In today’s constantly evolving digital landscape, one of the biggest challenges facing filmmakers is how to get their film in front of the audience that is hungry for it. At…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/in-search-of-an-audience-two-films-navigate-the-new-world-of-marketing-and-distribution/
Opening this Friday, the new indie drama-thriller Claire in Motion represents a collision of talent between three women with a strong passion for independent filmmaking: writer/directors Annie J. Howell and…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/betsy-brandt-breaks-bad-female-filmmaker-duo-claire-motion/
When I was a kid, a couple of my favorite TV shows were BJ and the Bear and Grizzly Adams. I remember envisioning the chimpanzee TV star hanging out in…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/the-truth-about-cats-and-dogs-how-animals-are-treated-on-and-off-the-set/
“I think it’s important for the community but also the world to see people of color in all genres, especially love stories,” director Gina Prince-Blythewood has said. We couldn’t agree…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/whats-better-than-seeing-great-films-seeing-great-films-for-free/
If like me you consider yourself a diehard, take-no-prisoners film geek, chances are you spend just as much time thinking about, discussing and investigating the culture of modern cinema as…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/film-geeks-like-talking-movies-actually-watching/
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following article originally ran on our blog in October of last year. We’re republishing it here. Special thanks to author Meri Hilalian, Film Independent freelance blogger. *** On September 27,…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/need-know-shooting-la-permitting-primer/
Welcome to Fiscal Spotlight, a special monthly round up of projects—at all stages of production—working their way through Film Independent’s Fiscal Sponsorship pipeline. *** The natural world is in a precarious state at…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/fiscal-spotlight-environmentalists-activism-and-africas-hip-hop-scene/
The Film Independent Camera Grant is a program for Film Independent Fellows and alumni. Film Independent will select a qualified filmmaker, on a rolling basis, who will be loaned a…
https://www.filmindependent.org/programs/grants-and-awards/film-independent-camera-grant/
You’re invited to join us for a theatrical screening of My First Film, including a pre-recorded conversation with co-writer/director Zia Anger, moderated by Kate Mason (Programming & Events, Film Independent)….
https://www.filmindependent.org/events/members-only-screening-my-first-film/
Over the course of a nearly 50-year career, acclaimed German filmmaker Werner Herzog has continued to reinvent himself, finding repeated success as a writer, producer, director and actor while shifting…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/interview-werner-herzog-goes-rogue-back-back-features/
We originally posted the below piece a couple of weeks ago to tout the in-person return of the annual Film Independent Forum to the DGA in Los Angeles, happening this…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/frybread-face-premiere-and-justin-simien-keynote-topline-the-film-independent-forums-return/
James Gray, Robin Swicord and David Ansen to Moderate, Panelists include Directors Lisa Cholodenko, Jay & Mark Duplass, William Friedkin, Nicole Holofcener, Matt Reeves, Composer Michael Giacchino and more LOS…
https://www.filmindependent.org/press-releases/film-independent-celebrates-10-years-of-directors-close-up/