The Film Independent Forum, held in October at the DGA in Hollywood, hosted a panel this year about that eternal obstacle to indie filmmakers: financing. A panel of industry experts discussed…
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The Screenwriting Lab is a two-week workshop held in the first quarter of the year, designed to provide individualized story and career development for emerging screenwriters with a fiction feature…
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Film Independent’s Fiscal Sponsorship program opens the door to nonprofit funding for independent filmmakers and media artists. Logline A seemingly happy woman is thrown for a loop after an unexpected…
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Please note: This event has reached its registration capacity. You’re invited to join us for the latest installment of our quarterly Member meet-up series. This is your opportunity to network…
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It goes without saying that today—Tuesday, November 6, 2018—is a very important day for reasons that have nothing to do with the film world. And regardless of affiliation, there’s a…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/2019-spirit-award-nominees-to-be-revealed-november-16-with-gemma-chan-and-molly-shannon/
As illustrated by this year’s sophomore class of TV nominees at the fast-approaching 2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards, the small screen, broadcast and streaming, is now central to the livelihood…
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Film Independent’s Fiscal Sponsorship program opens the door to nonprofit funding for independent filmmakers and media artists. Logline The LUMPIA-armed avenger reappears in Fogtown and teams up with high school…
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With New Year’s looming just around the next snowdrift, it only makes sense to look back one last time at 2016 and unpack Part Three (click here and here for…
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Paul Feig’s much-ballyhooed Ghostbusters reboot finally premieres this weekend following a seemingly endless hype cycle full of speculation and debate—much of it focused on the impolitic kvetching of fanboys worried…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/who-you-gonna-call-five-female-driven-action-movies-that-bust-more-than-ghosts/
Who better to invite for Week Two of Film Independent’s 2019 Directors Close-Up series than a trio of knowledgeable, accomplished writer-directors: Jane Anderson (The Wife, Olive Kitteridge), Billy Ray (Shattered…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/directors-close-up-how-writers-work-with-directors-and-how-writers-direct/
It may seem counterintuitive, but in an age when there are literally 1,o00+ films schools nationwide (not to mention countless YouTube tutorials, message boards, blogs and books) that, for beginners,…
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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 Tri-County to life. Logline A chaotically-ambitious gay…
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