We’ve been busy here at Film Independent, with the resumption of in-person Film Independent Presents screenings and Q&As—in a vaccine-required, COVID-safe environment, of course—in addition to our ongoing slate of…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/icymi-review-all-of-septembers-film-independent-presents-qas/
Filmmaker Savannah Leaf’s journey toward making Earth Mama, her feature debut, was not a linear one. The seeds of the new A24 release—about a young single mother in circa-2000s Oakland,…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/interview-savannah-leafs-earth-mama-explores-motherhood-and-maturity/
The kickoff to our series of Film Independent Presents events at The Wallis will bring you An Evening With… Academy Award®-nominated Denis Villeneuve, the French-Canadian filmmaker who caught the industry’s…
https://www.filmindependent.org/events/an-evening-with-denis-villeneuve/
Film Independent’s Fiscal Sponsorship program opens the door to nonprofit funding for independent filmmakers and media artists. Donate today and help bring Barrio Television to life. Logline Barrio Television…
https://www.filmindependent.org/programs/fiscal-sponsorship/barrio-television/
Film Independent’s Fiscal Sponsorship program opens the door to nonprofit funding for independent filmmakers and media artists. Donate today and help bring No Word For No to life. Logline Youth…
https://www.filmindependent.org/programs/fiscal-sponsorship/no-word-for-no/
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following blog originally ran on filmindependent.org in 2014 and remains one of our most-read articles. We’re republishing it here, with minor edits to the original text. Special thanks…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-nudity-clauses-but-were-too-shy-to-ask/
If you’ve ever endeavored to create something then you know just how important external validation can be. We can talk a big game all we like about how it’s quite…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/vote-independents-help-decide-2018-spirit-award-winners/
Each month in The Doc Life, Film Independent blogger Anthony Ferranti dives deep into the how’s and why’s of nonfiction filmmaking, featuring advice and hard-won insight from top veteran and emerging…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/the-doc-life-the-six-important-lessons-i-learned-on-location/
By Pamela Ezell / LA Film Fest Guest Blogger With 21 films over five decades and numerous international awards, Costa-Gavras is a world figure in cinema. He sat down for…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/politics-is-personal-an-evening-with-costa-gavras/
Film Independent’s Fiscal Sponsorship program opens the door to nonprofit funding for independent filmmakers and media artists. Logline International human-rights advocate, Cara Yar Khan, battling an aggressive, fatal, muscle-wasting disease…
https://www.filmindependent.org/programs/fiscal-sponsorship/hibm-inescapable-brave-mission/
Last night marked a series of firsts at the 2018 LA Film Festival. For the first time ever, the Festival kicked off with a documentary—part a special outdoor Opening Night…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/la-film-festival-celebrates-laurel-canyon-music-echo-canyon-opening/
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. *** As its name suggests, Black History Month is…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/fiscal-spotlight-three-deeply-personal-features-by-black-creators/