“Producer” in the filmmaking world is one of those infamously nebulous words – it is one of those roles where no one really knows what you do unless you’re the…
Film Independent’s Fiscal Sponsorship program opens the door to nonprofit funding for independent filmmakers and media artists. Donate today and help bring Safe Word to life. Logline A middle aged…
In this series of special guest posts, we’re asking first-time feature directors (narrative and nonfiction) to share what they’ve learned from these debut outings, focusing on one specific aspect of…
In our Member Lens series, we’re spotlighting a cross-section of current Film Independent Members to see how they got where they are now, what they hope to do next and what being…
Each year, the Film Independent Spirit Awards give the Someone to Watch Award to an emerging filmmaker of singular vision. In this column, film critic David Bax revisits some of the grant’s…
Film Independent’s Fiscal Sponsorship program opens the door to nonprofit funding for independent filmmakers and media artists. Donate today and help bring A Bus to the Stars to life. Logline…
To wrap up our unofficial “Doc Week” here on the Fi blog (check out our Directors Close-Up recaps of this year’s Best Documentary Feature and Best New Docuseries roundtables here…
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has, of course, altered the way filmmakers create and find audiences across every level of production. For this special guest post, we asked the director of…
Lena Vurma is a Berlin-based Swiss producer, Film Independent Fellow and recipient of Film Independent’s 2020 Alfred P. Sloan Distribution Grant for her current film Adventures of a Mathematician, an…
Movies are a mosaic of moving parts. But we don’t always see which parts, or who’s moving them. In Detail Oriented, Su Fang Tham explores some of the more specialized areas…
Missed the 2020 Film Independent Forum when it happened live? Don’t worry—the full 2020 Forum Toolkit is now available On Demand through October 31, packed with panels, workshops and in-depth…
The below originally ran in July of this year. A new season of Film Independent’s Coffee Talk series returns one week from today, December 10, with a conversation between Susanne…