Film Mentors: Sales and Acquisitions - Jeff Deutchman

As Director of Acquisitions for IFC Films/Sundance Selects, Jeff Deutchman has discovered and acquired some of the most critically-acclaimed independent films of the last five years, including documentaries "Cave of Forgotten Dreams," "The Art of the Steal," "The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975," "The Flat," and "Room 237," genre films "The Human Centipede," "Valhalla Rising," and "Kill List," and indie breakthroughs "Medicine For Melancholy," "Afterschool," "Daddy Longlegs," "Cold Weather," "Weekend," and "Sleepwalk With Me."

Deutchman is also the director/producer of the feature documentary, "11/4/08" – a vérité collage of footage shot all over the world on the day Barack Obama was elected President. The film had its world premiere at the 2010 SXSW Film Festival, was released theatrically in 20 cities, and is currently available on iTunes, Netflix and other digital platforms.