Going 'Dancing

An impressive group of filmmakers and projects directly supported by Film Independent Artist Development are headed to Sundance...

The 2026 List

Forum Flashback

As we enter the final stretch of 2025, we're taking a look back to the Forum and its panels all about pitching, financing and more...

Helpful $tuff

Meet the Producers

Some focus on fiction, others on docs, but all share the same title: 2025 Film Independent Producing Lab Fellow.

The New Class

Events

Tue
Jan
13

Programs

Sloan Salon: Discovering the Story in the Science

Time 5:30 pm PT
Location Online
Tickets FREE and open to the general public
Science is full of emotion, curiosity, surprise, frustration, triumph and discovery. From breakthroughs in the lab to ambitious explorations beyond Earth and emerging technologies reshaping... Read More
Thu
Jan
15

Programs

First Look Screening: 2025 Project Involve Short Films

Time 7:00 pm PT
Location Directors Guild of America
Tickets FREE and open to the general public
You’re invited to join us for a theatrical screening of the five short films created in the recently completed 2025 edition of Project Involve. During... Read More

Blog

Programs Fri 12.19.2025

Case Study: How ‘Deepfaking Sam Altman’ Takes on the Legality of A.I.

By

A.I. continues to be a hot-button issue in filmmaking circles. Despite plenty of valid ethical concerns, it’s use is only growing. A huge part of those concerns has to do with copyrightable material. What is protected as both an input, the human created material an AI model was trained on, and out...

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