IFP Week Fosters the Cinematic Arts

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Published on Monday, 17 September 2012 21:53

Written by Renzo Adler

Now in its 34th installment, the Independent Film Week (September 16 – 20, 2012), organized by the Independent Film Project (IFP) brings together new talent in the world of independent films with industry movers-and-shakers.  Film makers shopping around new projects, scripts in development, and new films looking for distribution get the helping hand they need through the Independent Film Week at Lincoln Center.

Project Forum assembles 165 films from around the world (documentary and narrative) that are looking for that last financial push to get them out the door along 25 scripts in development.  Directors taking part in the Project Forum include:

Deron Albright (The Destiny of Lesser Animals)
Eleanor Burke & Ron Eyal (Stranger Things)
Brian Crano (Bag of Hammers)
Dustin Guy Defa (Bad Fever)
Clay Jeter (JESS +MOSS)
Eric Juhola (Off The Grid: Life On The Mesa)
Malcom Murray (Bad Posture)
Matthew Porterfield (Putty Hill)

The Future Forward Industry Initiative is a series of programs and talks that look to foster filmmaking and presentation. This includes a producer workshop and the IFP Festival Forum where film fest organizers can meet and discuss their craft and woes (hey, brining over film prints from around the globe aint cheap, you know) and the New International Partners & Initiatives which assembles producers from international markets.

The Filmmaker Conference is a series of talks and seminars focusing on the creative side of the filmmaking process. This includes a special analysis of the film Beasts of the Southern Wild. Meet the Descision Makers is a ticketed even that lets people meet with top distributors, agents & managers, and filmmakers’ grants and fellowships.  Attendees at the event include:  

Steve Coulson (Campfire Media)
Nicole Emanuele (YouTube)
Eric Brown (Kornhaber Brown)
Karol Martesko-Fenster (Cinelan)
Daniel Minahan (Director:  Game of Thrones, True Blood, Series 7)
Jon Reiss (distribution strategist)

Independent Film Week plays the part of the mediator between the starving artist and the cigar chomping executive that doesn’t “get” what filmmakers are talking about. Okay, that’s a tired cliché, but IFP definitely plays an important role in the fostering and guiding of emerging talents.

To learn more, go to: http://www.ifp.org/programs/independent-film-week

Independent Film Week
September 16 – 20, 2012

Film Society of Lincoln Center
70 Lincoln Center Plz #4
New York, NY 10023

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