Film Independent is now accepting submissions for its annual Producers Lab
that will take place in Los Angeles during October and November 2006. The
deadline for submissions is August 28, 2006 (postmarked). Sponsored by
Technicolor, Film Independent’s Producers Lab is an intensive seven-week
program designed to help filmmakers develop skills as creative independent
producers. Lab fellows develop a strategy and formal action plan for
bringing their projects to fruition -including a budget, schedule, and
business plan. Fellows have one-on-one meetings with established
producers, directors, and other industry professionals who act as advisors
to them on their specific projects.

A maximum of ten producers are accepted into the program each year. Some
projects that have gone through the Labs are the following: So Yong Kim’s
Sundance-winning film, In Between Days; Jessica Sanders’ After Innocence,
short listed for the Academy Awards’ documentary category; Andrea Millers’
Dark Matter, currently in production with Val Kilmer and Meryl Streep;
Scott Prendergast’s Kabluey, currently in production with Lisa Kudrow;
Dana Jackson’s Park starring Billy Baldwin; Mora Stephens and Joel
Stephens’ Conventioneers, winner of an Independent Spirit Award; Ted
Kroeber’s American Gun recently released by IFC Films.

Past instructors include Effie Brown (In the Cut), Eric D’arbeloff (Lovely
and Amazing), Alison Dickey (Piggie), Matthew Greenfield (The Good Girl),
Jasmine Kosovic (D.E.B.S.), and Shelby Stone (Lackawanna Blues). Past
guest speakers include Craig Emanuel, Debra Grieco, Midge Sanford, Peggy
Rajski, Laurie Parker, Ron Yerxa, among others. For an application or
more information, go to

www.filmindependent.org/index.php/talent_development/producers_labs

For more information, please contact Soo Hugh, 310.432.1275, or email
shugh@filmindependent.org

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