IFC Benefits

IFC Mission Statement

The Independent Filmmakers Coalition (IFC) of Kansas City is a non-profit organization that promotes regional independent film, video and media production. The IFC provides a setting for education, artistic expression, networking, and the cooperative sharing of resources to anyone with an interest in filmmaking. The Independent Filmmakers Coalition (IFC) and its HistoryThe Independent Filmmakers Coalition (IFC) was founded in 1993 by Kansas City-based professional and amateur filmmakers as an organization to support independent filmmakers.

The IFC is a non-profit organization with the mission to:
Promote regional independent film, video and media production, and
Provide a setting for education, artistic expression, networking, and the cooperative sharing of resources to anyone with an interest in filmmaking.
IFC Membership and Weekly Meetings

With close to 200 members, the IFC includes professional and aspiring professional filmmakers (directors, producers, editors, screenwriters, actors, technical or artistic directors and crew), film hobbyists, educators, photographers, writers, artists, musicians, theater professionals, advertising and marketing executives, film production and theater executives, and those in other various professions. Though open to everyone, the IFC is honored to have among its membership: Emmy Award winners. Filmmakers and actors whose works have screened at the premiere film festivals, including Sundance and Tribeca. Professionals who’ve worked or are now working at Kansas City, Los Angeles and New York film production companies.

The IFC prides itself on being a democratic organization with its membership annually electing officers who serve in a voluntary capacity. Other points of pride include being an organization that:
Has a membership encompassing all ages, ethnic backgrounds, and walks of life.
Counts females as one-third of its membership even as the film industry is overwhelmingly male-dominated.
Encourages its members to engage in cooperative film ventures, helping each other gratis in making their respective films and thereby helping produce films on limited budgets.

Holds weekly meetings that frequently draw 50-60 people each week and includes opportunities for attendees to promote their film-related projects, publicly introduce themselves, and network with other filmmakers
Each week conducts or gives members the opportunities to conduct directed screenplay readings, film screenings, film evaluations, actor monologues, auditions, and film-related seminars and workshops.

The weekly meetings are held at 7:30 p.m. every Wednesday at the Westport Coffee House, 4010 Pennsylvania, Kansas City, MO. Meetings are free to the public.
IFC members and the public are also treated to special:

Appearances of national filmmakers who share their experiences in filmmaker dialogues and screen their films at the Tivoli at Manor Square Theater.

Educational workshops conducted by national screenwriters and other filmmakers.
Annual dues are kept low (now at $25) so they don’t prove a deterrent to becoming a member. Dues entitle members to rent IFC-owned equipment (valued at $10,000) at fees drastically below the going rental rate.