One of the most exciting sections in the Los Angeles Film Festival this year is the U.S. Fiction Competition. It features nine World Premieres and one North American Premiere, some of…
Warren Zevon’s song about “Lawyers, Guns and Money,” isn’t about pre-production, but it might as well have been. In addition to crewing, casting and catering, if you’re the producer, you…
Anyone who has seen Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), which has gotten six Spirit Award nominations and nine Oscar nominations, among countless other awards-season recognitions,…
The 2015 Los Angeles Film Festival is looking a lot closer now that we’re on this side of the New Year! The official submission deadline is today, but if your…
Filmmakers and Film Independent Members Canyon Prince and James Thomas both recently completed their debut features with their own production company, Two Guys and a Film. Both of them were…
Film Independent Fellow and Member Mo Perkins had the extraordinary opportunity to shadow it-director Jill Soloway on the set of Transparent, which makes its greatly anticipated premiere tomorrow on Amazon Prime. The…
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following article originally ran on our blog in October of last year. We’re republishing it here. Special thanks to author Meri Hilalian, Film Independent freelance blogger. *** On September 27,…
The next edition of our popular Know Your Crew series will highlight the Art Department. Even low budget indies that shoot entirely on location require interiors that reflect the characters…
What better way to get to know this year’s unique crew of Festival filmmakers than to pick their brains with a poll? We quizzed our filmmakers in the LA Film Fest’s Nightfall section, which features…
“10 Questions with LA Film Fest Filmmaker Spotlights” is a series of posts to help you get to know our Festival filmmakers and their films just a little bit better….
NOTE: After seven great sessions online, the 2022 Directors Close-Up returns in-person this Wednesday, March 2 at the Landmark Theatres in Los Angeles. To see the remainder of our in-person DCU…
If the job title listed on your tax forms is something like “shoemaker,” “crab fisherman” or “undertaker,” chances are you have a pretty good idea what it is you actually,…