Temporary Sound Mix & Festival Submissions

While the show from Park City has kept Scott busy and me distracted, there's still been some progress with "All God's Children".

Tom Lino has continued to work on the sound design and delivered a temporary mix to me last week so I could make our first official festival submission. Well, that submission still didn't have final sound and no color timing. But it's already sounding great and the look isn't that bad either.

We're scheduled for a (probably) final sound session on Wednesday. We're hoping to do the color correction this week or next.

It's a little unfortunate that our timing hasn't allowed us to submit to some upcoming prestigious festivals like SXSW, Full Frame or Tribeca. But first of all our timing depended solely on the flow of money (and sometimes you just have to go with it) and of course, there are some great festivals coming up in late spring and summer where we would love to show "All God's Children."

So please keep your fingers crossed.

P.S.: For those in the know, I'm almost done with a rough cut of the Weitzel video. It's clocking in at 2 1/2 hours! I'm planning to submit it for editorial review by the end of the week.

iW: VIDEO On The Scene in Park City '07 - 10

This is it - the last episode of "iW: VIDEO On The Scene in Park City '07"

The grand finale features:

- the question of "The Favorite Film"

- the awards and winners

- quick interviews with the Grand Jury Prize winning filmmakers: Christopher Zalla, director of "Padre Nuestro", and Jason Kohn, director of "Manda Bala"

- not to forget, a happening "10 of Zen"

Check it out:



This episode is also posted on indieWIRE and Fox Searchlight.

To get more detailed news about what you see on iW: VIDEO or anything at all in the independent film industry you can always count on indieWIRE.

iW: VIDEO On The Scene in Park City '07 - 9

An extra long episode full of good stuff before the one-day hiatus building up to the grand finale: The Sundance Awards on Saturday night with the corresponding iW: VIDEO episode following on Sunday.

Episode 9 (1/27/07) features:

- Crispin Glover talks about his film "It Is Fine. Everything Is Fine." (co-directed by David Brothers) and about "corporate controlled cinema" stupefying the culture.

- At one of the last days of the festival filmmakers share their most memorable moments from the last two weeks.

- The Future according to Jeff "The Dude" Dowd

- A review of "The Protagonist" directed by Jessica Yu.

- Daily Quote, iPop pictures and "10 of Zen"



The Dude abides...

iW: VIDEO On The Scene in Park City '07 - 8

The best one yet! And I'm actually all giddy with excitement... because this episode features:

- Ira Glass of NPR's This American Life (only the best show on radio) being interviewed by Anne Sundberg (who co-directed/produced "The Devil Came on Horseback"). Rumors had been floating around for some time but now it's finally happening: This American Life as a television show will be airing on Showtime. And yes, it's totally weird at first to see Ira Glass while he's talking. By the end of the interview I was used to it and now cannot wait to WATCH This American Life. (This interview is an iW: VIDEO exclusive)

- Zooey Deschanel and Lou Taylor Pucci talk about starring in "The Go-Getter" and make it look like anything with them would be lots of fun

- Anthony Kaufman reviews Chris Smith's "The Pool" - directing his first real fiction film (admittedly I had to struggle quite a bit believing that his brilliant "American Movie" was NOT fiction). The film sounds very promising.

- Of course this episode is well-rounded out by iPOP, daily quotes and even the best "10 of Zen" so far. After all the excitement I could have used 20 ;-)

Clearly, you don't want to miss this episode.



Episode 8 is also posted on indieWIRE and Fox Searchlight.

Only one more regular show to go after this - then the grand awards finale and everyone goes home.

In Brooklyn it's 15 degrees Fahrenheit right now, that's -9 degrees Celsius. Just thought I'd add that.

iW: VIDEO on iTunes!!!

That's right you can finally subscribe to the iW: VIDEO through iTunes.

You can either just download the episode you'd like to watch or subscribe to the podcast and get each current episode automatically. If you own a Video iPod you probably know that you can have the latest episodes automatically appear on your iPod the next time you sync it.

But you don't need an iPod or a Mac to use iTunes. You do have to download iTunes if you don't have it here. It's free.

Oh, and the episodes are free as well, of course. The only bad news: they don't look as good as the web version. It's all a learning process...

