IFP BOARD OF DIRECTORS Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte Chairman Jewell Jackson McCabe President John Schmidt Treasurer Anthony Bregman Secretary Jeanne It. Berney Mark D'Arcy Philipp Engelhorn Hunter C. Gray Ted Hope James Janowitx Andrew Karpen Craig Nevill-Manning Sheila Nevins Katherine Oliver Stephan Patemot Sharon Solomon lance Weiler Adorn Youth Joann Vicente Executive Director IFP'S MISSION The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) is the nation's oldest and largest not-for-profit advocacy organization for independent filmmakers. Since its debut at the 1979 New York Film Festival, IFP has supported the production of over 7,000 films and offered resources to more than 20,000 filmmakers, providing an opportunity for many diverse voices to be heard. IFP believes that independent films enrich the universal language of cinema, seeding the global culture with new ideas, kindling awareness, and fostering activism. The organization championed the early work of pioneering independent filmmakers Charles Burnett, Todd Haynes, Mira Nair, Michael Moore, Joel and Ethan Coen, Kevin Smith, and Todd Solondz. IFP continues to play a vital role in launching first films of many of today's rising stars on the independent scene including Debra Granik ("Down to the Bone"), Miranda July ("Me, You and Everyone We Know"), and Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden ("Half Nelson"). IFP represents a network of 10,000 filmmakers in New York City and around the world and fosters the development of 350 feature and documentary films each year. Through its workshops, seminars, conferences, mentorships, and Filmmaker Magazine, IFP schools its members in the art, technology, and business of independent filmmaking. The year-round program includes Independent Film Week, Envision, the Cross-Media Forum, the Gotham Independent Film Awards's% and the Independent Filmmaker Labs. IFP's programs promote diverse voices in independent film by working to include racial, eth