Independent Film Channel

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IFC
Launched	September 1, 1994
Owned by	Rainbow Media
Slogan	always, uncut.
Sister channel(s)	AMC WE tv Sundance Channel
Website	IFC.com
Availability
Satellite
DirecTV	Channel 550
Dish Network	Channel 131
Cable
Available on most U.S. cable systems	Check local listings for channel numbers
IPTV
Verizon FiOS	Channel 385

The Independent Film Channel (IFC) is a cable network that airs independent film and related programming uncut and uncensored, 24 hours a day. Hence, they operate under the mantra "always, uncut." IFC presents programming that includes feature-length films, original documentaries, shorts, animated series, original series, and content exclusively for the web.

Contents 1 Programming 1.1 Original Series 1.2 Borrowed Programming 1.3 Original Documentaries 1.4 IFC Movie Nights 1.5 Anime 2 IFC.com 2.1 Web series 2.2 Blogs 3 Business operations 4 Canceled programs 5 See also 6 External links 7 References

[edit] Programming

[edit] Original Series

• Bollywood Hero ^[1]
• Food Party ^[2]
• From the Basement ^[3]
• Greg the Bunny ^[4]
• Henry Rollins Uncut ^[5]
• Ideal ^[6]
• Hopeless Pictures
• IFC Media Project ^[7]
• Modern Toss ^[8]
• The Business ^[9]
• The Henry Rollins Show ^[10]
• The IT Crowd ^[11]
• The Jon Dore Television Show ^[12]
• The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman ^[13]
• The Whitest Kids U'Know ^[14]
• Wrong Door ^[15]
• Wilfred ^[16]
• Z Rock ^[17]

[edit] Borrowed Programming

• Arrested Development ^[18]
• Monty Python's Flying Circus: IFC purchased the rights to show all four series of the program in 2009 and began airing episodes on 18 October 2009. The series was acquired in order to be broadcast along with the documentary Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyers Cut), though IFC elected to continue broadcasting episodes after the documentary finished running. Previously, American rights to the show were held by BBC America, who chose to cease broadcasting the show at the beginning of the year. ^[19]

[edit] Original Documentaries

• At the Death House Door ^[20]
• Darkon ^[21]
• Goth Cruise ^[22]
• Heavy Load ^[23]
• Indie Sex ^[24]
• New World Order ^[25]

[edit] IFC Movie Nights

• Automat ^[26] (Airs Tuesdays at 10PM)
• IFC: Grindhouse ^[27] (Airs Fridays at midnight)
• IFC: Sunday Best ^[28] (Airs Sundays at 9PM)
• Monday Night Funny ^[29] (Airs Mondays at 8PM)
• Samurai Saturdays ^[30] (Airs Saturdays at 8AM)
• Wake Up to Bollywood ^[31] (Airs Sundays at 10AM)

[edit] Anime

IFC has shown the following anime series

• Basilisk ^[32]
• Gunslinger Girl ^[33]
• Hell Girl ^[34]
• Samurai 7^[35]
• Speed Grapher ^[36]
• Witchblade ^[37]

[edit] IFC.com

^[38] IFC's website, is the home to blogs and news about film, music and politics in addition to content about IFC's series, documentaries and programming. IFC.com is also the home to a variety of original web series.

[edit] Web series

• Cutting Ties ^[39]
• Four Eyed Monsters ^[40]
• Funnel of Darkness ^[41]
• Get Hit ^[42]
• Getting Away With Murder ^[43]
• Good Morning Internet! ^[44]
• Lunchbox ^[45]
• Like So Many Things ^[46]
• The Mary Van Note Show ^[47]
• The Stagg Party ^[48]
• Trapped In The Closet ^[49]
• Pushing Twilight ^[50]
• Young American Bodies ^[51]

[edit] Blogs

• Details Are Sketchy ^[52]
• IFC Now ^[53]
• Indie Ear ^[54]
• Indie Eye ^[55]
• Make Media Matter ^[56]
• The Daily ^[57]

[edit] Business operations

• IFC includes the linear channel, IFC.com, and IFC Free, which is IFC’s On Demand cable service, where viewers can watch premieres of IFC's programming in HD before they air on the linear network. Currently, Comcast and some cable providers have added the high definition channel of IFC to few of its select markets.

• IFC's related company IFC Films has entered into several ventures in new distribution models for Video on Demand (VOD) and DVDs.

• In 2005 IFC opened the IFC Center, a movie theater for independent film in New York.^[58]

• In 2008, IFC premiered its Media Lab Studios, a section of its website on which users can enter in IFC sponsored film contests, and can view others’ films. Numerous contests are run simultaneously, each with a different focus and guidelines for entries, and are presented by IFC and another sponsor. Recent contest sponsors include Scion, Absolut Vodka, and Red Bull.

• In 2008, Rainbow Media Holdings acquired the Sundance Channel. ^[59]

[edit] Canceled programs

• IFC was to have released a theatrical- length movie version of Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter ^[60], but the negotiations for the proposed movie and series have since fallen through. ^[61]

[edit] See also

• IFC Films
• IFC Center
• Independent Film Channel (Canada)
• List of DirecTV channels
• List of Dish Network channels

[edit] External links

• Official site
• IFC Canada

[edit] References

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