The Most Common Reasons Why Scripts Are Rejected
Whenever a script is submitted in the industry, it is passed off to a reader for analysis. The reader will give the script a “recommend,” a “consider” or a “pass.” And…
Whenever a script is submitted in the industry, it is passed off to a reader for analysis. The reader will give the script a “recommend,” a “consider” or a “pass.” And…
Film Independent’s Fiscal Sponsorship program opens the door to nonprofit funding for independent filmmakers and media artists. Donate today and help bring MascLooking to life. Logline A young blind…
On April 15, Film Independent hosted its first Writers Salon of 2015. This intimate gathering is designed to allow writers a setting in which to discuss their craft and receive…
Since 1974, computer graphics professionals have been meeting at an annual conference called Siggraph to show off the latest in technology and research. For decades, the conference appealed to only…
With temps climbing and the sun frankly being just too bright, there’s no better time to hide away in a dark, air conditioned movie theater. And luckily, August has delivered…
Each year, the Film Independent Spirit Awards give the Someone to Watch Award to an emerging filmmaker of singular vision. In this column, film critic David Bax revisits some of the grant’s…
Film Independent’s Fiscal Sponsorship program opens the door to nonprofit funding for independent filmmakers and media artists. Logline This is a film about a witch pretending to be a babysitter….
Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards, has selected 30 filmmakers for Project Involve 2023 and, with a renewed partnership with LAIKA Studios, expanded the…
It’s hard to believe that 2018 is drawing to a close, but the calendar doesn’t lie: today Thanksgiving—and hopefully you’ve already taken your bird out of the freezer to defrost….
NOTE: Portions of the below production diary originally ran on the blog in 2018 in conjunction with the Project Involve Showcase at the 2018 LA Film Festival. *** If there’s…
Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that produces the Film Independent Spirit Awards, announced the six writers selected for its fifth annual Episodic Lab. Carmen Brie, Marissa Díaz, Razan…
Each month in The Doc Life, Film Independent blogger Anthony Ferranti dives deep into the how’s and why’s of nonfiction filmmaking, featuring advice and hard-won insight from top veteran and emerging…