• Open iTunes

• Click on podcasts

• If it doesn't come up automatically, click on the Podcast Directory link at the bottom right

• As of right now iW: VIDEO shows up on the front page - otherwise type "indieWIRE" in the search box

iW: VIDEO On The Scene in Park City '07 - 7

Today's don't-miss-episode features:

- Christine Vachon of Killer Films talks, among other things, about her new book "A Killer Life" (I loved and highly recommend her first book "Shooting To Kill"). And who knew that she pronounces her last name like that?

- Survival tips for attending Sundance from those who know

- A censored review of Robinson Devor's "Zoo" (right, the film about the horse ****ing)





This episode is also posted on indieWIRE and Fox Searchlight.

To get more detailed news about what you see on iW: VIDEO or anything at all in the independent film industry you can always count on indieWIRE.

iW: VIDEO Park City Pictures

iW: VIDEO Headquarters - Day 1

The iW:VIDEO editing suite. Just a camera, a laptop, an external harddrive, a garden chair and the "10 of Zen" Buddah. Oh, and a really big mirror.

iW: VIDEO Headquarters - Day 9

Looks like someone has actually been working. And covering up that mirror.

That someone:

Scott on Main Street on Tuesday

Now even BIGGER -- iW: VIDEO On The Scene in Park City '07

With the help of mastermind James Israel at indieWIRE I finally learned how to post the video in a larger size. It's just a matter of typing in a different size... who knew? :-)

Now if someone could only clue me in: when people view the clip here does that get counted anywhere? vMix.com who is hosting the videos is counting hits - but is that only for views directly on their site or could that include views of the embeded file, since I'm not really uploading, only pointing to it? Anyone?


Addition 1/24:

• Jeff Marks from Wallstrip & BrightRED Pictures gave me all the facts today. When embedding a widget for a video (in this case I get it from Fox Searchlight) onto a site (e.g., this blog) it still gets played from the original hosting site (in our case vMix.com) and therefore each view gets counted on the hosting site no matter where the video was actually watched.

• I will now replace all the small screen episodes with larger screen versions so you can view the whole season of "iW: VIDEO On The Scene in Park City '07" here.
  

iW: VIDEO On The Scene - Park City '07 - 6

Episode 6 went up early. Those guys in Park City must have had a "work" party to go to...

Today's episode features:

- director David Gordon Green, who gives insights into the casting of his Sundance film "Snow Angels" and why he is ready to make his Hollywood action comedy

- adorable young actors Reece Daniel Thompson and Anna Kendrick, who star in "Rocket Science"

- Anthony Kaufman gives a not-so-positive review of "Grace is Gone" shortly after it has been picked up by the Weinstein Company

- Of course you also get your iPop, Daily Quotes and "Ten of Zen"



You can also watch this episode here: indieWIRE or Fox Searchlight.

To get more detailed news about what you see on iW: VIDEO or anything at all in the independent film industry you can always count on indieWIRE.

Anthony Kaufman's Blog

Anthony Kaufman does the 60-second film reviews in the "iW: VIDEO On The Scene in Park City '07". I was curious about his written reviews (especially after his hearing his opinion of "Grace Is Gone" in episode 6).

So I found his blog and figured I'd share it: blogs.indiewire.com/anthony

iW: VIDEO On The Scene - Park City '07 - 5

Episode 5 of the indieWIRE video show from Sundance is here and you don't want to miss it. Today's episode features:

- a charming interview with Parker Posey and Zoe Cassavetes discussing their Dramatic Competition film "Broken English"

- Anthony Kaufmann's review of Rory Kennedy's "Ghosts of Abu Ghraib"

- director Martin O'Brien reveals why he brought his film "Freedom Fuels" to Park City and where you can download it for free. (Well, I feel strongly about these issues so here's the link: Download "Freedom Fuels".)



You can also watch this episode here: indieWIRE or Fox Searchlight.

To get more detailed news about what you see on iW: VIDEO or anything at all in the independent film industry you can always count on indieWIRE.

Parker, Zoe, Scott & Brian, Oh My!

Yesterday Scott and indieWIRE editor Brian Brooks "had to" get cozy with Parker Posey (couldn't help myself) and Zoe R. Cassavetes on a chaise longue.

The indie queen and the daughter of legendary John Cassavetes are in Park City to promote their film "Broken English", which is in the Dramatic Competition at Sundance.

The interview will air in episode 5 of iW: VIDEO On the Scene in Park City '07 which will go online by tomorrow morning. To sweeten the wait please check out today's episode here.

iW: VIDEO On The Scene - Park City '07 - 4

The latest and greatest from Sundance.

