Of all the various Film Independent Spirit Award categories, the John Cassavetes Award is one of the most special, shining a bright light on creative teams making their films truly…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/directors-close-up-stretching-budgets-and-ambitions-with-the-2021-john-cassavetes-noms/
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/
In our regular feature Old v. New, Kimberly Marcela Duron compares a newer independent release with an older classic to see what similarities they share, how they diverge and hear what…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/old-vs-new-the-parent-child-relationship-in-terms-of-endearment-and-mothers-and-daughters/
Film Independent is now accepting applications for their 2016 Documentary Lab. We asked one of last year’s lab participants, James Demo, to talk about how the lab helped him and…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/five-lessons-learned-at-the-film-independent-documentary-lab/
You know the deal… New Year. New You. January is all about resolutions, reinvention and re-focusing our goals to become that better version of ourselves we’re all determined to see…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/five-indies-love-letting-go-living/
Movies are a mosaic of moving parts. But we don’t always see which parts, or who’s moving them. In Detail Oriented, Su Fang Tham explores some of the more specialized areas…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/detail-oriented-character-driven-action-choreography-with-darrin-prescott-part-one/
As parts of the country are beginning to lament the always-dreaded end of summer and students are starting to stream back into class for a new school year, across the…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/dont-miss-indies-what-to-watch-in-september-3/
Dramatic Feature Director: Malik Bader Producers: Malik Bader, Stan Bader Budget: Low $200,000s, including deliverables. Financing: Self financed through mortgage on his own house and additional loans. Shooting Format: Super…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/case-study-street-thief/
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Alia Quart Khan, Film Independent Tel: 310.432.1287 or aqkhan@filmindependent.org Gina Pence, Ginsberg/Libby Tel: 323.645.6800 or gina.pence@ginsberglibby.com FILM INDEPENDENT ANNOUNCES JOHN KRASINSKI TO GUEST-DIRECT LIVE READ OF GOOD…
https://www.filmindependent.org/press-releases/film-independent-announces-john-krasinski-to-guest-direct-live-read-of-good-will-hunting/
Los Angeles is a city bursting with narratives. The cradle of cinema, our sun-kissed seaside metropolis is famous all over the world for both manufacturing stories (as seen in theaters…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/2018-la-film-festival-competition-lineup-watch/
Even amid the concurrent strikes of the past year, there’s been a lot of bonus hand-wringing over the state of the independent producer. Producers, after all, have no SAG or…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/2023-film-independent-producing-lab-fellows-unite-bonus-80000-in-sloan-grants/
Somehow yet another year has come and gone. But even as Baby New Year holds her chubby foot aloft, poised to boot its predecessor off the ledge and into the…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/film-independents-top-ten-blogs-2017/