Editor’s Note: The below blog piece originally ran in January. Sam Now is screening tonight, Thursday, April 6, in Los Angeles at the Glendale Laemmle and in New York tomorrow,…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/sam-now-filmmakers-discuss-25-year-journey-to-complete-a-deeply-personal-documentary/
Have you ever had to, y’know, write something? Ugh—it’s the worst! Just sitting there, your eyes slowly being irradiated by the punishing white abyss of the blank page; the metronome…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/2021-film-independent-screenwriting-lab-fellows-announced/
Film Independent announced today that SNL’s Melissa Villaseñor will be the host of the 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards on April 22 — cue Villaseñor’s much-imitated Owen Wilson impression: “Ohhh, wow…”
https://www.filmindependent.org/press-releases/saturday-night-lives-melissa-villasenor-announced-as-host-of-the-2021-film-independent-spirit-awards/
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 32nd FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS TO BE BROADCAST LIVE…
https://www.filmindependent.org/press-releases/32nd-film-independent-spirit-awards-to-be-broadcast-live-on-ifc-edgar-ramirez-jenny-slate-to-host-press-conference-announcing-nominees/
What does a producer do, exactly? It’s a question most civilians (i.e. non-filmmaker types) don’t immediately have an answer for, probably because most of a producer’s work is, to the…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/make-sht-happen-nine-brand-new-producing-lab-fellows/
New year, new indies. Sure, this is the time of year when most film lovers are in a desperate rush to fill in the blanks before awards season, but that…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/dont-miss-indies-watch-january-2018/
New year, new decade, new movies! Sure, it’s normally the time of year when all of us are hurriedly trying to cram as many Film Independent Spirit Award nominees into…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/dont-miss-indies-what-to-watch-in-january-2020/
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 6 FILMMAKERS SELECTED FOR THE FILM INDEPENDENT 2017 PRODUCING LAB…
https://www.filmindependent.org/press-releases/6-filmmakers-selected-for-the-film-independent-2017-producing-lab/
Longtime residents of LA will no doubt have noticed a recent trend in the weather: impossibly gray, overcast early morning skies that inevitably burn off by early afternoon. Here in…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/smorgasbord-of-fun-54-brief-reasons-to-start-buying-your-tickets-to-the-2016-la-film-festival-today/
“What we do…It’s a love affair we have.” – Alfred Molina Part two of the recent Los Angeles Film Festival’s Coffee Talks series was sponsored by SAGindie and focused on…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/olivia-munn-shares-the-secrets-of-acting-success-talent-hard-work-and-hope/
Join us at The Wallis for An Evening With… Andrew Garfield, as we rewind through his career leading up to and including the incredible year of performances he’s graced our…
https://www.filmindependent.org/events/an-evening-with-andrew-garfield/
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Alia Quart Khan, Film Independent Tel: 310.432.1287 or aqkhan@filmindependent.org Contact: Gina Pence, Ginsberg/Libby Tel: 323.645.6800 or gina.pence@ginsberglibby.com LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES PROGRAMMING FOR LA…
https://www.filmindependent.org/press-releases/los-angeles-film-festival-announces-programming-for-la-muse-and-new-festival-sections-zeitgeist-and-nightfall/