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Juried award comes with $50,000 prize

The Independent Film Project is offering a $50,000 film finishing grant for the winner among the 11 narrative films picked for the Independent Filmmaker Lab, which runs in Gotham June 10-13.
Juried award will be presented at the independent filmmaker awards ceremony during IFP’s Independent Film Week next September. The filmmakers in this year’s narrative lab are working in genres ranging from drama to true crime to experimental, in languages as diverse as Tagalog and Kashmiri.

Lab supports independent projects still at the rough-cut production stage and connects tyro filmmakers with mentors who offer advice on technical, creative and post-production issues. Female lab alums are also eligible for the $10,000 Adrienne Shelly director grant, launched last year with funding from the Adrienne Shelly Foundation and Artists Public Domain.

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