The History and Legacy of AIVF (Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers)
In 1975, when a small group of energetic filmmakers convened the Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers in their living…
Elizabeth Angell
Elizabeth Angell is a New York based freelance writer.
Moving Images
Morgan Spurlock’s Super Size Me (2004) was an unqualified hit. The documentary, which followed Spurlock as he ate nothing but…
Guys on Girls on Film
From time to time there is a banner year for female characters. A great fuss is made about how movie-land…
Witness to Change
System Failure: Violence, Abuse and Neglect in the California Youth Authority has all the elements you’ve come to expect from…
After The Split
On a Monday afternoon last September, IFP Executive Director Michelle Byrd sat on a patch of industrial carpet by some…
Turning Books into Scripts
Scott Heim’s 1995 novel, Mysterious Skin, makes for an unlikely film. The story of two eight-year-olds from Kansas who are…
Netflix and the afterlife of indies
For a documentary, Deadline (2004) was, by all accounts, a big success. The film, which profiled Illinois Governor George Ryan…
The Subtle Art of Awareness
When Jim de Sève began working on his documentary, Tying the Knot, four years ago, it was a small, personal…
Can Story be Taught?
Charlie Kaufman: Screenwriting seminars are bullshit Donald Kaufman: In theory, I agree with you. But this one’s different. This one’s…