Filmmaker Magazine on Woodstock Win

Posted by on Oct 4, 2010 in News | No Comments

Scott Macaulay has posted a mention of our Woodstock Best Feature Award on the Filmmaker Magazine blog. Scott picked us for the 25 New Faces of Independent Film list in 2009 after seeing a cut at the IFP Independent Filmmaker Lab. He writes about “Stranger Things”: This is a beautiful, delicate, and extremely well directed […]

“Stranger Things” wins IFP Lab Finishing Award Package!

Posted by on Feb 17, 2010 in News | No Comments

Amazing news! Eleanor and I are very happy and proud to announce that Stranger Things has won the IFP Narrative Lab’s Finishing Grant! The award is a package of services worth $45,000, including post-production services from Goldcrest Post New York, post-graphic services from Edgeworx, Inc., legal consultation from Gray Krauss LLP, publicity consultation from International […]

First time feature filmmakers: IFP Filmmaker Lab open for entries

Posted by on Jan 27, 2010 in News | No Comments

The IFP Filmmaker Lab is accepting applications. This is an amazing opportunity for all you first-time feature filmmakers out there. Eleanor and I participated in the 2009 Lab last summer and it was an incredible experience – it made an enormous difference to how we’ve approached finishing our film Stranger Things. During the course of […]

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),  […]

“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 […]