As many beneficiaries of the program well know, Film Independent’s Fiscal Sponsorship program supports an inclusive variety of projects: shorts, features, both narrative and nonfiction. Plus the occasional new media…
News broke today of the passing of filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard at age 91, pioneer of the French New Wave an artist whose work and career—in every way—represented the essence of…
Welcome to our first Don’t-Miss Indies roundup of 2022! Normally we use this space to spotlight indie cinema’s latest and greatest new releases. But with Film Independent Spirit Awards season…
We were curious about what a working TV writer actually, y’know, *does* with an original pilot spec script once they’ve written it. To find out, we asked Kindsey L. Young,…
Note: the following originally ran as part of our coverage of the 2019 Film Independent Forum. *** Ever since talkies took Hollywood by storm in the early 1930s, sound has been…
Let’s say you’re an independent film producer. You’ve spent many long months—years, probably—passionately developing your material, working with writers and directors to negotiate a vision for the film that’s both…
“Fun.” Director Paul Jarrett didn’t hesitate for a second when asked the one word that best summed up his experience on the set of his feature film debut Fan Girl,…
4:38 pm Film Independent’s new tag line: Our show ends on time! 4:35 pm Bye, Kristen! 4:30 pm Birdman cast and crew come into the press room. Keaton jokes that…
One of the best things about being invited into the Film Independent family through our artist development programs is having the chance to learn from the cream of the crop. Some of the most successful directors, producers…
Writer-director Billy Ray busted out his bag of tricks at a recent workshop for Project Involve Fellows. Best known for writing the screenplays for the blockbuster Hunger Games and Captain…
Los Angeles Film Festival Alum Mark Landsman hosted a Live Case Study of the making of his breakout documentary feature Thunder Soul with our members. Here are some of the…
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