Next Monday, November 30 marks this years Gotham Film Awards hosted by the Independent Film Project. This seems like a good moment to offer some info, for those of you who don't know much about the IFP.

From their website:

After debuting with a program in the 1979 New York Film Festival, the nonprofit IFP has evolved into the nation's oldest and largest organization of independent filmmakers, and also the premier advocate for them. Since its start, IFP has supported the production of 7,000 films and provided resources to more than 20,000 filmmakers' voices that otherwise might not have been heard. IFP believes that independent films broaden the palette of cinema, seeding the global culture with new ideas, kindling awareness, and fostering activism.

Currently, IFP represent a network of 10,000 filmmakers in New York City and around the world.  Through its workshops, seminars, conferences, mentorships, and Filmmaker Magazine, IFP schools  its members in the art, technology, and business of independent filmmaking (there are 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 Gotham Independent Film Awards, the first honors of the film awards season. When all is  said and done, IFP fosters the development of 350 feature and documentary films each year.

Learn more at: http://gotham.ifp.org/