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New York Times: How Gallic Can a Film Festival Get Year After Year? Plenty, It Seems (03/12/10)
Not until he is kidnapped while on his way to work, held for ransom with a 50 million euro asking price and a severed finger is delivered to his family, do the sins of the spoiled corporate honcho in...
Los Angeles Times: South by Southwest's film festival is hospitable (03/11/10)
They don't have much in common -- the Oscar-winning "The Hurt Locker," the independent film on aging "That Evening Sun," and the upcoming comic book adaptation “Kick-Ass" -...
The Wrap: Paramount to Unveil New Division for Micro-Budget Films (03/11/10)
Insurge Pictures imprint to produce 10 movies at $100,000 Viacom’s Paramount Pictures is launching a division specializing in something the studio had largely abandoned, micro-budget films, and cal...

FIND CASE STUDY: CHILDREN OF INVENTION (03/12/10)
Written and Directed by Tze Chun (Film Independent Fellow 2008) and produced by Mynette Louie (Film Independent Fellow 2009) ...
FIND INTERVIEW: Actor and Producer Andy Garcia of City Island (Part 1 of 2) (03/11/10)
Director Raymond de Felitta and actor/producer Andy Garcia were brought together by their matchmaking agents at Paradigm. After their first introduction they agreed to work together on de Felitta's ...
LEGAL EASE: Can I take details from a non-fiction book without worrying about copyright? (03/09/10)
Q: Let's say I'm writing a script for a film on the life of Mister X, a public, historical figure. In the process of doing my research, I run into interesting details about the life of Mister X in ...

Indie Production 101 (03/16/10)
Drop by the Film Independent office for a free group tutorial on the basics of making movies on the cheap. Membership Administrator John Gardiner will provide you with a hands-on introduction to: ...
Cinema Lounge (03/16/10)
Undisclosed Written and directed by Daniel Mosley; produced by Robin T. Daniels Fareed's dream of becoming a citizen of the United States gets turned upside down. 20 minutes ...
THE DOC IS IN: An Introduction to Documentary Filmmaking (03/17/10)
Learn the ins and outs of documentary filmmaking at Film Independent's The Doc is In: An Introduction to Documentary Filmmaking. Taught by award-winning filmmaker Laura Gabbert (No Impact Man) an...