Independent Filmmaker's Coalition
The Independent Filmmaker's Coalition (IFC) is a Kansas City-based non-profit organization dedicated to promoting independent film, video, and media production. The IFC meets at the Alamo Drafthouse in Kansas City, Missouri. History. The IFC was founded in 1993 by Kansas City-based professional and amateur filmmakers as an organization to support independent filmmakers. 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. Organization. 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. 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: IFC members and the public are also treated to special: Membership. Annual dues are kept low (currently at $30) 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, as well as discounts on equipment and other services at IFC-friendly businesses.