Come in from the cold and join us for the IFP/Chicago Holiday Party on Dec 17th at the Lakeshore Theater! Doors open at 6pm and there will be plenty of opportunity to mingle and chat about accomplished projects of the last year and exciting plans for the one to come. Highlights of the night will be the announcement of the 2010 Production Fund Competition winner, as well as a sneak preview of ROOFTOP WARS, directed by Miguel Silveira, winner of the 2009 Production Fund Competition. Admission is free to brighten the spirits, so there really is no good reason not to be there…
Members of the IFP/Chicago are invited to apply for the Production Fund, which provides $100,000 worth of in-kind goods and services, including film from Kodak, a Fletcher Chicago camera package, processing from Astro Lab/Filmworkers, editing with Black Cat Productions and post services from Nolo Digital Film.
Members of IFP/Chicago are invited to apply for the Production Fund Grant! A grant providing $100,000 worth of in-kind goods and services, including film from Kodak, a Fletcher Chicago camera package, processing from Astro Lab/Filmworkers, editing with Black Cat Productions and post services from Nolo Digital Film for the production of a short film shot by an IFP/Chicago member in the Midwest.
We are now accepting applications - the final deadline has been extended one final time to Oct 28th 2009 (This time we mean it)! To download application materials and a budget sample please click here!
Here’s a list of the 2009 Production Fund Competition Sponsors:
An in-kind donation of motion picture camera and camera support equipment from Fletcher Chicago, with a rental value of up to $13,000.00.
An in-kind donation of motion picture film from Eastman Kodak Company, valued at $5,000.00. The 10% IFP discount will apply to any additional film purchase.
An in-kind donation of laboratory services, including processing, prep and dailies transfer of 10,000′ of 35mm color negative or 20,000′ of 16mm color negative from Filmworkers/Astro Lab.
An in-kind donation of post-production services from Black Cat Productions.
An in-kind donation of final color correction from Nolo Digital Film.
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2010 Production Fund Application
IFP/Chicago Production Fund alum Hugh Schulze’s short film ARC OF A BIRD takes flight…and lands in Cannes!
ARC OF A BIRD by Chicago Director Hugh Schulze and Producer Stacey W. Evenson has been accepted in the Short Film Corner, organized by the Festival de Cannes, France. This Festival brings together, in a market setting, the inspiring, independent, and fringe short films that represent the hearts of filmmakers worldwide.
An 11-minute short, ARC OF A BIRD is a sensitive, mysterious film about the disappearance of an artist under strange circumstances after one of his paintings is connected to a series of miracles. A documentary film crew pieces together the details with interviews and archival footage.
Schulze was awarded a production fund grant by IFP/Chiacgo in 2007, and the film was shot in 5 days in May 2008. Evenson was a natural choice to produce, as the two had worked together on many corporate productions.
Resources for this project were provided by IFP sponsors, including Kodak, Fletcher Camera, and Astrolab, among others. Black Cat Films handled post-production, and the DI was done at Nolo Digital. Evenson put together an experienced crew and maximized limited cash funding.
“We are so grateful to all the sponsors for their support of our film and their continued support of IFP. Their generosity has brought this film to life,” said Schulze.
The trip to the Cannes Festival will be a highlight for Schulze and Evenson, in a season of film festival-related travel. Recent festivals the pair have attended include the British Film Festival in L.A., Honolulu International Film Festival (awarded a Silver Lei), and Houston Worldfest, where the film was awarded a Gold Remi. They were also present at the East Lansing Film Festival, where Schulze enjoyed the hoopla that surrounds a native son who has done well.
In honor of this film’s success, let’s all put on our sunglasses and take a stroll by the water…
