Each day through the end of the 2017 LA Film Festival, Film Independent blog correspondent Cortney Matz will be recording her experiences and offering an insider’s perspective on the Festival. DAY…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/festival-diary-day-four-smorgasbord-diversity/
With regular programming temporarily suspended due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation, Film Independent Presents is moving online, with weekly SVOD playlists curated by Film Independent Senior Programmer Jenn Wilson. *** Shortly before I…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/watch-now-film-independent-present-our-favorite-streaming-true-crime-docs/
Documentary filmmaker and Film Independent Fellow Marah Strauch (Documentary Lab 2011, Fast Track 2010) will be premiering her debut feature, Sunshine Superman, at the Toronto International Film Festival later today….
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/doc-lab-success-story-sunshine-superman/
Each month in This Is How We Do It, writer Cortney Matz mines her own frustrations to explore issues of productivity and come away with more or less helpful thoughts on how…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/collaboration-little-help-friends/
On March 1, two days before the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards on March 3, Film Independent at LACMA curator Elvis Mitchell joined (and celebrated!) this year’s John Cassavetes award…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/john-cassavetes-award-nominees-making-big-splash-without-much-cash/
Judi Levine, producer, The Sessions, on her “aha” moment It is very rare to read something that gives you an “aha” moment – that moment when you realize someone’s words have impacted…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/how-the-sessions-got-made-filmmakers-share-their-journeys-at-the-film-independent-forum/
Film Independent Members, you and a guest are invited to join us for a theatrical screening of the first episode of George & Tammy, followed by an in-person conversation with…
https://www.filmindependent.org/events/members-only-screening-george-tammy/
Actor, activist and cultural icon Sidney Poitier died this week at age 94. The following piece originally rant in our Old v. New blog series in 2017, in which writer…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/old-v-new-grading-teacher-student-relationship-sir-love-conducta/
The day before premiering on Amazon, the first two episodes of the second season of Tig Notaro’s autobiographical Amazon dramedy One Mississippi screened at Film Independent at LACMA. The screening…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/tig-notaro-turning-tragedy-one-mississipi/
What better way to kick off Film Independent’s 2019 Directors Close-Up series than by discussing the art—and craft!—of casting and coaching actors? Especially courtesy of The Land of Steady Habits…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/directors-close-up-acting-casting-and-auditioning-the-nicole-holofcener-way/
When it became obvious earlier this year that our normally three-day, in-person Film Independent Forum would not be possible in 2020, we couldn’t imagine how successfully our filmmaker community would…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/video-a-look-back-at-the-2020-film-independent-forum/
3rd Thursdays is your monthly opportunity to learn about the events and services that Film Independent provides, and network with fellow filmmakers and film lovers. Open to current Members and…
https://www.filmindependent.org/events/3rd-thursdays-apr-2024/