- Today's episode features an interview with Gregg Araki (whose last film "Mysterious Skin" is in my top 10 most favorite films - though I understand his new film "Smiley Face" is quite different and probably more like is previous films, which is not a bad thing).

- Anthony Kaufman gives a very promising review of "Rocket Science" directed by Jeffery Blitz, who made himself known through the excellent documentary "Spellbound".

- You get to enjoy a few moments of Alexi Murdoch crooning (I think I've seen him open up for Damien Rice at a free show on Pier 17 a few summers ago - can anyone confirm?)

- Mia Farrow reminds us how important filmmaking can be to bring voice to the people when speaking about "The Devil Came on Horseback", a film about Darfur.



You can also watch this episode on: Fox Searchlight or indieWIRE.

I hope you enjoyed today's episode... And check in again tomorrow - I hear rumors of Parker Posey and Zoe Cassavettes...

iW: VIDEO On The Scene - Park City '07 - 3

Today's episode is mostly about Slamdance. What a bunch of fun people those guys & gals are over there!

Find out about Slamdance from Co-Founders Dan Mirvish and Peter Baxter and from several attendees and staff. Who knew that Slamdance & Sundance have led to bridging romance...

The movie review takes you back to the Sundance Dramatic Competition: Weapons by Adam Bhala Lough.

As icing on top you've got the latest iPop pictures from the cool and the beautiful (or intoxicated?) at the recent parties.



Alternate sites: Episode 3 on Fox Searchlight and Episode 3 on indieWIRE

There also is an indieWIRE network on YouTube. But so far only the last two episode of "iW: VIDEO On The Scene - Park City '07" have been posted. However, you can watch earlier videos which Good Hard Working People had nothing to do with. The quality of YouTube videos is never very high, but they're easy to share and subscribe to: indieWIRE Network

Thank you again for your interest and please keep watching iW: VIDEO on The Scene

Last but not least our special thank you today goes out to David Sutera who has been helping Scott put these episodes together: THANK YOU!

Clearly, The Two Most Handsome Men In Park City

Scott Solary of GHWP and James Israel of indieWIRE

Eugene Hernandez from indieWIRE just sent this fab picture from his phone. THANK YOU!

I know it really doesn't look like they're doing hard work out there, but I have heard rumors that they're currently heading back to the condo to upload the new episode of "iW Video on The Scene Park City '07". It's about Slamdance... can't wait to see it.

iW: VIDEO On The Scene - Park City '07 - 2

The second episode of indieWIRE's daily online show from Park City (and produced by our very own Scott Solary) went up this morning. And does it look good! You don't want to miss it.

- Programming Director John Cooper explains what Sundance is REALLY all about and why he loves his job -

- Documentary director Cynthia Wade introduces her social issues women centered documentary "Freeheld" -

- Last but not least Anthony Kaufmann's daily 60-second film review.

Every day you can just visit one of the following sites to find the daily episode:
www.indieWIRE.com or
http://content.foxsearchlight.com/SOIF
But you can always come here.

(I encourage you to subscribe to this blog - you'll automatically get notified through your viewer when I post the latest link.)

Please watch the show and leave a comment on any of the sites, including this one. And if you really love it, you can even get the code from the Fox Searchlight site and post the video on your own site. Technology, I'm telling ya!

Clearly, we're very excited about today's episode. We hope you like it, too, and thank you for your interest!


Addition (1/22): Now that I figured out I can embed the videos on this blog without throwing off the count of hits, I thought I should.

Here's looking at Bob

Look, here's Scott looking at Robert Redford during the Sundance Opening Day Press Conference. Do you think next time Scott will also bring his big tri-pod or that he'll continue to sit on a comfy chair with his mono-pod? C'mon, what do you think?

iW: VIDEO On The Scene - Park City '07 - 1

Scott is currently in Park City producing a daily online show for indieWIRE about everything Sundance & Slamdance. The first episode just went live.

Right now you can view the first show (and all subsequent shows) on indieWIRE directly:

• Go to http://www.indiewire.com/parkcity/

• There you can either watch it in pretty darn small or look for the link: “Watch the large screen version here.”
  

Please let us know what you think.

And don’t forget: THERE WILL BE A NEW SHOW EVERY DAY UNTIL THE END OF THE FESTIVALS.


