Emerging Visions
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“There’s Nothing in the Story That Predetermines That the Creature Becomes a Monster”: The Makers Of Frankenstein A.I. On Being Optimistic At IFP Week 2018
What is Frankenstein A.I.? The name itself is something of a Janus symbol, looking back to classic literature—an early work of horror and, lest we forget, of science-fiction—while looking forward to our potentially human-less future. And like Mary Shelley’s creature itself, it’s something of a patchwork, stitched together from different mediums. It’s part installation, part theater, part audience participation, part improv, even part dance. It’s not quite film, though there is a screen with moving images. Whatever it is, it premiered—under the full name Frankenstein A.I.: A Monster Made By Many—at Sundance last winter, earning raves and awe. Perhaps most […]
by Matt Prigge on Sep 20, 2018 -
Alchemy at Emerging Visions
It’s been nearly two weeks since my participation in IFP’s Emerging Visions Program and now that the dust has settled, I can see clearly how valuable this experience was, not only in a practical sense, i.e., the nuts and bolts of filmmaking, but also in more intangible ways. I was lucky to have the opportunity to participate in the Emerging Narratives and the Emerging Visions Program, back to back, with my feature film script The Whispering Giant. Both IFP programs offer filmmakers a chance to pitch their projects in a “safe” environment, where they can be critiqued by an industry […]
by Kim Spurlock on Oct 18, 2012 -
Transparency & Emerging Visions
An older filmmaker friend of mine recently told me about his first experience with Kickstarter. He hated it. It wasn’t that he didn’t get his money–his campaign was actually successful. No, It was something else. As he put it, it was “transparency.” He really didn’t like having to be so open about his needs, about the status of his project, about his desperation to raise money. Transparency can be uncomfortable for filmmakers–too much and you seem like you don’t know what you’re doing, too little and you don’t get the help you need. I guess it’s about finding the right […]
by Musa Syeed on Oct 9, 2012 -
REFLECTING ON EMERGING VISIONS
One thing I’ve been thinking a lot about since the Emerging Visions program is how different everyone’s path is to making every single one of their movies. Whether it’s your first one or your 15th, it’s always going to be a unique process. And even though each experience of making a film helps you build on your next film, each film is in a way like starting from scratch. All the writers, directors, and producers I met and listened to during Emerging Visions had something in common and that was their in-it-for-the-long-haul passion and their commitment to making each and […]
by Kate Barker-Froyland on Oct 15, 2011 -
IFP’s EMERGING VISION’S PROGRAM — THE DAY OF…
The day started off with a nice boost to my ego: another filmmaker and fellow blogger had recognized the masterful wit in my first blog entry and approached me about it. He noted that he was normally the funny one, and would now step up his game. I am competitive by nature so this was music to my ears: bring it! Only now I have to be funny again, which may be easier said than done. We began the day with the standard fare – introductions with a filmmakers’ twist: we were tasked to name our craziest venture as a […]
by Lanre Olabisi on Oct 4, 2011 -
RISK TAKING AT EMERGING VISIONS
The theme that seems to be emerging today is about taking risks. When all of us filmmakers introduced ourselves this morning at our yummy breakfast we were asked to talk about the craziest thing we had done so far as filmmakers. Doug Liman during his keynote talk carefully cut our risks in two categories. Physical danger risks which umbrella all the scary things we filmmakers do to pull off a shot, most illegal. And the often scarier emotional risks. Allowing yourself to be true to your vision, to pull back the layers… to essentially trust. My introduction story was about […]
by Suha Araj on Oct 3, 2011 -
IFP & FILM SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER UNVEIL EMERGING VISIONS
The IFP and the Film Society of Lincoln Center have announced a collaborative program to take place during this year’s New York Film Festival called Emerging Visions. According to the press release, Emerging Visions will take place Oct. 3 at Lincoln Center’s Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center with 25 emerging filmmaking talents attending with a documentary or narrative feature that has been selected from IFP and the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s talent pool. They will be paired with an established director or producer who will mentor them through the current filmmaking landscape, offering guidance and connections to filmmakers on both […]
by Jason Guerrasio on Sep 13, 2011
