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The Minnesota Independent Film Fund (MIFF)
For the past seven years, MIFF has awarded three Minnesota filmmakers $25,000 each plus access to a steering committee made up of nationally recognized film industry professionals. This program, still the only one of its kind in the country, has been sustained with funds provided by Northwest Airlines and the McKnight Foundation.
Complementing MIFF is the Jerome Screenwriting Mentorship Program, which pairs a successful screenwriter with each MIFF winner. 2000 mentors were Patrick Sheane Duncan (MR. HOLLAND'S OPUS) and Robert Caswell (A CRY IN THE DARK). Mentors for 1999 winners were Barry Morrow (RAIN MAN), James Schamus (CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON) and Robert Benton (KRAMER vs. KRAMER, BONNIE & CLYDE).
The application process for MIFF is overseen by IFP/Minneapolis (contact: Patrice Snead 612.338.0871). Development services for MIFF-winning projects are coordinated by the Film/TV Board (contact: Georgianna Day 612.332.6493).
The deadline for MIFF 2002 applications is June 21, 2002. |
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How To Apply
Download the 2002 Application* and Guidelines*.
For information on the application process, or to have an application form mailed to you, contact Patrice Snead at [email protected] or 612-338-0871.
For any other questions about MIFF, please contact Georgianna Day at [email protected] or 612-332-6493.
* Available in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. To view Portable Document Format files (PDFs), download a free Acrobat Reader from the Adobe site. |
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Past MIFF Winners
2001
Snow in April, Kimberly Elise
Stalkers, Jacqueline Garry
Simon's Night, Ali M. Selim
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2000
Shining White, Shawn Lawrence Otto
Marcus and Stringbean, Christine Walker
Flashpoint: The Coppage Murders, Wendell Jon Andersson and Fred Cheng
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1999
The Silent Shill, Kate Lehmann
Seed Corn Symphony, J.D. Dunlop
Two Harbors, William Kruse
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1998
Satellites, Mark Edgington
Hollow Mack, Karla Ekdahl/Frances Wilkinson
Ice Nine, Peter Olsen
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1997
Mr. October, Fred Cheng
Mere Mortals, Martin Keller
The Cloverfields of Cannon Falls, Katherine Martin
Sidetracked, Tim McCusker
Cloud Eight, Andrew Peterson
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1996
Tuesday Morning Coffee, Mary Katzke
Space Girl Blues, Laura Shroeter/ Bruce Pavalon
Great Lakes, James Byrne
Spark, Garret Williams: produced June 1997
by Bob Potter/Ruth Charney/Lynn Holst
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1995
Blue Earth, Julie Rask
The Threshold, Paul Zehrer
Tooth and Nail, Blue Kraning
With or Without You, Wendell Jon Andersson: produced April 1997
by Mount Curve Productions and Wardenclyffe Entertainment
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