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Stories Behind the Best Independent Films

logoDocumentary goes behind the scenes of the star-studded Gotham Awards; Features interviews with Jonathan Demme, Javier Bardem, Emile Hirsch and Ellen Page.

New York, NY (PRWEB) December 18, 2007 — IFP, the nation’s largest membership organization of independent filmmakers, announced today the Netflix premiere of Zoom In: Stories Behind the Best Independent Films of 2007. Featuring a behind-the-scenes look at this year’s 17th Annual Gotham Awards and interviews with leading independent filmmakers and actors, the 60-minute documentary will be available beginning Friday, December 21 free of charge to Netflix’s 7 million subscribers on the company’s Instant Viewing platform.

Celebrating the best in the year’s independent films, the Gotham Awards are the official kick-off to the film awards season. Written, directed and produced by Mario Diaz, this one-hour documentary goes behind-the-scenes to showcase the challenges – and triumphs – of some of the year’s best independent films. It also gives an inside look at how the Gothams provide a critical boost to a diversity of independent films at the start of the awards race, such as this year’s winners Into The Wild (Best Feature), Juno star Ellen Page (Breakthrough Actor) and Great World of Sound breakthrough director Craig Zobel.

With commentary by Entertainment Weekly film critics Dave Karger and Owen Gleiberman, the film features insightful interviews with Javier Bardem, Jonathan Demme, Todd Haynes, Emile Hirsch, Tamara Jenkins, Laura Linney, Mira Nair and Ellen Page who all discuss perspectives on the independent film industry, their Gotham Award-nominated projects and the importance of organizations like IFP.

In November, IFP announced a three-year distribution pact with Netflix. Through this agreement, IFP’s one-hour documentary on the year’s best independent films will be available on a non-exclusive basis through Netflix’s Instant Viewing feature.

“One of IFP’s primary objectives is to increase the audience for independent film,” says Michelle Byrd, Executive Director of IFP. “We’re excited to partner with a company like Netflix that shares our vision of bringing inspired independent filmmaking to consumers across multiple platforms.”

ABOUT IFP
IFP’s mission is to nurture and celebrate independent film and filmmakers, and to foster a vibrant and sustainable independent filmmaking community. IFP seeks to empower individuals with the language of film, and enrich the world of film with a diversity of voices. It passionately believes that creating opportunities for independent, original and often controversial films to be made and seen is an essential part of a free, open and intellectually curious society.

IFP’s programs provide filmmakers with access to tools to develop and present their vision, and audiences with an opportunity to discover new work. Its signature programs include the Gotham Awards, the IFP Market, Filmmaker Magazine, IFP’s Filmmaker Conference and IFP’s Independent Film Labs. IFP was founded in 1979. It is a not-for-profit organization headquartered in New York City with 10,000 members throughout the world. More at www.ifp.org.

Mitchell Wells

Founder and Editor in Chief of Horror Society. Self proclaimed Horror Movie Freak, Tech Geek, love indie films and all around nice kinda guy!!

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