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Jodie Foster's “Cockeyed,” The Guatemalan Handshake's Todd Rohal’s “Scoutmasters,” produced by Lisa Muskat, Fred Schepisi’s “The Secret River”, “Earth Camp One” by Jennie Livingston, “Fame High” by Scott Hamilton Kennedy, and “Hungry in America” by Kristi Jacobson & Lori Silverbush are among 116 selected projects for Project Forum of IFP’s Independent Film Week.

Apart from the world premiere of Michael Cuesta's Tell-Tale and one more festival screening and chance to shine for Hirokazu Kore-eda's Still Walking, the selections are comprised of unknown projects, New York-based film productions that were completed in the last year, a bunch of films that receive a May theatrical release anyways and a batch of better than average films that were showcased at Sundance.

Germany's Oliver Hirschbiegel and Denmark’s own Lone Scherfig and Nicolas Winding Refn are among those representing their latest works in the World Dramatic Competition. The selection committee had the crazy task of bringing down the total number 1,012 submissions down to 16.

Take my good word for it, nobody knows the real story. Everybody loves to imagine what these stories are. The natural human tendency is to imagine that these people are beyond the pail. They're not like you and me, they're in some deep sense sub human.

Stemming as far back as Cannes and Toronto of last year and fresh from journeys at Sundance and Berlin, most of the titles selected...