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Brunswick, MAINE (March 31, 2011) – Media organization the Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) has selected Louise Rosen for its 2011 Advisory Board. Rosen is a Maine-based international film and television executive who provides project development, financing strategy, consulting and distribution services to independent filmmakers.
IFP represents a network of 10,000 filmmakers in New York City and around the world. Through its workshops, seminars, conferences, mentorships, and Filmmaker Magazine™, the premier publication in the field, IFP schools its members in the art, technology, and business of independent filmmaking and provides special programs to promote racial, ethnic, religious, ideological, gender, and sexual diversity. IFP builds audiences by hosting screenings, often in collaboration with other cultural institutions – and also bestows the annual Gotham Awards™, the first honors of the film awards season. Through its various efforts, IFP fosters the development of 350 independent feature and documentary films each year.
Rosen joins more than 20 other key industry execs and filmmakers, including representatives of theatrical distribution companies, television networks, talent agencies, executive producers and others. The IFP Advisory Board is tasked with providing counsel to the IFP organization on new trends and developments in the industry, helping shape and deliver content-rich events for the filmmaking community, offering industry expertise to members and assisting in the organization’s outreach efforts.
IFP’s Milton Tabbot said “Louise is a welcome addition to our Advisory Board, bringing valuable expertise in the worldwide marketplace and a longstanding commitment to independent film. From her base in Maine we know she’ll help expand and connect our New England membership as well as serve as an ambassador for the IFP on her international travels.”
Louise Rosen has been working in international film and television for over 30 years. Among the projects she’s represented are nominees and winners of awards such as the Oscar, Emmy, Sundance, International Emmy and Prix Italia.
Said Rosen, “I’m delighted to have been chosen to join the IFP’s Advisory Board. This dynamic organization is a critical part of the international community of independent media makers, a leader in maintaining a vibrant worldwide presence for these diverse voices and perspectives. At a time of increasing media consolidation, a strong independent production and distribution sector is essential. And, independent work is often where innovation, provocation and inspiration happen first.”
Rosen is a tutor and lecturer each year at Europe’s Documentary Campus Master School and speaks at many conferences and film festivals including HotDocs, Sheffield and History Makers. She is on the board of directors of the Camden International Film Festival and the Maine Media Workshops. After starting her career in Boston, she has lived in Los Angeles, London and northern France. She now resides in Brunswick with her family.
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