Mira Nair, The September Issue director RJ Cutler and Away We Go producer and Big Beach Films co-founder Peter Saraf will address the IFP Independent Film Week conference in New York this week.

Nair’s lastest film is Amelia, a biography of the aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart starring Hilary Swank that Fox Searchlight will release on October 23.

In addition to conversations with the three film-makers, there will be 31 panels and workshops during the conference, covering such topics as first-time film-makers, the global marketplace, and documentaries.