A sure sign that life is gradually returning to pre-pandemic norms is the return of the big white tent adjacent to the Santa Monica Pier on a sunny Sunday afternoon,…
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Submissions are open! As of today, we are officially gearing up for the 29th Film Independent Spirit Awards. Mark your calendars, indie filmmakers: The regular submission deadline is Tuesday, September…
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One of the defining characteristics of Film Independent’s mission is to champion diversity in film. You couldn’t find a better example of that aim than the Best Feature category for…
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Following a turbulent year marked by dueling industry strikes and the violent contraction–if not yet full pop–of the streaming bubble, 2024 has thus far been pretty good to Hollywood. It…
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When the nominees of the 95th Academy Awards were announced on January 24, we took a beat to consider the list and then thought to ourselves, “Hmm… seems familiar.” Never…
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Film Independent announced today that it is accepting film and television submissions for the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards, taking place Sunday, February 25. The organization also announced…
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If nothing else, this past year has certainly taught people a thing or two about rearranging their expectations. From habitual gym rats making do at home with modified prison workouts…
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Though we’ll always have a special place in our heart for the sterile workspace cubicles from which last year’s ceremony was piloted in absentia, it was a relief this year…
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Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that produces the Film Independent Spirit Awards, announced today, in partnership with the U.S. Department of State, the names of the 20 filmmakers, selected from 12…
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So here you sit. You’ve spent the past few years (decades?) chasing down your dreams, encountering challenge after challenge, enduring the extreme vagaries of film financing, media mergers and daily…
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Watch a full rebroadcast of the 2023 Film Independent Spirit Award livestream on our YouTube channel. *** Under intermittently overcast skies on a late-wintry afternoon that thankfully warmed up once guests…
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This year really flew by, huh? Or maybe it dragged, on and on. We honestly can’t tell. But! Even in a semi-post-pandemic world where chronological time continues to be meaningless,…
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