EXCLUSIVE: Film Independent has named the 37 filmmakers and 15 projects selected for the 22nd edition of its Fast Track Film Finance Market, which kicked off in-person November 12 and wraps up today. Through the program, creatives working on both fictional projects and documentaries are connected…

EXCLUSIVE: Film Independent on Wednesday named the eight writers selected for the 2024 edition of its Episodic Lab. They are Honey Ahmad, Mayanka Goel, Eunice Lau, Kyle Lau, Christian Moldes, V.T. Nayani, Paige Wood and Pallavi Yetur. The org also named Goel as the recipient of this year’s Alfred…

EXCLUSIVE: Film Independent and the U.S. Department of State on Tuesday named the 20 filmmakers, from 12 different nations, selected to participate in the 2024 Global Media Makers LA Residency. Running for five weeks, through June 30, the residency connects international filmmakers with each other…

EXCLUSIVE: Film Independent has named the six filmmakers selected for its third annual Episodic Directing Intensive: John Gutierrez, Lorena Lourenço, Alfonso Morgan-Terrero, Huriyyah Muhammad, Kelsey Taylor and So Young Shelly Yo. A three-day program, the Intensive welcomes veteran directors…

EXCLUSIVE: Film Independent has named Omer Ben Shachar, Mary Dauterman, MG Evangelista, Naomi Iwamoto, Thomas Kivney, Juan Paulo Laserna and Jhanvi Motla as the screenwriters selected for the 26th edition of its Screenwriting Lab, an intensive program designed to provide individualized story and career…

EXCLUSIVE: Film Independent has named the Fellows and projects selected for the 2024 edition of its Amplifier Fellowship, a program that provides direct support to emerging and mid-career Black or African American filmmakers. They are Zandashé Brown (The Matriarch), Moira Griffin (The Prince of 7th Ave…

The 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards are set to take place Sunday, February 25 on the beach in Santa Monica, celebrating the year’s best in independent film and television. The ceremony, hosted by Saturday Night Live alumnus Aidy Bryant, begins at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT and will stream live on the…

EXCLUSIVE: Film Independent has named the eight writers selected for the seventh edition of its Episodic Lab, designed to provide individualized story and career development for writers with original pilots for television. The participants and projects are Desdemona Chiang (ZHIZHA! (紙紮!)), Giovanni…

Film Independent announced that 16 projects were selected for the 21st Fast Track Film Finance Market taking place online December 4–6th, 2023. The program is an intensive, film-financing market in which participants are connected with established financiers, production companies, agents, managers and…

EXCLUSIVE: Film Independent has set seven filmmakers for the 2023 edition of its Producing Lab, an intensive program designed to help creative, independent producers develop their skills and further their careers. The list includes Camila Grimaldi & Farah Jabir (AmeriGirl), Rob Cristiano (Gone by…

EXCLUSIVE: Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards, announced the 2023 Film Independent Forum, the preeminent conference for independent filmmakers and content creators.  This year's edition of the annual event, beginning on Friday, September 29, 2023 at the…

Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that produces the Film Independent Spirit Awards, has released four short films directed by Global Media Makers (GMM) Fellows selected to participate in its spring 2023 LA Residency. GMM, presented by Film Independent and the U.S. Department of State's…