Voting Membership Requirements
- Residency within the United States of America or its Territories
- Membership in the IFCA will require the applicant to have completed reviews based on the following criteria
Membership Benefits:
Full voting rights in the IFCA Awards
Publication on the IFCA website
Quarterly Newsletter
Access to critic only Discord Channel
- Motion Picture Writing Applicants: Have a minimum of 50 published film reviews with a minimum of 400 words each.
TV Writing Applicants: Have a minimum of 50 published film reviews with a minimum of 400 words each. - Motion Picture Audio Applicants: Have a minimum of 50 audio episodes of at least 15 minutes in length.
TV Audio Applicants: Have a minimum of 50 audio episodes of at least 10 minutes in length. - Motion Picture Film Applicants: Have a minimum of 30 videos with a 5-minute length, or 75 videos if the length is under 5 minutes.
TV Film Applicants: Have a minimum of 30 videos with a 5-minute length, or 75 videos if the length is under 5 minutes. - Multi-Platform Applicants: Have a minimum of 50 published reviews across the platforms you are published on.
Associate Membership Requirements
- Residency within the United States of America or its Territories
- Membership in the IFCA will require the applicant to have completed reviews based on the following criteria
Membership Benefits:
Ability to vote on the “Inspiratus” award in the yearly IFCA Awards
Publication on the IFCA website
Quarterly Newsletter
Access to critic only Discord Channel
- Motion Picture Writing Applicants: Have a minimum of 25 published film reviews with a minimum of 400 words each and or be publishing 2 reviews a month for a publication.
TV Writing Applicants: Have a minimum of 25 published film reviews with a minimum of 400 words each and or be publishing 2 reviews a month for a publication. - Motion Picture Audio Applicants: Have a minimum of 15 audio episodes of at least 15 minutes in length and or be recording 2 reviews a month for a publication.
TV Audio Applicants: Have a minimum of 15 audio episodes of at least 10 minutes in length and or record 2 reviews a month for a publication. - Motion Picture Film Applicants: Have a minimum of 15 videos with a 5-minute length, or 25 videos if the length is under 5 minutes, and or be filming 2 reviews a month for a publication.
TV Film Applicants: Have a minimum of 10 videos with a 5-minute length, or 25 videos if the length is under 5 minutes, and or be filming 2 reviews a month for a publication. - Multi-Platform Applicants: Have a minimum of 25 published reviews across the platforms you are published on and or be producing 2 reviews a month for a publication/platform.
Letterboxd Membership
- Residency within the United States of America or its Territories
- Membership in the IFCA will require the applicant to have completed reviews based on the following criteria
Membership Benefits:
Quarterly Newsletter
Access to critic only Discord Channel
The IFCA recognizes that Letterboxd is becoming a legitimate forum for film reviewing and critique, we also recognize that many film critics are honing their craft and “Getting started” on this platform. As such the IFCA does not want to exclude these critics from membership, but give them a path to begin working towards FULL voting membership in the IFCA and mentorship to move into publishing their film reviews. Overall the IFCA wants to help these burgeoning critics in networking and learning about the film critic world.
Thus the Board of directors is very excited to offer a “Letterboxd Tier” of membership, this tier has been created for those new critics who are demonstrating talent and vision in their Letterboxd reviews and who have completed Letterboxd reviews based on the following criteria.
- Have a minimum of 50 Letterboxd reviews for film or TV in the last year
- Each review must be a minimum of 300 words
- Reviews should show an understanding and study of filmmaking and demonstrate critical breakdowns of films themes
- Reviews should be clean and as free of typos and errors as possible
Review Quality
The IFCA expects a form of professionalism on the part of the film/TV critic who is applying, thus we will review the applicant’s work, for quality. Review content should be of good quality, be knowledgeable about filmmaking and the industry, be well-edited, and exhibit the personality of the reviewer!
As a side note, while editing and quality will be looked at, the IFCA realizes that occasional typos can occur, and will take that into consideration when reviewing your work.
Thank you again for your interest in applying to be a member of the Independent Film Critics of America, click the below link to get your application started!