Film Independent selects six directors for 05 directing lab

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Film Independent selects six directors for 2015 directing lab --

Mon, 09 Feb 2015 14:04

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On 2 February 2015, Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards, Los Angeles Film Festival and Film Independent at LACMA, announced the six directors selected for its 15th annual Directing Lab. The lab is an intensive eight week program designed to support emerging independent film directors in prep on their feature films. As part of the Lab the directors also attend Film Independent s Directors Close-Up series that offers a unique opportunity to hear directly from the best independent directors and their collaborators, as they explore specific aspects of their craft.

Film Independent also awarded the inaugural Ammon Foundation Fellowship for a Female Director to Philiane Phang who was accepted into the lab with her project The Space Between. The Fellowship includes a US$10 000 unrestricted cash grant. Film Independent Fellowships provide much needed financial support for filmmakers to use in development and production. Fellowship recipients must be selected to participate in a current Film Independent Lab to be considered to receive a Fellowship.

Directors Daniel Barnz, Catherine Hardwicke and James Ponsoldt are the 2015 directing lab creative advisors. Other industry advisors include leading directing teacher, Joan Scheckel, and casting director, Heidi Levitt. The primary focus of the lab is on working with actors in the rehearsal process. Under the guidance of the creative advisors, Directing Fellows select short scenes from their scripts to workshop and shoot. Film Independent provides fellows with digital camera and lighting packages and small stipends to shoot their scenes, and offers access to experienced casting directors, cinematographers, and editors with whom to collaborate and consult. The process creates an opportunity to see the work through from pre- to post-production, and culminates in a group screening for the Advisors, Film Independent Staff and Fellows.

The Directing Lab is provided free to invited filmmakers, and upon completion they become Film Independent Fellows, receiving year-round support, including eligibility for grants and awards, access to Film Independent s annual film education offerings and a pass to the Los Angeles Film Festival.

The Directing Lab is supported by lead funder The Time Warner Foundation. Additional funding is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts and The Ammon Foundation.

The Directing Lab is one of Film Independent s Artist Development Programs, which include a Documentary Lab in the spring, a Screenwriting Lab running late summer, and a Producing Lab running in the fall.

The 2015 Directing Lab participants and their projects are:

Dara Ju by Anthony Onah writer, director

Ghosts In The Graveyard by Kevin Parker Flynn writer, director

Nancy by Christina Choe writer, director

Norway by Sylvia Sether writer, director, producer

The Space Between by Philiane Phang writer, director

The Time Capsule by Erwann Marshall co-writer, director

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