Addition (1/22): Now that I figured out I can embed the videos on this blog without throwing off the count of hits, I thought I should.

Has the Controversy Begun?

Recently someone warned 24 Churches and/or mission sending organizations that we are about to finish "All God's Children", a documentary about missionaries' children abused at boarding school by other missionaries.

Why those 24 Churches/organizations? They were all named by children of missionaries as the employer/overseeing organization of their abusers.

We were given this list and were planning to provide the number as context: this abuse is wide-spread.

Someone felt compelled to alert these organizations of the film and their inclusion on this list - maybe to aid them in blocking the release of this film - maybe to provoke them into positive action towards the victims - maybe just to "lawyer up" in time before a possible public exposure.

It was odd to realize that this person had made a few statements about us that weren't quite true but were sold as fact: that the film would be released this year (we wish we had that signed contract already), that Scott and I are non-Christians (we had thought our spirituality to be a private matter - naively, I'm sure) and that we received funding from the same foundation as "Jesus Camp". We don't see any financial connection between our project and that film. Actually we have no idea how they were funded, but it doesn' look like they received a grant from The Jerome Foundation, who awarded us the NYC Media Arts Grant. In any case, The Jerome Foundation is a secular organization that has no editorial or other control of the funded projects whatsoever anyway.

It's never pleasant to read misinformation about yourself - especially in a somewhat public forum. The person who had made those statements was apologetic upon contact by us. And we have to admit that we are allowing people in our film to make some much bolder statements about others. Something certainly worth contemplating and something I'd like to write more about once the film gets released.

It seems that we may have to brace ourselves for more controversy and maybe even some untruths - especially considering how delicate and upsetting the subject of our documentary is.

In the end what I found most striking about this incident is that the person who contacted the 24 Churches / organizations apparently is a child abuse victim themselves. It's astonishing how a victim seemingly continues to protect the abuser or the group surrounding the abuser. Fear, obedience, but also identification and compassion - the effects of the continued control the abusers can have over their victims is complex. This is why with "All God's Children" a main focus is on the long-term aftermath of the abuse and the path of healing that is possible.

With this in mind I also wish this person the best in their healing journey.

A Matter of Truth

Today someone brought to my attention the organization "A Matter of Truth" and I felt compelled to re-post their link here: http://www.amatteroftruth.org

In their own words:

A Matter Of Truth is the first, national, survivor-driven organization committed to obtaining federal intervention and assistance in unveiling the truth about religious personnel and their institutions who are responsible for the sexual abuse of children and vulnerable adults.

By using their online form you can petition for a congressional hearing if you like.

Of course, I applaud their advocacy work in general. I furthermore appreciate that their focus is not the Catholic Church but ALL religious institutions. After all, this is not a problem which occurs only in one denomination. This is an important point of our in-the-works documentary "All God's Children" which tells of a Protestant Church and mission sending organization and the children who were abused at its boarding school.

Brooklyn Army Terminal

Photo by satanslaundromat.com

This weekend my long-time friend and sports journalist Tobias Pox and his wife Rachel are visiting. And while Scott is creating segment introductions for the indieWIRE/Sundance Film Festival show, the rest of us went to explore the place where Elvis was shipped off to Germany in 1958: the Brooklyn Army Terminal.

What an amazing location for a shoot!

Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and finished in 1918 the complex used to be a transfer station between train lines and the water front - shipping supplies and soldiers. It's no longer an army terminal and the trains no longer run through the middle of the building. Apparently it houses a bunch of business - including Lowel lights.

On a drizzly and cold Sunday it was perfectly deserted.

It's located in Sunset Park, at 58th Street and 2nd Avenue.

Unfortunately I didn't have a camera on me to take my own pictures. But I'm sure I'll make it back there again soon for stills or moving images. It's well worth the trip.

Sundance, indieWIRE and a MacBook Pro

Photo by Eugene Hernandez of indieWIRE

Rather unexpected and very exciting developments happening involving the Sundance Film Festival, indieWIRE, Scott and last but not least a Macintosh computer.

The fabulous guys at indieWIRE (the premier online magazine covering the independent film market) have hired Scott to travel to Sundance (the premier American film festival for independent-ish films) with them and shoot a daily webcast for indieWIRE and Fox Searchlight.

If that isn't exciting enough (it is pretty exciting for us - even though we won't be participating in the festival with our own film, working at the festival for indieWIRE is just about as thrilling) we also broke down and bought our first Macintosh computer!

