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IFP INDEPENDENT FILM LABS

CALL FOR ENTRY

A NATIONAL PROGRAM CONNECTING MENTORS AND PROJECTS

BEFORE THEY ARE SUBMITTED TO FESTIVALS

Documentary Rough Cut Labs

May 6-9, 2008 NYC

Submissions Deadline: March 7

Narrative Rough Cut Labs

June 10-13, 2008 NYC

Submission Deadline: April 11

For submissions criteria or to apply, log onto www.ifp.org/labs.

To read more about the IFP Independent Film Labs and its past participants

http://lab.workbookproject.com/.

 Given the pivotal role that festivals play in launching emerging filmmakers, IFP designed its Rough Cut Labs to assist in tackling the creative and technical challenges of completing projects before they are submitted to festivals.

 Led by seasoned independent producers Scott Macaulay, (Producer, Raising Victor Vargas and editor, Filmmaker Magazine) and Gretchen McGowan, (Producer and former Executive in Charge of Production, HDNet Films (The Architect, Coffee and Cigarettes, Series 7: The Contenders) and Arts Engine (Election Day, Arctic Son), the Labs help independent filmmakers achieve the full potential of their material prior by providing four days of feedback and advice on the specific technical, creative and post-production issues such as  editing, music selection and scoring, festival and press strategy, sales, marketing and distribution.

 The program is open to all first-time, narrative & documentary feature filmmakers who have completed the majority of principal photography. As a commitment to diversity, IFP seeks to ensure that at least 50% of participating projects have an inclusive range of races, genders, sexual orientations, ethnicities and physical abilities in key creative positions.

 Post-Labs, IFP continues to offer support through its year round programming assistance, offering guidance, promotional support, funding opportunities, screenings and showcases for Lab Alumni.

"Each day was packed with opportunities and experiences that had formerly seemed out of reach. I know it sounds like an overstatement, but for many of us, the IFP Rough Cut Lab experience has been life-changing."

Tom Quinn, director, The New Year Parade (Narrative Grand Prize Winner, Slamdance Film Festival 2008)

"As filmmakers, we don't have to reinvent the wheel. The IFP Rough Cut Labs gave me the opportunity to pick the brains of amazing people with informed experience. As a result, I was able to make a strategy for finishing my film and showing it to the world."

Matt Wolf, director, Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell (Berlin Film Festival 2008)