Press Releases
TEN FILMMAKERS SELECTED FOR 2012 FILM INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY LAB (3/15/2012)
TEN FILMMAKERS SELECTED FOR 2012 FILM INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY LAB Laura Gabbert, Doug Blush, Caroline Libresco & Eddie Schmidt to Serve as Lab Mentors LOS ANGELES (March 15, 2012) – Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles -- continue reading →
WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR 2012 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS (2/27/2012)
Ceremony to air exclusively on IFC, tonight at 10:00 pm ET/PT LOS ANGELES (February 25, 2012) – Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, handed out top honors to The Artist, The Descendants and Margin -- continue reading →
ELLE, PIAGET, JAMESON® IRISH WHISKEY, AUDI & IFC TO SERVE AS PREMIER SPONSORS OF THE 2012 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS (2/22/2012)
ELLE, PIAGET, JAMESON® IRISH WHISKEY, AUDI & IFC TO SERVE AS PREMIER SPONSORS OF THE 2012 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS Principal Sponsors Include Stella Artois & Nokia Premiere broadcast to air exclusively on IFC on Saturday, February 25 at 10:00 pm ET/PT LOS ANGELES (February -- continue reading →
FILM INDEPENDENT AND NOWLIVE TO PRODUCE AND LIVESTREAM OFFICIAL 2012 SPIRIT AWARDS ARRIVALS (2/21/2012)
FILM INDEPENDENT AND NOWLIVE TO PRODUCE AND LIVESTREAM OFFICIAL 2012 SPIRIT AWARDS ARRIVALS SHOW ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25 Red Carpet Online Broadcast Available Only on Yahoo! Movies at 11:00 a.m. PT/2:00 p.m. ET Awards Ceremony to premiere later that night exclusively on IFC at 10:00 -- continue reading →
FOX ANNOUNCES TEN WRITERS SELECTED FOR “FOX WRITERS INTENSIVE” (2/15/2012)
Hart Hanson, Davey Holmes, Patrick Massett, Roy Lee and Virgil Williams Among Esteemed Writers and Producers To Headline “Fox Writers Intensive” Sessions Fox Audience Strategy today announced the 10 writers it has selected as the inaugural class for the Fox Writers Intensive (FWI), a distinctive -- continue reading →
SIX FILMMAKERS SELECTED FOR 2012 FILM INDEPENDENT DIRECTING LAB (2/01/2012)
Keith Gordon, Karyn Kusama & Jeremy Podeswa to Serve as Lab Mentors LOS ANGELES (February 1, 2012) – Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, has announced the filmmakers and projects selected for its 11th -- continue reading →
ACCLAIMED FILMMAKERS ANNOUNCED AS GUEST SPEAKERS FOR 11TH ANNUAL FILM INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS CLOSE-UP (1/26/2012)
Panelists include directors Jonathan Levine, Mike Mills & Jeff Nichols Harry Lennix, Robin Swicord, and HitFix’s Gregory Ellwood to Moderate LOS ANGELES (January 26, 2012) – Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, -- continue reading →
FILM INDEPENDENT NAMES STEPHANIE ALLAIN AS LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL DIRECTOR (1/25/2012)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Elise Freimuth, Film Independent Tel: 310.432.1287 or EFreimuth@FilmIndependent.org FILM INDEPENDENT NAMES STEPHANIE ALLAIN AS LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL DIRECTOR LOS ANGELES (January 25, 2012) — Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Los Angeles Film Festival and the -- continue reading →
2012 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS FILMMAKER GRANT WINNERS ANNOUNCED (1/14/2012)
2012 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS FILMMAKER GRANT WINNERS ANNOUNCED Spirit Award Winners To Be Revealed on Saturday, February 25 Premiere broadcast on IFC at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT LOS ANGELES (January 14, 2012) – Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards -- continue reading →
FILM INDEPENDENT APPOINTS SEAN MC MANUS & JOSH WELSH AS CO-PRESIDENTS (1/10/2012)
LOS ANGELES (January 10, 2012) — Today, the Film Independent Board Chairman Bill Condon announced that Senior Director Sean Mc Manus and Director of Artist Development Josh Welsh have been appointed to newly created positions of Co-Presidents. They succeed Executive Director Dawn Hudson, who departed -- continue reading →
