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…
As part of Know Your Crew—Film Independent’s regular Tuesday night educational series giving an in-depth look at key below-the-line positions—Angela Sostre stopped by Film Independent to discuss the role of…
Welcome to Fiscal Spotlight, a special monthly round up of projects—at all stages of production—working their way through Film Independent’s Fiscal Sponsorship pipeline. *** Who are you? What do you do? And…
Husband and wife team Gareth Smith and Jenny Lee recently confessed to Film Independent Members that they are “maniacally dedicated” to making things by hand. The sought-after designers led “The…
Grantland writer Kevin Lincoln summed up Ex Machina beautifully when he wrote, “It’s a story about artificial intelligence, not-artificial intelligence, trust, love, parenthood, sincerity, watching Oscar Isaac exercise, the ethics…
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,…
We live in an era where, technically, it’s possible to pretty much always claim you’re currently in the process of “making a documentary.” After all, we carry cameras with us…
Back when we were in high school, our creative ambitions generally reached no further than simply coming up with the coolest-sounding Livejournal username that our Snapple-stained Old Millennial brains could…
Maybe it’s not the most novel observation, but Hollywood can sometimes be like a school of sharks all swimming around in close, claustrophobic saltwater. Meaning, yes, that the industry is…
With careful planning, the smart use of locations and plenty of creativity, production design costs should not break your budget. Film Independent is pleased to welcome back filmmaker and production…
Earlier this week we shared part one of our conversation with Nickel Boys cinematographer, Jomo Fray. There, we talked about how he got involved with Nickel Boys, and his path…
Every day on a film set is a new adventure. Like if your romantic leads suddenly decide they hate each other. Or the set floods. Or the number of pages…