Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023

FOCUS GROUP TURNS CHAOTIC IN BUNTIN’s TENNESSEE LOTTO SPOT
Nashville-based ad agency BUNTIN has turned out a commercial for the Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation in which Instant Game characters--from prospectors to pirates to metallic mimes--jockey for position in a...

Friday, Jun. 16, 2023

Uncovering and providing opportunities for new talent has been a SHOOT staple in terms of its news coverage, our ongoing ScreenWork focus which includes The Best Work You May Never See gallery, and of course our annual New Directors Showcase at the DGA Theatre in NYC.

In that...

Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022

DAVID SHANE GETS PROGRESSIVE WITH “CAT”
Progressive Insurance and creative agency Arnold Worldwide have been settling arguments this football season with their “Replay” campaign. In this latest spot, a couple wakes up to a cat licking the fruit bowl on their kitchen table....

Tuesday, Sep. 27, 2022

Set to keynote the upcoming Film Independent Forum, which this year returns in a hybrid format beginning on Monday, Oct. 24, at the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Theatre, are the writer/director duo Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, aka Daniels (Everything Everywhere All at Once, Swiss...

Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017

Film Independent is returning for the second time to produce the Sloan Film Summit taking place October 27-29 at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles. The 2017 Summit will celebrate the thriving nationwide Sloan Film Program, bringing together over 120 screenwriters, directors...

Tuesday, May. 9, 2017

The LA Film Festival, produced by Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that also produces the Film Independent Spirit Awards, unveiled the official U.S. Fiction, Documentary, World Fiction, LA Muse and Nightfall sections. The 2017 LA Film Festival will screen a diverse slate of...

Thursday, Jun. 9, 2016

The LA Film Festival, produced by Film Independent, announced the winners of the 2016 Festival today at the Awards Cocktail Reception which was hosted by Roya Rastegar, director of programming, and Jennifer Cochis, creative director.
 
“With all the talk about diversifying Hollywood,...

Tuesday, Jun. 16, 2015

Film Independent announced the 10 projects selected for the 13th annual Fast Track film financing market. Held during the Los Angeles Film Festival, Fast Track is designed to help producer-director teams “fast track” their projects forward through 60 meetings with...

Saturday, Mar. 1, 2014

12 Years a Slave rolled at the Spirit Awards, winning five awards including Best Feature at the annual independent film celebration.

On the eve of the Academy Awards, the historical drama won awards for director Steve McQueen, actress Lupita...

Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013

Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that produces the Film Independent Spirit Awards, the Los Angeles Film Festival and the Film Independent at LACMA Film Series, announced nominations for the 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards. Topping the field was 12 Years a Slave with...

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