drive Communications for IFP Annual Programming and New Made In NY Media Center By IFP
February 21, 2014 (New York, NY) – The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) announced today that Jody Arlington has joined the IFP team as its Director of Communications, overseeing IFP’s communications for its annual programming and the …
Education Partner General Assembly to Start Classes This October
August 28, 2013 (New York, NY) – The Made in NY Media Center by IFP, announced today that Nekisa Cooper has joined the Media Center team as its Producer of Educational Programs. Cooper joins Made in NY Media Center by IFP’s previously announced …
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Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson to Serve as Founding Artist In Residence
October 1, 2013, Brooklyn, NY—Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Mayor’s Office of Media & Entertainment Commissioner Katherine …
IFP congratulates its alumni filmmakers with IFP-supported projects at the 2013 Hot Docs International Documentary Film Festival and Hot Docs Forum, taking place April 25th to May 5th in Toronto.
All projects have been supported by the Project Forum of Independent Film Week and/or IFP’s Independent Filmmaker Labs:
Festival
12 O’Clock Boys, dir. …
This January’s Sundance Film Festival was my first, and though I came armed with a three-inch binder’s worth of printed out screening schedules, flight itineraries, custom made Google Maps, and much, much more, I quickly learned that it was the kind of thing that you just can’t quite prepare for. …