In our regular feature Podlight, we take our earbuds out just long enough to go behind the microphone with the voices and creators of the web’s most innovative and enduring film podcasts…
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“Let’s hear it for giving cash to filmmakers!” Naturally, this rallying cry—exclaimed by Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M. Chu at this weekend’s annual Film Independent Spirit Award Nominee Brunch—earned…
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“We had no illusions about the show coming back.” So said actor Ian McShane, who for three seasons between 2004 and 2006 had played, famously, colorfully profane saloon owner Al…
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Film Independent is now accepting submissions for the Canon Filmmaker Award. Four times a year, we select one filmmaker to receive the award: a Canon Cinema EOS C300 package loaned…
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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/
So what does an up-and-coming filmmaking duo talk about over hot drinks during quarantine? Well, if you watched our April 23 Coffee Talks conversation with friends and collaborators Fredrica Bailey…
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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 I’m Dead Right? to life. Logline Desperate…
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Film Independent’s Fiscal Sponsorship program opens the door to nonprofit funding for independent filmmakers and media artists. Logline When sisters Alex and Claire learn of their abuser’s death, they journey…
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Narrative Feature Writer/Director: Emily Dell Producer: Elizabeth Dell Budget: Around $700K Financing: Private Equity Production: 24 days/Los Angeles/July 2007 Shooting Format: Super 16mm Screening Format: HD Story: A story about…
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Film Independent’s Fiscal Sponsorship program opens the door to nonprofit funding for independent filmmakers and media artists. Logline After an unexpected one night stand, two women at very different stages…
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Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards, announced the 13 filmmakers and eight projects selected for its 2019 Documentary Lab. The Lab is an intensive two-week…
https://www.filmindependent.org/press-releases/film-independent-selects-13-fellows-for-2019-documentary-lab/
OCTOBER 21-23, 2011 Additional Panelists Announced LOS ANGELES (September 22, 2011) – Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, announced that…
https://www.filmindependent.org/press-releases/werner-herzog-to-deliver-keynote-at-7th-annual-film-independent-forum-presented-by-indiewire/