IFP has announced the participants of the 7th edition of its Narrative Independent Filmmaker Lab, a year-long fellowship that will commence June 6-10 in New York City. This follows last year’s highly successful edition, where more than half the projects have already been launched as first features at prestigious film festivals including Sundance, Berlin, SXSW, and Tribeca and have won notable film awards.
The 2011 Narrative Lab Fellows and their features are:
Matt Ruskin (“Booster”), Rola Nashef (“Detroit Unleaded”), Nir Paniry (“Extracted”), Jenny Deller (“Future Weather”), Andrew Semans (“Nancy, Please”), Sara Blecher (“Otelo Burning”), Tim Sutton (“Pavilion”), Jaron Henrie-McCrea (“Pervertigo”), Ryan O’Nan (“The Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best”), Mark Harris (“The Lost Children”), and Keith Miller (“Welcome to Pine Hill”).
“2010 was definitely a breakout year for our lab program, but we’re just hitting our stride,” said Joana Vicente, Executive Director of IFP and, for the first time, a participating lab leader. “We’ve found that talent alone is not enough to launch a strong first feature in today’s marketplace. With so many films available to audiences, we’ve found that it’s absolutely critical to teach the next generation of great filmmakers the true nuts and bolts of how to launch a film and connect with audiences.”
