As excited as I am about coming to New York for IFP’s Independent Film Week, this story starts somewhere else…. For the last eight days, I have been fortunate enough to be in Toronto, attending TIFF as a 2012 Talent Lab Fellow alongside 24 very talented filmmakers from around the world. Produced this year by the indomitable Helen DuToit (who also serves as the Artistic Director of the Palm Springs International Film Festival), the Talent Lab was led by a core group of fantastic filmmakers – documentarian Jennifer Baichwal (Manufactured Landscapes), producer Stephen Woolley (presenting both Byzantium and Great Expectations), […]