The Independent Film & Television Alliance® (IFTA®) today announced the results of its annual elections to select the Executive Committee and Board of Directors for the 2017-2019 term.
IFTA’s Executive Committee will continue to be headed by Chairperson Michael Ryan (GFM Films), who was elected for a second term. Joining him are Andrew Kramer (Lionsgate), who was elected as General Vice Chairperson, and Cl...
2014 Production Conference
The 2014 Independent Film & Television Alliance’s annual production conference took place on April 25, 2014 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Century City, CA. The conference kicked off with a keynote speech from independent film’s go-to fixer Cassian Elwes and concluded with two panel discussions on finance and production along with marketing and distribution. Below, please also find a link to photos from the event.
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The Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA) has elected its new Executive Committee and Board of Directors. The elections held today were part of IFTA’s annual member meeting, held at the Intercontinental Hotel in Century City and concurrently via telephone at the British Screen Advisory Council in London.
The Alliance’s 2013-2014 Executive Committee will be headed by IFTA Chairperson Paul Hertzberg (CineTel Films, Inc), who was elected for a second term....
The freedom to create and distribute movies and TV shows is threatened by a handful of giant media companies that want to control both programming and all the distribution channels in order to protect their own marketplace position.
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent
Lara Flynn Boyle & Dermot Mulroney: Seems Like Old Times
Last night Lara Flynn Boyle and Dermot Mulroney met up for a one-night screening of the 1992 teen classic WHERE THE DAY TAKES YOU in support of The Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA), which celebrated its 30th Anniversary by naming "30 Most Significant Independent Films," DAY being one of them.
The movie starred some of big headliners before they ma...
The Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA), marking its 30th anniversary, has selected the 30 Most Significant Independent FilmsTM from around the world produced over the past three decades. IFTA Chairman Lloyd Kaufman and President-CEO Jean Prewitt jointly made the announcement today.
IFTA (originally, the American Film Marketing Association) members constitute the vast majority of the world's most important companies in independent film and television. Sin...
The Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA) has introduced its members to a number of enhanced security technology measures, part of its multi-faceted technology and legislative campaign aimed at addressing internet piracy, IFTA President-CEO Jean Prewitt announced today.
IFTA over the past year has researched the availability and effectiveness of copyright protection technologies and services specifically tailored to the needs of independent production and dis...
Mar. 14, 2008 IFTA President-CEO Jean Prewitt sent the following open letter to MPAA Chairman-CEO Dan Glickman: March 14, 2008 Mr. Dan Glickman Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Motion Picture Association of America 1600 Eye Street NW Washington, D.C. 20006 Dear Dan: The Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA) was astounded to read that the MPAA and the six major studios who are its members have taken the step of denouncing the principle of 'net neutrality' and its advocates. I w...
