CASE STUDY: The Making of Short Term 12
SHORT TERM 12 is an award-winning drama about a young woman who works as a supervisor at a teen group home and struggles to care for her teenage patients while…
SHORT TERM 12 is an award-winning drama about a young woman who works as a supervisor at a teen group home and struggles to care for her teenage patients while…
The 2023 edition of the Directors Close-Up series concluded March 1 with the much-anticipated annual panel “The Spirit of Independence” featuring a selection of Film Independent Spirit Award nominees for…
The last cork has been popped and the final flute of Kirkland Signatures sparkling wine drained down to the last drop. Old Man 2023 has gathered his sash about his…
Celebrate the best in independent storytelling at the 2024 Spirit Awards Nominee Brunch in Santa Monica! Arts Circle Members supporting at our Patron level and above are invited to toast…
The Circle When: Now Available Where: DVD/VOD Director: Stefan Haupt Starring: Matthias Hungerbruhler, Peter Jecklin Why We’re Excited: In Zurich during the late 50’s, a gay organization, “DER KREIS” (The…
NOTE: the below post originally ran in May. Lulu Wang will be delivering the Creative Keynote at this year’s Film Independent Forum, taking place July 31-August 7. Get more info…
Without question, Jordan Peele’s Get Out was one of the big indie film success story of 2017. Produced by maverick horror shingle Blumhouse for an exceedingly thrifty $4.5 million, the…
Whatever your feelings about the year so far, it’s fair to say that 2022 has thus far been a whirlwind. If fact, as adults for whom time is increasingly becoming…
At first glance, April might seem like sort of a quiet month for movies. Awards season is a rapidly receding memory. The summer blockbusters are only just looming. But the…
What’s the coolest thing you ever made in high school? For most of us, the height of our prep school creativity was probably achieved through some sort of papier-mâché volcano…
Awards in hand, the 2014 Film Independent Spirit Award winners stepped backstage this past Saturday to make their way into the press tent. Off stage, out of the spotlight, they…
Film Independent and FX have teamed up to launch the inaugural Film Independent Imaginar TV Incubator for Fearless Latinx Creators in collaboration with the National Association of Latino Independent…