Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization celebrating 40 years of the Spirit Awards, announced the 2024 Changemaker Awards, which will be presented to three outstanding Film Independent Fellows: Linda…
https://www.filmindependent.org/press-releases/film-independent-to-present-changemaker-award-to-linda-yvette-chavez-tze-chun-and-grace-lee/
Obviously not all filmmakers are avid followers of “sportsball.” That said, indulge us in a quick point of comparison: that, just as trade rumors and free agency drama have turned…
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Being an informed voter usually requires reading up on the issues, analyzing all the data and watching the debates. Thankfully, being an informed Film Independent Spirit Awards voter is way…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/where-to-watch-the-spirit-award-nominees/
There’s a scene in the 2010 film Eat Pray Love where Julia Roberts’s character Liz basks in the experience of eating a guilt-free pizza. It was an important character moment…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/extra-portions-11-foodie-films-to-gorge-on-for-thanksgiving/
Film Independent’s Fiscal Sponsorship program opens the door to nonprofit funding for independent filmmakers and media artists. Donate today and help bring Monica to life. Logline Monica is the intimate…
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Now that the Film Independent Spirit Awards are behind us (phew), we can kick back, relax and enjoy all the fabulousness of the Oscars. This year, while we’re critiquing outfits,…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/ten-film-independent-members-are-nominated-for-oscars-wish-them-luck/
Thirty-five years after it first began as the “Friends of Independents” awards in the back of a West Hollywood restaurant, the 2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards kicked off February 8…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/these-were-the-2020-film-independent-spirit-awards-best-of-the-shows-35th-anniversary/
As we made abundantly clear earlier this week, the Film Independent Spirit Awards are—to coin a phrase—a safe space for comedy. From the early quips of a Buck Henry or…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/aidy-bryant-is-hosting-the-2024-film-independent-spirit-awards/
On a sunny Saturday afternoon near the Santa Monica Pier, the 2017 Film Independent Spirit Awards got underway as hosts Nick Kroll and John Mulaney—fresh off their hit Broadway collaboration…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/independence-makes-art-win-2017-spirit-awards-recap/
With the release of Zach Braff’s Kickstarter-funded sophomore feature Wish I Was Here and, of course, the successful fundraising of over $50,000 for what is evidently a much-needed bowl of…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/crowdfunding-for-beginners-the-ceo-of-seed-spark-shares-her-secrets/
In the penultimate (and best, in our opinion) event of the 2019 awards season, Film Independent’s 7,000+ Members honored 2018’s most boundary-pushing filmmakers and their films, those produced for less…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/pip-pip-hooray-this-was-the-2019-film-independent-spirit-awards/
Film Independent’s Fiscal Sponsorship program opens the door to nonprofit funding for independent filmmakers and media artists. Donate today and help bring Redlight to Limelight to life. Logline A…
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