The summer is heating up, and this month’s invitation to cool off at the movie theater comes with a complete menu of indie ...

Young love, it’s one of the sweetest kinds of stories to witness take shape and unfold. Naive characters form a connection ...

Film Independent’s Artist Development programs are all about uplifting new generations of artists. One of the magical things we’ve found over the 30-plus ...

Help independent filmmakers tell their stories. Make a donation to The Symbiotic Film Experiment today. Film Independent’s Fiscal Sponsorship program opens the door to nonprofit funding for ...

Help independent filmmakers tell their stories. Make a donation to A Soft Place to Land today. Film Independent’s Fiscal Sponsorship program opens the door to nonprofit funding for independent ...

LOS ANGELES (February 11, 2026) – Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization dedicated to fostering independence and inclusivity in visual storytelling, announced this morning that acclaimed ...

LOS ANGELES (April 14, 2026) – Juan Devis, former Chief Creative Officer at the Public Media Group of Southern California (PBS SoCal | KCET), has been named President of Film Independent, the ...

Presented in partnership with the University of Arizona School of Theatre, Film & Television (TFTV), Film Independent Members and a guest are invited to join us for a theatrical screening of Forbidden ...

Much of the discussion about how to tackle the horrors of the Holocaust through art have been filtered through a declaration by German philosopher Theodore Adorno after World War II: “To write a poem ...

The Episodic Directing Intensive is a three-day program that prepares its participants for a career in episodic directing through conversations with veteran directors, showrunners and executives to ...

LOS ANGELES (November 25, 2014) – Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that produces the Film Independent Spirit Awards, the Los Angeles Film Festival and Film Independent at LACMA, ...