Live Read Is Back with Adam Sandler as Lester “I rule!” Burnham in American Beauty
“It’s so good to be back. It’s just so much more fun than directing movies,” Jason Reitman pronounced as he took his seat on stage last night for the Live…
“It’s so good to be back. It’s just so much more fun than directing movies,” Jason Reitman pronounced as he took his seat on stage last night for the Live…
Yesterday we officially kicked off our blog coverage of the upcoming 2016 LA Film Festival with the scorching-hot-off-the-presses announcement of our Opening Night film Lowriders, Guest Director Ryan Coogler and…
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 RICARDO DE MONTREUIL’S LOWRIDERS TO OPEN 2016 LA FILM FESTIVAL…
“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…
On a hot morning in early June, Cigdem Mater sits on the lawn of the Culver Hotel. Mater is a filmmaker from Turkey and a 2017 Global Media Makers Fellow….
The late deadline for Film Independent Members to apply to the 2023 session of Project Involve—the program’s 30th anniversary!—is TOMORROW, September 7. To encourage you to finish up (or start!) those…
This year marked the 24th anniversary of Film Independent’s signature mentorship and diversity program Project Involve, which each year offers a nine-month intensive curriculum full of master workshops, networking opportunities,…
How do good films get made? The answer is simple: collaboration. You hear film professors and professionals say it all the time—filmmaking is a collaborative medium. But what exactly does…
November was an especially hectic month here at Film Independent, what with the 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards film nominations announcement and everything! But on top of that, we also…
There’s a good chance you aren’t reading this. And if not, we bet dollars to high-altitude donuts that the reason is the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, which in virtual form…
This year’s LA Film Festival doesn’t officially begin until June 14. But you’ll start getting to know about it soon enough, thanks to the peaceful visage of a smartly dressed,…
Live Read is back! The new season kicks off Thursday with Sam Mendes’s beloved film American Beauty, which celebrated its 15th anniversary last month. (Reitman already has announced that the…