Our sponsors make everything we do possible. As a 501(c)(3) organization, Film Independent depends on the loyal support of companies who believe in keeping the independent spirit alive.

Organizational Partners


Leadership Partners
Acura, AMC, American Airlines, Biolage Professional Haircare, ELLE, Heineken, Los Angeles Times, Netflix, OPEN from American Express, Piaget, Pop Secret, Target

Executive Partners
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Budweiser Select, Canon U.S.A., City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Dept. (CAD), Directors Guild of America, Disney Channel, Focus Features, Fox Searchlight Pictures, G.H. Mumm, Green Rubber, HBO, IndieVest, Inc., The James Irvine Foundation, Lucasfilm, Miramax, Overture Films, Paramount Pictures, SAGIndie/Screen Actors Guild, Stolichnaya Vodka, Technicolor, Warner Independent Pictures, Writers Guild of America, west

Senior Partners
A&E IndieFilms, Academy Foundation of the Academy of Motion Arts and Sciences, Argyros Foundation, Creative Artist Agency, Daily Variety, Endgame Entertainment, Hollywood Foreign Press Association, International Creative Management, Lakeshore Entertainment, Loeb & Loeb LLP, Los Angeles County Arts Commission, Maryland Film Office, Movie Plus, New York Times, The New Yorker, Paradigm, Picturehouse, Schreck Rose Dapello Adams & Hurwitz LLP, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group, Sony Pictures Classics, Sundance Channel, THINKfilm, Vanity Fair, Variety, William Morris Agency, The Weinsten Company

Partners
2929 Productions, Adobe, Barbara Boyle, Bold Films, Clear Channel Radio, DLP Cinema, DTS Digital Cinema, EMI Music Publishing, Entertainment Weekly, Film Finances, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Seltz, P.C.,  IAG Research, ICM, Kiehl's Since 1851, LIONSGATE, Magnolia,  Microspace, Miramax, Mississippi Film Office, Motorola, Movieplus, Nancy Seltzer & Associates, National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), NBC Universal, Panavision, Roadside Attractions, Starz Entertainment, Strongheart Pictures, United Talent Agency, Vivendi Visual Entertainment, Washington Mutual

Junior Partners
Ambush Entertainment, Avid, Shelly Bennecke, BMI, Bright Idea Entertainment, Capital Markets Advisors, Elysian Entertainment, Giant Robot, Greenberg Traurig, ICM, IFA Talent Agency, Industry Entertainment, Innovative Artist, Jim Jacks, Jewel Collection, Mayersohn & Edeltstone, LLP, Odd Lot Entertainment, Ole Madrid, Guy Michael Ruffin, Sauza Hornitos Tequila, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, Surpin, Mayerson & Edelstone, LLP, Universal Studios, Volume One Entertainment, Xenon Pictures