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. *** Like animation, “documentary” is often misunderstood as a genre…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/fiscal-spotlight-three-docs-three-very-different-moods/
Film Independent’s Fiscal Sponsorship program opens the door to nonprofit funding for independent filmmakers and media artists. Donate today and help bring What Kind of Woman to life. Logline A young…
https://www.filmindependent.org/programs/fiscal-sponsorship/what-kind-of-woman/
You’re invited to join us for a theatrical screening of La Chimera, followed by a pre-recorded conversation with writer/director Alice Rohrwacher, moderated by Kate Mason (Programming & Events, Film Independent)….
https://www.filmindependent.org/events/members-only-screening-la-chimera/
In a theatrical (and streaming!) environment forced to evolve in response to an ongoing global pandemic, things like “awards season” and “summer movie season” are largely a thing of the…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/dont-miss-indies-what-to-watch-in-september-2021/
As a mother of a daughter, I was concerned when LEGO released its line for girls. The product has always been universal— equally for boys, girls and even adults who want to…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/the-lego-movie-directors-on-translating-a-beloved-classic-toy-into-a-modern-movie/
Film Independent’s Fiscal Sponsorship program opens the door to nonprofit funding for independent filmmakers and media artists. Donate today and help bring I’ll Miss You Later to life. IMYL…
https://www.filmindependent.org/programs/fiscal-sponsorship/ill-miss-you-later/
The advice that Dan Gilroy, writer and director of Nightcrawler, has for aspiring screenwriters is to “look at it like becoming a doctor. It takes ten years to really learn…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/top-screenwriters-get-real-at-directors-close-up/
Well, that was fast! Like all good times, the 2017 LA Film Festival has seemingly come and (very nearly) gone faster than seems humanly plausible. Could it really be that—as…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/won-2017-la-film-festival/
It’s a great time for documentary films. Films as varied as Blackfish and Amy have found a home in the mainstream market, gaining distribution and having successful theatrical runs. At…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/market-report-six-keys-to-getting-your-doc-out-into-the-world/
Every year Film Independent selects up to ten fiction and five non-fiction feature projects to participate in an intensive film finance market that takes place over four days in November….
https://www.filmindependent.org/programs/artist-development/fast-track/
Behind every (fill in the blank) great/glorious/funny/scary/sad story told on film is an equally great/glorious/funny/scary (yes, probably sometimes) sad story: the one about how the whole thing went from being an idea…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/how-it-all-started-with-a-bad-impression-of-martin-sheen-the-story-behind-band-of-robbers/
Quick question: what did you do this weekend? Hit up the farmers market? Toss the ball to Sparky down at the dog park? Watch football? Nap? Do laundry? Maybe! But……
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/bingeworthy-inaugural-episodic-lab-class-2017/