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Andy and I arrived at the IFP Market on Sunday, the 17th, just in time for orientation. (Many thanks to my cousin Carol and her husband John for dropping us at the front door.) Registration and orientation took place in the Puck Building, an elegant, historic structure with an ethereal ballroom on Lafayette St. The first thing we encountered was a phalanx of filmmakers handing out postcards on the glass steps in front of the Puck. This was a great intro. to the Market as a big part of the experience is the handing out and receiving of postcards. More on postcards later… First registration. Pretty straightforward with one notable exception and that’s that the energy in the room was intense! Not a bad kind of intense, just surprising. I expected something more easy going (it being a Sunday and all). But this was Manhattan. And not just anywhere Manhattan, but Orientation Day at the IFP Market, a gathering of ambitious film-types from all around the world here for the sole purpose of promoting the heck out of their films. Yikes! The energy was contagious. After about a half an hour of standing around slack-jawed I felt ready to dive in. | |
