IFP sets 10 films for Lab

Producers Macaulay, McGowan lead workshop

By CARSON VAUGHAN

The Independent Feature Project announced Monday the 10 narrative features selected as part of its fifth annual Independent Filmmaker Lab, a yearlong fellowship seeking to connect emerging filmmakers with industry mentors.

Producers Scott Macaulay ("Raising Victor Vargas") and Gretchen McGowan ("Limits of Control") will lead this year's five-day workshop segment, which is intended to assist in creative and technical advice during participants' post-production stage.

The 10 projects selected for the 2009 lab are J.T. O'Neal's "Au Pair Kansas," Amy Seimitz's "City on a Hill," Zeina Durra's "The Imperialists Are Still Alive!," Miller Koepenick's "The Myth of Time," Christina Beck's "Perfection," Matt Osterman's "Phasma Ex Machina," Josh Hyde's "Postales," Ron Eyal and Eleanor Burke's "Stranger Things," Russell Costanzo's "The Tested" and David Kabler's "Wanderlost."