Director Debra Granik (WINTER’S BONE) is one of the many special guests participating in the IFP’s Independent Filmmaker Conference
Haft Auditorium, FIT
227 West 27th St. between Seventh & Eighth Aves.
September 19-23
Tickets: $35-$300
www.ifp.org
The IFP, which is dedicated to independent film and its ability to “expand people’s points of view by exposing them to different ones,” is holding its annual Independent Filmmaker Conference from September 19 to 23 at FIT’s Haft Auditorium. Daily discussions will focus on “The Future of Film” (Sunday), “Do or DIY: Distribution and Marketing” (Monday), “The Truth About Non-Fiction” (Tuesday), “The Reel World: Doc and Fiction Collide” (Wednesday), and “Sustaining a Film (and Media) Making Career” (Thursday), with six panels each day, featuring directors, producers, marketers, bloggers, composers, festival curators, film critics, online experts, and other industry insiders and outsiders. There will also be several “case studies,” taking special looks at Debra Granik’s WINTER’S BONE, Jay Duplass’s CYRUS, Lena Dunham’s TINY FURNITURE, and Tim Hetherington’s RESTREPO, as well as conversations with HBO’s Sheila Nevins, Power to the Pixel’s Liz Rosenthal, and AMERICAN SPLENDOR’s Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. The event is open to the public; ticket prices begin at $35 for individual sessions, with festival passes for nonmembers running $300.