IFP’s Script To Screen Conference

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Published on Wednesday, 02 March 2011 01:59

Written by L E Shannon

IFP’s Script to Screen Conference is being held March 5, 2011 at 92Y Tribeca in New York City. This event is a must for anyone who is about independent filmmaking, from fledgling writers and other aspirants to die-hard filmmakers.

IFP partners with Writers Guild of America, East and the Nantucket Film Festival for an all-day event with workshops, seminars and networking that explores new opportunities available to indie filmmakers and writers.

Independent filmmakers have myriad opportunities available to develop, create, and fund their latest script, yet challenges abound for writers and writer/directors of all levels to get their latest work seen, sold, and produced.

“Script to Screen is a critical opportunity for writers to hear from other working, forward-thinking writers, directors and producers about the techniques and new concepts in storytelling,” says Joana Vicente, Executive Director of IFP. “Screenwriters are the incubators of great ideas in independent film, and through Script to Screen, IFP helps to educate and support the development of their careers.”

This year, Panels include:

• A Conversation with Barry Levinson (Avalon, Diner, Rain Man)
• A Conversation with Mark Heyman (Black Swan, his first produced screenplay)
• New Platforms for Writers with Carol Kolb, Head Writer, Onion News Network
• Martha Marcy May Marlene: Case Study in Writing Teams, with Sean Durkin (Writer/Director) and Josh Mond (Producer)
• Live Reading: Two Scenes for Dialogue Analysis from IFP’s Emerging Narrative talent pool
• Pitch Workshop – Submit Your Pitch!

Other featured speakers include:

• • Mystelle Brabbee, Artistic Director, Nantucket Film Festival
  • Noah Harlan (Producer, Tehilim, Avanim)
  • Amy Hobby (Producer, Secretary)
  • Ursula Lawrence, Lead Strategy Organizer, WGA East
  • Aida LiPera, Manager of Acquisitions, Visit Films
  • Paul Miller (Producer, Lone Star, Snow Angels)
  • Susan Miller (Writer, “Anyone But Me”, Assoc. Producer, “The L Word”)
  • Peter Phok, Producer, Glass Eye Pix (I Sell The Dead, House of the Devil)
  • Tina Cesa Ward (Writer/Director “Anyone But Me”)
  • Susan Wrubel (Acquisitions and Production Director, Salt)

Select Conference panels will be streamed live in partnership with UStream.com, and panels will be available to members at www.ifp.org following the event.

New York audiences will have opportunity to interact with panelists in the Networking Coffee beginning the day’s events, by submitting questions for our keynotes in advance via Twitter, and applying to participate in the Pitch Workshop, among other opportunities.

Previous Conference speakers have included directors Lisa Cholodenko (The Kids Are All Right), Debra Granik (Winter’s Bone), Lee Daniels (Precious) and Adrienne Shelly (Waitress).

The Conference is open to the public. Passes are available and cost $80 for IFP members and $100 for non-members.

For more information, including on pre-conference give-aways and contests, go to http://www.ifp.org/script-to-screen-conference.

About IFP

After debuting with a program in the 1979 New York Film Festival, the nonprofit IFP has evolved into the nation's oldest and largest organization of independent filmmakers, and also the premier advocate for them. Since its start, IFP has supported the production of 7,000 films and provided resources to more than 20,000 filmmakers - voices that otherwise might not have been heard. IFP believes that independent films enrich the universal language of cinema, seeding the global culture with new ideas, kindling awareness, and fostering activism. The organization has fostered early work by leading filmmakers including Charles Burnett, Edward Burns, Jim Jarmusch, Barbara Kopple, Michael Moore, Mira Nair and Kevin Smith.

For information go to www.ifp.org.

92Y Tribeca
200 Hudson Street
New York, NY 10013
(212) 601-1000