Last year, Film Independent and the U.S. Department of State partnered together to launch Global Media Makers, an innovative mentoring initiative connecting visual storytellers from around the world with leading…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/global-media-makers-update-moroccos-houda-lakhdar-sofia-aissaoui-angle/
On May 2 Film Independent Presents welcomed a giddy Tuesday audience to the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, for an extended evening with beloved actor…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/comedy-superstar-molly-shannon-gets-real-and-really-funny/
Film Independent’s Fiscal Sponsorship program opens the door to nonprofit funding for independent filmmakers and media artists. Donate today and help bring The Rules (Zasady) to life. Logline In…
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The great irony of Halloween is that in subjecting ourselves to scares of the kitschy seasonal-grocery-aisle variety, we somehow inoculate ourselves, for a moment, the IRL horrors that so consistently…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/the-must-list-five-of-our-favorite-super-spooky-halloween-entertainments/
In our new Member Lens series, we’re spotlighting a cross-section of current Film Independent Members to see how they got where they are now, what they hope to do next and…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/member-lens-stephen-mao-on-the-topline-responsibilities-of-a-creative-producer/
Every other week on the blog, we dig into the archives from Film Independent Education and examine, in detail, one film’s production journey. Our hope is that filmmakers will take lessons from…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/case-study-the-making-of-chasing-coral/
We thought it might be fun to have a change of pace, during this awards season, and accelerate into some high-octane automotive action! In this special guest post our friend,…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/how-to-create-a-car-chase-with-action-realism/
NOTE: the following piece originally ran on the website Dear Producer and is shared here courtesy of editor Rebecca Green, a Film Independent Fellow and Creative Advisor. Excerpts from Dear Producer appear on…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/dear-producer-an-interview-with-never-goin-back-producer-liz-cardenas/
When the 1,400 people packed into the Theater at Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles last night cheered wildly for David Fincher following the closing credits of Gone Girl, the…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/movies-arent-finished-theyre-abandoned-david-fincher-on-why-he-hates-watching-his-films/
Editor’s Note: a version of the following post originally ran way back in 2015. It’s being re-posted here (with minor edits) to celebrate—what else?—THANKSGIVING. All three seasons of Hannibal (NBC, 2013-2015)…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/interview-how-food-stylists-make-onscreen-eats-easy-to-swallow/
Believe it or not, there’s a lot more to being a director than filling out a pair of canvas jodhpurs or peering through a makeshift picture frame formed by the…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/action-cut-everything-meet-film-independents-2017-directing-lab-fellows/
Lulu Wang. Effie T. Brown. Justin Simien. Jon M. Chu. Linda Yvette Chávez and Marvin Lemus. What do all these filmmakers (whose combined credits include everything from The Farewell to…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/how-to-watch-and-help-make-our-next-round-of-project-involve-shorts/