If there was one thing writer-director-showrunner John Ridley made clear at the Diversity Speaks discussion with Elvis Mitchell at the Los Angeles Film Festival, it was his belief that self-determination…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/you-dont-need-other-peoples-permission-to-do-what-you-want-to-do-john-ridley/
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-jan-2024/
Submissions for the 2020 Film Independent Screenwriting Lab are now open. The non-Member deadline is August 17; Member deadline is September 2. In 2016, we asked Screenwriting Lab Fellow and…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/how-gente-fied-co-creator-linda-yvette-chavez-fell-back-in-love-with-writing/
You donât need us to tell you that the past several years of conversation around the entertainment industry has been largely defined by the increasingly fervent and outspoken desire to…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/we-the-people-panels-to-unpack-hollywoods-inclusion-conversation/
Film Independent’s Fiscal Sponsorship program opens the door to nonprofit funding for independent filmmakers and media artists. Donate today and help bring Lady Buds to life. Logline Six women emerge from…
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EDITORâS NOTE: The following article originally ran in July of 2019. Weâre re-posting it here with minor edits to the original text. Special thanks to author Meri Hilalian. *** Everybody…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/pitch-perfect-how-aspiring-tv-creators-can-wow-in-the-room/
Today Film Independent announced the winners of its four filmmaker grants at the annual Spirit Awards Nominee Brunch held at BOA Steakhouse in West Hollywood. Director and Project Involve Fellow…
https://www.filmindependent.org/press-releases/2020-film-independent-spirit-awards-filmmaker-grant-winners-announced/
Youâve finally finished your film and have just received your first distribution offer. Now what? Negotiation is an essentialâbut little understoodâpart of dealmaking. To make fair deals with good distributors,…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/how-not-to-negotiate-a-distribution-deal/
In a year marked by extensive and often dispiriting political tumult, one notable bright spot in the culture has been the evolving understanding and acceptance of the transgender experience, from…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/how-we-got-here-an-interview-with-the-creators-of-the-trans-web-doc-series-weve-been-around/
From Olivia Colmanâs fraught sojourn to the Greek Isles in The Lost Daughter to Jessie Buckleyâs terrifying trip up the M5 to the English countryside in Men and M. Night’s…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/the-must-list-seven-films-about-summer-vacations-gone-off-the-rails/
Film Independent’s Fiscal Sponsorship program opens the door to nonprofit funding for independent filmmakers and media artists. Donate today and help bring Scars Unseen to life. https://youtu.be/xK_7aihRJWY Logline A documentary…
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The July 10 Film Independent Presents screening of Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) was the first live, in-person event held by Film Independent since March 4, 2020. Fittingly,…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/questlove-brings-summer-of-soul-to-light-and-gets-us-back-in-the-theater/