Now for eons we've been working on PCs (Sony VAIO for editing, Toshiba for our laptop needs) because first of all we grew up with them and knew them inside-out, had all the software for them, most importantly Avid DV XPress Pro (which is supposed to work best on PC these days) and last but not least because that's what we could afford.

But lately Scott has been doing a lot more work on Final Cut Pro, especially projects that involved encoding for the web... And then there's the thing with PC's just becoming more and more gaming stations/DVD players with less emphasis on being working machines... So one thing led to another and when Scott was asked to do this job in Park City, where he wouldn't be able to take our desktop, a decision had to be made... and we crossed over to the other side (well, at least Scott has).

For now I will continue to cut on Avid DV Xpress Pro on the VAIO but who knows...

The first indieWIRE webcast from Sundance should be going online on Wednesday or Thursday. I'll keep you posted.

Some Mac humor to commemorate the special occasion!

Thank you, Ellie!

I would like to extend an extra special thank you to Ellie Snapp - the fastest typist South of Newfoundland.
After already having typed up the majority of "All God's Children" interviews, she actually volunteered to transcribe the interviews for "Five Sisters" and eventually "All Well and Fair" (even though she had to deal with Rachel's potty mouth).
And today is the day she typed up the last of the tapes!

In case you don't know, transcribing interviews for documentary films is quite a tedious job (loathed by many) in which the typist has to listen to an audio recording of the interview and literally type in every word - including the uh's and um's and repetitions - so the filmmaker can judge what sentences are usable and which aren't. Clearly a lot of play, type, pause, rewind, play, type,...

The point of transcribing in general of course is a matter of logistics; it's a lot easier to scan through text or find specific comments in a written document than on a video tape. And having the document on a computer also makes it possible to search for certain items quickly. Last but not least it helps you put together a transcript of the finished films for legal clearance, insurance and Closed Captioning.

So it's a big job, it's an important job and...

... thank you again, Ellie, for all your hard work on three of our films!

Sound Design!

Today we had the pleasure of working with Tom Lino, the sound designer/editor/mixer on "All God's Children", to check out what magic he has created for our film.

We were very impressed with the sound scape he was able to assemble for the Super 8 footage and a lot of the photographs from Africa - truly bringing to life the people and their experiences. It's amazing that after working with this footage for a few years it suddenly reveals a whole other level and dimension through the addition of sound. Very exciting stuff.

And it's been a real pleasure working with Tom, who is not only full of imagination and talent but is also willing to deal with all our minute suggestions and tweaks.

Of course, we also want to thank again our dear friend Ruth Hernandez for finding a lot of the sound effects!

Clearly a great day! Tom will continue to work on the sound and we'll probably have another session later this month and final sound sometime around the first week of February!

Our Logo

You probably guessed that our logo is based on the "men working" sign.

We then chose two obvious symbols of filmmaking - more specifically: a digital camera to represent digital video productions and the slate to represent analog filmmaking.

And here a bit more detail for our smarty pants friends - the camera is not pointed at the slate because this is not a representation of two people on set. As a matter of fact, with a digital camera you don't usually have a sync slate because you either record sound directly onto the video tape or you record it onto another digital device that hopefully will record time code (you may jam the slate but that's getting too far into the details).

Probably unnecessary to explain... but maybe interesting nonetheless.

Little Voice & Dear Frankie

Dear Frankie (2004) - Emily Mortimer, Jack McElhone, Gerard Butler

Over the holidays we watched two films from the UK that unintentionally were quite a good match. Shona Auerbach's 2004 "Dear Frankie" and the Mark Herman directed "Little Voice" from 1998.

Both films center on the theme of longing for a father with a subplot of finding a voice.

In the Scottish (kitchen sink drama meets more mainstream British overcome obstacles heart-warmer) "Dear Frankie" it's a deaf son of a single mother who desperately wants to meet his father.

"Little Voice" (originally a stage play directed in London by Sam Mendes and written for the actress Jane Horrocks) tells the often hilarious, yet touching story of a young woman who aches for her deceased father. With the tiniest voice when she speaks, she surprises everyone with her ability to perfectly mimic the great ladies of jazz when she sings. Jane Horrock's talent is amazing.

Both films also emphasize the situation of the mother who suffers from being overshadowed by the missing father. Throw into both a little love story, grey skied Northern port cities and some of Great Britain's more outstanding actors... and you have a well-matched double-bill.

