EDITOR’S NOTE: The following blog originally ran on filmindependent.org earlier this year. We’re republishing it here, with minor edits to the original text. Special thanks to the author Matt Warren. MAKING…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/making-first-360-video-10-important-things-keep-mind/
Ask a Pro is Film Independent’s series featuring key figures in the film & TV industry discussing their work in depth. This month, we welcome Literary Manager Allard Cantor, Founder…
https://www.filmindependent.org/events/ask-a-pro-the-literary-manager-2023/
So much of the excitement surrounding the Live Read series stems from the mystery of it all. As soon as Jason Reitman finally reveals which iconic film he’s chosen next,…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/a-new-live-read-season-a-new-batch-of-cool-posters/
Film Independent’s Fiscal Sponsorship program opens the door to nonprofit funding for independent filmmakers and media artists. Donate today and help bring In Vain to life. Logline In a desertified…
https://www.filmindependent.org/programs/fiscal-sponsorship/in-vain/
Filmmakers and developers are both creative people, but they speak different languages. What happens when you put both minds in the same room over the weekend in a film tech…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/filmmakers-and-techies-cook-up-innovative-ideas-at-the-forum-hackathon/
Like all serious filmgoers, I place a high premium on the cinematic experience. I like my movie theaters quiet as an Egyptian tomb. Cell phones? Put ‘em in your pocket….
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/the-hateful-eight-70mm-roadshows-and-the-joys-of-a-unique-movie-going-experience/
In 2016’s hit sci-fi head-scratcher Arrival, Amy Adams plays a linguistics professor tasked with figuring out how to communicate with an extraterrestrial race of squid-like heptopods whose “written” language mostly…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/directors-close-recap-arrival-filmmakers-denis-villeneuve-joe-walker/
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 the crisp THWAP! of Hollywood’s…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/fiscal-spotlight-three-unsettling-genre-films-for-a-very-scary-spring/
When hip hop icon Pras Michel stood on the tiny stage in the intimate space of the Grammy Museum, rapping Ghetto Supastar at a Music in Film event at the…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/pras-reveals-how-his-spidey-sense-told-him-a-guy-who-performs-in-a-diaper-should-run-haiti/
As you know, the 2017 Film Independent Forum (which took place October 20-22) offered a slew of resources and panels for filmmakers and industry professionals—including for the world of short-form…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/forum-web-series-creators-tap-community-activism/
Arts Circle, Film Lover and Secret (shhh…) Members, you and a guest are invited to join us for a theatrical screening of I Used to Be Funny, followed by an…
https://www.filmindependent.org/events/members-only-screening-i-used-to-be-funny/
Beginning with 1999’s bittersweet teen-tragedy The Virgin Suicides, Sofia Coppola has consistently been one of indie film’s most celebrated visionaries, authoring six narrative features including the upcoming period drama The…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/la-film-festival-update-beguiled-kicks-off-double-dose-sofia-coppola/