If you heard that electric crackling in the air, fret not. It’s not a lightning storm, just the 2017 Film Independent Spirit Awards approaching “shockingly” fast and touting a laundry list of late-breaking updates about…
June is finally here! And while this summer’s post-pandemic movie slate is still a confusing hodgepodge of streaming debuts, top-dollar SVOD rentals and in-theater screenings, there are a ton of great…
In reality, nobody likes a dirty, rotten, scoundrel. At the movies, though, it’s a different story. This month’s Indies We Love is a celebration of all the grifters who manipulate…
After a wild, year-long ride around the festival circuit, the pilot episode of the acclaimed web series Her Story screened last Sunday, October 23 at the Film Independent Forum at…
There is something truly unique about the odd mix of multicultural influences, transience and gleeful sprawl that goes into shaping a global metropolis like Los Angeles, Cairo or Casablanca. Each…
Based on real events as observed by director/co-writer Josef Wladyka, Manos Sucias tells the story of Jacobo Morales, 35, a desperate fisherman from Curai, an Afro-Colombian community on the Pacific…
The Fits When: June 3 Where: Theaters Director: Anna Rose Holmer Cast: Royalty Hightower, Makyla Burnam Why We’re Excited: Last year, emerging writer/director Anna Rose Holmer was named one of Filmmaker magazine’s “25…
The late deadline for Film Independent Members to apply to the 2023 session of Project Involve—the program’s 30th anniversary!—is TOMORROW, September 7. To encourage you to finish up (or start!) those…
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 2016 LA FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES LINEUP OF FREE SCREENINGS, COFFEE…
First, let’s get the bad news out of the way. Here you sit, on a Tuesday morning in late April, stomach still gurgling with half-digested Easter treats. The bad news…
For film lovers, even those who are fairly well versed in the business, the credits that roll at the end of all films—everything from Short Term 12 to The Avengers—can…
When the picture is locked, the color is timed and the sound is mixed, every filmmaker’s favorite process begins: festival deliverables. Whether you’re headed to Venice, Toronto or Telluride or…