When I first started at Film Independent, I met with Josh Welsh, he said one thing he wanted to do was to reach out to people beyond the LA and ...

With Fiscal Sponsorship, independent films and their creators can accept sponsorship as if they were a non-profit through Film Independent. The program ...

The hits keep on coming. 2025 has been a difficult year so far, and now the independent film community mourns the loss of one ...

On Saturday, the Spirit Awards returned to the beach. Casa Del Mar Hotel Santa Monica hosted our annual Spirit Awards ...

A nine-month residency designed to advance the careers of Latinx producers The Film Independent Imaginar Producers Residency is a new program created to support Latinx Producers, made possible by The ...

Countless ink has been spilled and millions of feet have been shot about living in Los Angeles, and how it feels like you’re always on the precipice of apocalypse. With what we’ve seen and lived ...

Editor’s Note: Since its World Premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, winning a special jury prize for craft, Nocturnes has gone on to several accolades, including becoming a New York Times ...

Filmmaker Pro Members are driven to achieve their goals. They are innovative and industrious, and committed to sharing unique and impactful stories with the world. At $250/year, a Filmmaker Pro ...

It's officially Spirit Award season here at Film Independent. We had our annual Awards Brunch last weekend, and we're getting ...

You can find Part One of our Incomplete History of Film Independent here. In filmmaker Alexander Payne’s acclaimed 2004 wine snob dramedy Sideways–a 4x Film Independent Spirit Award winner–vino-loving ...