Congratulations to Christina Beck

Posted by on Dec 13, 2009 in News | No Comments

Congratulations to our IFP lab-mate Christina Beck, who was just awarded the Adrienne Shelly Foundation’s female directing grant for her wonderful film Perfection.  Christina came to New York to receive her award, which gave us the chance to catch up over drinks — with Melissa and Michael from the Lab too.

Independent Film Week Update

Posted by on Sep 24, 2009 in News | No Comments

We’ve had a great time at Independent Film Week. There’s been a screening of a scene from Stranger Things by Rooftop Films outdoors in DUMBO, an industry screening at the Clearview Cinema Chelsea (where it was very exciting to see how great the film looked projected onto a big old screen) and lots of meetings […]

“Stranger Things” at Independent Film Week

Posted by on Aug 10, 2009 in News | No Comments

As IFP Filmmaker Narrative Lab fellows, we’re invited to participate in the 2009 IFP Independent Film Week, a film market and conference held in New York City from September 19th to 24th. We’ll be in the Emerging Narrative section of the IFP Project Forum (along with the other 9 films from the IFP Filmmaker Lab),  […]

Filmmaker Magazine chooses us for “25 New Faces of Independent Film”

Posted by on Jul 17, 2009 in News | No Comments

We were chosen to be among Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film, their yearly list of up-and-coming talent in indie cinema! From the article: “…Burke and Eyal riff on the themes of homelessness, loss and human vulnerability in their delicately beautiful debut feature, Stranger Things…” You can read the rest of the article […]

“Stranger Things” selected for IFP Filmmaker Lab!

Posted by on Jun 1, 2009 in News | No Comments

We have some very exciting news to share with you: Stranger Things was selected to participate in the IFP Filmmaker Lab, a workshop designed to prepare in-progress independent feature films for the festival circuit and beyond. During the workshop we’ll be hooked up with various mentors – from producers to editors to composers – who […]