Yesterday, Film Independent and Global Media Makers proudly debuted an exclusive glimpse at some of the great experimental video work produced by the program’s international Fellows during their month-long sojourn…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/behind-scenes-global-media-makers-oral-history/
NOTE: the below piece originally ran in April of this year. It’s being re-posted here, inspired by this recent New York Times article. *** When discussing intersectionality and media representation,…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/watch-now-disabilities-onscreen-behind-the-camera-and-sitting-in-the-theater/
We know it seems like we’ve been all-Spirit Awards-all-the-time, but can you blame us? The big show is just over a month away (March 6 on IFC!) and we’re still…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/dont-miss-indies-what-to-watch-in-february-2022/
Director Miguel Arteta’s filmography is full of misfits, rebels and free spirits—from the young hustlers of Star Maps to the community theater dreamers of Chuck and Buck to grocery clerks…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/la-film-festival-guest-director-miguel-arteta-making-indie-cinema-past-present-future/
Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards, announced today the filmmakers and projects selected for the organization’s annual Producing Lab. A total of five filmmakers…
https://www.filmindependent.org/press-releases/film-independent-selects-five-projects-and-five-filmmakers-for-annual-producing-lab/
Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that produces the Film Independent Spirit Awards, shared today five short films directed by Fellows selected to participate in its Global Media Makers (GMM) Fall…
https://www.filmindependent.org/press-releases/film-independent-unveils-sixth-los-angeles-themed-short-films-by-fall-class-of-2022-global-media-makers-fellows/
Now More Than Ever Always Remember is a six-month series of free, virtual screenings designed to raise Holocaust awareness through cinema. Each month from June through November, we’ll offer a…
https://www.filmindependent.org/presents/always-remember/
Writing a feature film is easy. All you need is one gimmicky logline, as cheap and single-serving-disposable as a coffee pod from the complimentary hotel room K-Cup spinner. Once you…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/film-independent-episodic-lab-announces-new-fellows-grant-recipients/
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Alia Quart Khan, Film Independent Tel: 310.432.1287 or aqkhan@filmindpendent.org Ryan Collins, Ginsberg/Libby Tel: 323.645.6800 or ryan.collins@ginsberglibby.com NICK KROLL AND JOHN MULANEY TO CO-HOST 2017 FILM…
https://www.filmindependent.org/press-releases/nick-kroll-and-john-mulaney-to-co-host-2017-film-independent-spirit-awards/
You’re invited to join us for an advance theatrical screening of Nickel Boys, followed by an in-person conversation with co-writer/director RaMell Ross, moderated by Hunter Harris. Based on the Pulitzer…
https://www.filmindependent.org/events/new-york-screening-nickel-boys/
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Alia Quart Khan, Film Independent Tel: 310.432.1287 or aqkhan@filmindependent.org Ryan Collins, Ginsberg/Libby Tel: 323.645.6800 or ryan.collins@ginsberglibby.com DAVID OYELOWO ANNOUNCED AS 2017 SPIRIT AWARDS HONORARY CHAIR…
https://www.filmindependent.org/press-releases/david-oyelowo-announced-as-2017-spirit-awards-honorary-chair/
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Alia Quart Khan, Film Independent Tel: 310.432.1287 or aqkhan@filmindependent.org Gina Pence, Ginsberg/Libby Tel: 323.645.6800 or gina.pence@ginsberglibby.com FILM INDEPENDENT SELECTS EIGHT FELLOWS FOR 2016 DIRECTING LAB Directors…
https://www.filmindependent.org/press-releases/film-independent-selects-eight-fellows-for-2016-directing-lab/