Film Independent has named filmmaker Shaka King as its Honorary Chair at the 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards. In his capacity as Honorary Chair, King helped announce, in an online video posted this morning…

Film Independent, the nonprofit arts org that produces the Film Independent Spirit Awards, has announced its panelists for the 20th annual Directors Close-Up (DCU). As an official part of the month-long…

Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards, has selected 30 filmmakers for Project Involve 2021. Project Involve is a free nine-month program for writers, directors…

Film Independent announced today that SNL’s Melissa Villaseñor will be the host of the 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards on April 22 — cue Villaseñor’s much-imitated Owen Wilson impression: “Ohhh, wow…”