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

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

It is with a heavy heart that we share the passing of our dear President, Josh Welsh, who died peacefully at home on December ...

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 ...

We continue to look back at all of our favorite blog posts from each month this year. In Part 1, we already took a look at a ...

LOS ANGELES (January 4, 2025) – Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization dedicated to fostering independence and inclusivity in visual storytelling, currently celebrating its 40th anniversary ...

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 ...

We’re pulling the curtain back on the Secret Membership, which offers you the best of both worlds: all Film Lover benefits AND all Filmmaker Pro benefits, all in one package. This is a unique ...

With the Film Independent Spirit Awards just announcing our nominees, we thought it was a good time to focus our Member Lens series on a Member who is a past winner as well. In 2010, Debra Granik’s ...

A great casting director should be one of the first partners you hire when you set out in pre-production on your feature. The right casting director will add legitimacy to your project and help you ...