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IFP Accepts Submissions to Independent Filmmaker Labs

Are you a first time filmmaker with a rough-cut or a feature in post? IFP’s Independent Filmmaker Labs, the year-long fellowship supporting independent filmmakers when they need it most: through the completion, marketing, and distribution of their first features, are now accepting submission from all first-time documentary and narrative feature directors with films in post-production. Structured in three week-long components held over the year, the Labs offer personalized attention on post-production, audience building, and distribution strategies in the digital age, followed by continued support from IFP as the project premieres in the marketplace.

Recent Lab Project alumni now in theaters include: Dee Rees’ Pariah (Focus Features), Alrick Brown’s Kinyarwanda (AFFRM), and Victoria Mahoney’s Yelling to the Sky (MPI), being released this spring. Premieres at 2012 festivals have included An Oversimplification of Her Beauty (Sundance), Welcome to Pine Hill (Slamdance, Grand Jury Award), Una Noche (Berlin), and The Light in Her Eyes and Smokin’ Fish (IDFA 2011) - with more Lab alumni set for upcoming festivals and broadcast.

DEADLINES: March 9, 2012 (Documentaries), April 6, 2012 (Narratives)

Think you have what it takes? To apply or for more information, click here.

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