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…
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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)…
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Film Independent’s Fiscal Sponsorship program opens the door to nonprofit funding for independent filmmakers and media artists. Donate today and help bring Hatchback to life. Logline Due to job…
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Since 2016, Film Independent and The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs have partnered on Global Media Makers, an innovative mentoring initiative connecting visual storytellers from…
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In this special guest post, indie filmmaker Kyle Kenyon takes us behind the scenes of his 2019 web series Schmotts, which continues to be programmed—and win awards!—at film festivals worldwide….
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/mistakes-and-mustaches-how-my-friends-and-i-made-a-hit-two-hour-web-series/
Writer-director-cinematographer Andrew Droz Palermo was a Film Independent Documentary Lab Fellow with Rich Hill, the Sundance-winning doc about three young men growing up in a poverty-stricken Midwestern town. Palermo co-directed…
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Film Independent’s Fiscal Sponsorship program opens the door to nonprofit funding for independent filmmakers and media artists. Logline Midtown will distill America’s experience of contemporary electoral politics through an observational…
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NOTE: the below piece originally ran in June of 2020. We’re rerunning here in celebration of Pride Month 2022. Special thanks to Jenn Wilson, Film Independent Senior Programmer. All streaming…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/fi-presents-nine-black-lgbtq-content-creators-to-celebrate-during-pride-month/
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following blog originally ran on filmindependent.org several years ago and remains one of our most-requested articles. We’re republishing it here, with minor edits to the original text. Special thanks…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/archives-stu-pollard-answers-questions-starting-production-company/
Film Independent’s Fiscal Sponsorship program opens the door to nonprofit funding for independent filmmakers and media artists. Donate today and help bring Now and Never to life. Logline A woman in…
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Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that produces the Film Independent Spirit Awards, announced the six screenwriters selected for its 21st annual Screenwriting Lab. This intensive program is designed to…
https://www.filmindependent.org/press-releases/film-independent-announces-2019-screenwriting-lab-participants/
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