IFC is the only brand to operate in every area of independent film to include television, production, financing, distribution, digital, On Demand and exhibition. IFC uses its unique cross-platform position to broaden the audience of independent film and to provide independent filmmakers with a strong voice. IFC is comprised of:

• IFC (The Independent Film Channel): The first and only network dedicated to independent film and related programming, 24 hours a day, uncut and uncensored. Operating under the mantra ’always, uncut’, IFC presents feature-length films, "cult classics," thought-provoking original documentaries such as At the Death House Door and This Film Is Not Yet Rated, shorts, animated series, exclusive web series, and television’s most comprehensive independent film library. The network also offers some of the most innovative and edgy original series on television, including the sketch comedy "The Whitest Kids U’ Know." Providing a voice for independent thought not found anywhere else on television, IFC broadens the audience for independent film and supports the independent film community through its exclusive live coverage of notable film events like the Independent Spirit Awards. The network’s On Demand offering, IFC Free, gives audiences the opportunity to watch premieres of all of IFC’s original series in HD before they air on the linear network.
• IFC Entertainment: A division that owns and manages: IFC Films, a leading theatrical film distribution company bringing the best of independent films to theaters and on the same day and date to the On Demand platform under the banner IFC in Theaters; the IFC brand’s brick and mortar home, the IFC Center, features state-of-the-art cinemas with luxurious seating and high-definition digital and 35mm projection, located in the heart of New York City’s West Village; and IFC Productions, a feature film production company.

The Independent Film Channel

Subscribers:

More than 45 million viewing subscribers.

Launch Date:

1994

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On Demand Channel:

IFC Free is IFC TV’s groundbreaking VOD channel on which it debuts all IFC original series programming in high definition in advance of its premiere on linear cable. IFC Free is tailored to VOD enthusiasts because its offerings are exclusives and premieres, including IFC created and curated documentaries, series, indie features and shorts, and IFC News.

Public Affairs Initiative:

IFC Film School Curriculum is a nationwide standards-based education public affairs initiative that integrates filmmaking techniques into high school English literature classes to engage students and provide tools for increased media literacy.

IFC Entertainment

IFC Films and IFC In Theaters: Day and Date Initiative

• IFC Films and IFC in Theaters together form IFC Entertainment’s theatrical feature film/VOD initiative. This pioneering initiative brings audiences the critically acclaimed independent films that are often film fest favorites, but lost within the marketplace each year. IFC Films releases twenty-four films a year theatrically across the country and these films are distributed simultaneously On Demand via IFC in Theaters.
• Select films are available on iTunes.
• 2008 titles include: Cristian Mungiu’s 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Gus Van Sant’s Paranoid Park and Terry Kinney’s Diminished Capacity.
• Notable IFC Films releases include: Oscar®-nominated films My Big Fat Greek Wedding, After the Wedding, Y Tu Mama Tambien; Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11, a co-release with Fellowship Adventure Group and Lions Gate Films, and one of the top grossing documentary of all time; and Transamerica, a co-release with The Weinstein Company, which received two Academy Awards® nominations and a Golden Globe Award.

IFC Productions

• Executive produced Academy Award®-winning Boys Don’t Cry and Night Listener with Robin Williams and Toni Collete.

Contact IFC:

info@ifctv.com