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Film Independent’s Fiscal Sponsorship program opens the door to nonprofit funding for independent filmmakers and media artists. Donate today and help bring Wander Women to life. Logline After being…
When Film Independent Producing Lab Fellow Kevin Comer was asked to come aboard the series Doll & Em, he thought he was signing up for a small independent web series….
Sure—actors and directors get all the glory, but we all know who really wields the power on any given film set: the producer. Producers find the money, hire the talent,…
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following blog originally ran on filmindependent.org earlier this year. We’re republishing it here, with minor edits to the original text. Special thanks to the author Cortney Matz. HOW…
Each year, the Film Independent Spirit Awards gives the John Cassavetes Award to the year’s best feature made for under $1,000,000 ($500,000 prior to 2021). In this column, film critic David…
By Jim Lichacz / LA Film Fest Guest Blogger Some of the best documentary films I’ve ever seen, I’ve seen at the Los Angeles Film Festival. So it was with…
For four decades, Los Angeles has been home to Outfest, by any standard the premier LGBTQIA+ film festival in the US. And though June technically ends this week, Outfest’s July…
On November 2, Film Independent at LACMA screened Greta Gerwig’s acclaimed directorial debut Lady Bird in front of a packed house—followed by an engaging post-screening discussion with Gerwig moderated by…
One of the main differences that distinguishes amateurs from professional writers is that amateurs sometimes write. They write when they have the time or when they feel like it, or…
From the bitter late-night wrangling of Letterman/Leno/O’Brien to the tearful sunrise feuding of Vieira/Guthrie/Curry, plus other incidents far more unsavory than simple a game of thrones, the incestuous ecosystem of…
Like all great cinematographers, Nancy Schreiber knows how to adapt her talents to a wide variety of circumstances. Such professional dexterity is pretty much a “must” for sustaining a diverse…
When writer/director Justin Simien’s Dear White People was released 2014 it immediately the online think-piece economy afire, prompting reams of impassioned digital ink to be spilled from all corners of…