What happens when you fall in love with filmmaking, but don’t come from an artistic background and don’t have an MFA from the ...

Out in the field, a documentarian can point their camera anywhere, but in the darkness of the editing room, the real choices ...

It’s an exciting month at the movies with three bold, Black fantasies packed with swagger and two Argentinian films made by ...

and AMC+ at 5:00 pm ET and will air on the West Coast at 5:00 pm PT LOS ANGELES (March 6, 2022) – Film Independent handed out top honors this afternoon at the 37th Film Independent Spirit Awards ...

LOS ANGELES (August 19, 2025) – Film Independent, the nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering independence and inclusivity in visual storytelling, announced today that it is now accepting film ...

LOS ANGELES (May 1, 2026) — Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization behind the Film Independent Spirit Awards, announced today the selection of nine filmmakers across six projects for its ...

Film Independent Members, you and a guest are invited to the inaugural screening of the Robert Gore Rifkind Foundation Queer Cinema Series. Join us for Leviticus, including an in-person conversation ...

Nothing is clear cut when you’re tasked with capturing reality as it unfolds. On set and in the editing room, documentarians working with unpredictable participants and situations are affected by ...

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 ...

Get your remote ready... here's where you can watch this year's Spirit Award nominees. The 2026 Spirit Award-nominated films and television series are more than just italicized names on a list – they ...

Through a series of meetings and workshops, the Documentary Story Lab and Documentary Producing Lab advance the careers of nonfiction filmmakers by introducing them to film professionals who provide ...

Connecting producer-director teams with industry leaders to put projects on the “fast track” Every year Film Independent selects up to ten fiction and five non-fiction feature projects to participate ...