Project Forum
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Submission Deadlines Approaching for IFP’s Independent Film Week Project Forum
A quick public service announcement, in case you’re not aware that the deadlines for Independent Film Week — organized by IFP, the publisher of Filmmaker magazine — are quickly approaching. Here’s all the info you should need: Independent Film Week (September 15-19, 2013) is the oldest and largest forum in the U.S. for the discovery of new projects in development and new voices on the independent film scene. The Project Forum is a meetings-driven forum connecting filmmakers with producers, funders, distributors, broadcasters, sales agents, festival programmers, and more. The three sections of the Project Forum with open applications are: Emerging […]
by Nick Dawson on Apr 26, 2013 -
IFP ANNOUNCES 150 TITLES FOR PROJECT FORUM 2011
The IFP announced today the slate for this year’s Project Forum, which will take place during the 33rd edition of Independent Film Week on Sept. 18-22 at the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Elinor Bunin Monroe Film Center. The centerpiece of Independent Film Week, Project Forum is designed specifically as a place for industry to meet with new talent, as well as discover fresh projects from emerging and veteran filmmakers. Read the complete press release and full list of titles in this year’s Project Forum. All 150 projects showcased in the Project Forum this year are narrative and documentary features […]
by Jason Guerrasio on Aug 11, 2011 -
HELLO, WORLD: EMERGING NARRATIVE FILMMAKER MARC MAURINO, PART 2
Hello there. My name is Marc Maurino, as the byline indicates, and close watchers of this blog might remember that a few days ago there was a post entitled “Why I’m Looking For a Producer at Independent Film Week.” That post just dove into what I’m looking for in a producer and was scant on background information about myself, because it actually started life as a letter I wrote to Filmmaker magazine editor Scott Macaulay a few weeks ago, in response to his query in one of his editor’s letters about an upcoming article for the magazine (yes, I sometimes […]
by Marc Maurino on Sep 19, 2010 -
INSIDE INDEPENDENT FILM WEEK
With IFP‘s Independent Film Week starting on Sunday we wanted to share with you the new names you’ll see on our blog in the days ahead. These people have projects in the Project Forum and will be giving you a first-person account of what goes on at IFW. They include: Emerging Narrative Marc Maurino (Inside the Machine) Steve Collins (The Garden) Roja Gashtili & Julia Lerman (Pretty To Think So) Spotlight on Docs Joshua Z Weinstein (Off Duty) Sandra Jaffe (Our Mockingbird) No Borders Ryan Koo and Zak Lieberman (3rd Rail) Peter Sterling (The Restoration) Labs Chris Ohlson (Melvin) Felix […]
by Jason Guerrasio on Sep 15, 2010 -
150 FILMS SLATED FOR IFP’s PROJECT FORUM
Project Forum, part of IFP‘s Independent Film Week which will take place Sept. 19-23, is the centerpiece of IFW, designed specifically as a place for industry to meet with new talent, as well as discover fresh projects from emerging and veteran filmmakers. 150 projects have been selected for this year’s Project Forum, and will be spread out over its four section — Emerging Narrative, Independent Filmmaker Labs, No Borders International Co-Production Market and Spotlight on Documentaries. Some of the established names showing new work this year include producers like Howard Gertler & John Cameron Mitchell (Shortbus), Lynette Howell (Half Nelson), […]
by Jason Guerrasio on Aug 15, 2010
