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27th IFP Market - Future Independent Film Classics Begin Here

Seeking financing for your script? Looking for completion funds for your work-in-progress? Trying to sell your doc? Scoping out potential production partners? The IFP Market is a great place to begin. For filmmakers it is the only place in the U.S. to introduce new work-in-development to an industry-only audience of sales companies, fest programmers, distributors, TV buyers, producers and agents from the U.S. and abroad. For the industry it is a vital exhibition and discovery forum for new talent and a place to discover new films before they hit the festival circuit. For both groups, it instantly expands your contact list and accomplishes in 5 days what would otherwise take months and miles of travel.

The IFP Market seeks narrative screenplays, shorts, and rough cuts - AND - documentary shorts, features, and works-in-progress

The IFP Market's 27-year model is comprised of 1200 targeted pitch & business meetings, facilitated introductions, dozens of networking events, and hundreds of screenings and seminars, all intended to help put new projects on the radar and introduce them to the industry. An essential networking opportunity, IFP Market connects you with the industry reps you need to know to get your work financed, completed and distributed.

The IFP Market seeks narrative screenplays, shorts, and rough cuts - AND - documentary shorts, features, and works-in-progress (anything from selected scenes all the way up to rough cut). More than $150,000 in awards includes a $5,000 screenplay award, a $5,000 short award, two $5,000 awards for African-American filmmakers and $100,000 in goods and services.

New this year: Narrative Rough Cut Lab, a mentorship program consisting of structured meetings and seminars intended to help filmmakers successfully complete their works-in-progress before they enter the marketplace. The goal is to identify independent features that can benefit from the support and expertise of a team of experienced film professionals serving as advisors (producers, directors, editors, post production supervisors and music supervisors) the films selected to participate. Highly competitive. Submission fee is $50, but registration to attend the IFP Market is free.

- Rolling deadlines May 2-16 (deadline for screenplays approaching: May 2)
- Submission: $40-$50
- Registration: $200-$450 (paid on acceptance)
- Students Attend free (if accepted)
- Info: 212-465-8200 x222 or marketreg@ifp.org