Little Voice (1998) - Jane Horrocks

Dear Frankie on IMDb
Dear Frankie on Rotten Tomatoes
Dear Frankie on Netflix

Little Voice on IMDb
Little Voice on Rotten Tomatoes
Little Voice on Netflix

Friends With Money

Joan Cusack, Catherine Keener, Jennifer Aniston, Frances McDormand

What a treat it is to watch an American film that is just a slice of life about people who seem almost like real human beings!

Nicole Holofcener's "Friends With Money" is one of those films. And like with her films before I loved the real moments, the naturally flowing dialogue and the weightless acting. She comes across as a great director, creating real characters and moments in life - which makes the holes in the plot forgivable. Though I have to admit I had a hard time buying that Jennifer Aniston's character and the other three women were friends at all. Did I miss the explanation how they met? I suspected the role had been written for a slightly older woman, giving the notion that the women had been in school together or something similar, and then Jennifer wanted the role...

Nonetheless I cherish and recommend this film and so far have it marked as my favorite pick for the Spirit Awards.

On IMDb
On Rotten Tomatoes
On Netflix

MySpace

It's time to make it official: we have a Filmmaker MySpace site.

We currently have a few music videos posted there and plan to cycle through various of our shorter projects and trailers for the documentaries.

So if you have a myspace site as well: please become our friend.

And if you have any idea how to get rid of those pesky categories like, Zodiac sign, gender and marital status PLEASE let me know how. After all, what respectable film or film company shares its Zodiac sign in public anyway?

Also I'd be very interested in other people's experience with codecs and uploading video. My best results have been with mp4's - but for some reason today I wasn't able to create any out of Adobe Elements (which I use for conversion after editing in Avid DV XPress Pro) and went with mpeg2 instead.

www.myspace.com/goodhardworkingpeople

Happy Birthday, Elvis!

Today The King would have turned 72.

What does that have to do with films?
Well, I grew up in Germany during the 70s & 80s - during the days of 2 1/2 TV stations and endless nights of Elvis films... We're all fans. It's part of growing up in Cold War West Germany, I suppose.

Of course my favorites are some of his earlier cinematic endeavors: "Jailhouse Rock", "Blue Hawaii" and for obvious reasons "G.I. Blues"

On IMDb
On Rotten Tomatoes
On Netflix

Blogging about the blog

We're back in New York. We made it through the rest of the holidays (Prospect Park Fireworks Rule). And the new year has begun. I kind of wanted to have all of our new branding up and running: the re-vamped website, the mailing list, the myspace and last but not least the blog.

I'm still trying to figure out the whole blog thing - what I should write about - how it should be organized. So I gave it a little make-over - but I'm not all happy with it. Black was classier, but I didn't have separation between the left and right. Does anyone have any good links to blogger templates? Any thoughts?

Since we realized with Scott's All God's Children blog that there's not always something interesting to write about (especially during those weeks turned into months of editing), I thought I could flavor this blog with some opinionated stuff, like my thoughts on other people's movies and random cultural things that may or may not relate to our work and the whole media/entertainment/educational/enlightenment world.

And as soon as I have the Weitzel memorabilia video cut together I'll finally finish up the website...

IFP & Spirit Awards & Netflix

The IFP (Independent Feature Project), formerly known as IFP/NY, is an organization for filmmakers. They offer seminars, occasional free screenings, provide fiscal sponsorship (my screenplay and hopefully future film "Summersquash" is sponsored by them) and organize the New York Film Market and the Gotham Awards in the fall.

The LA organization Film Independent, formerly known as IFP/LA, organizes the Independent Spirit Awards.

Even though they split up all members of the two organizations (and other IFP subsidiaries, I supposed) are eligible to vote on who of the nominees will receive the Spirit Awards. That's pretty cool.

Even better is that the IFP holds free screenings of the 40 nominated films in New York City at the Tribeca Cinemas for all members between 1/9/07 and 2/9/07.

But here comes the very best thing: all voting members are offered a 3-month free membership for Netflix to be able to rent all the films - many of which are not out on DVD yet. The catch is that at this point most of the films have a long wait-list... but in the meantime you can rent any other films from Netflix gigantic list of DVD.

No matter what else you may say about the IFP, this is such a great deal I had to write about it and say: THANK YOU IFP AND NETFLIX!