The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) announced today the ten documentaries selected for the 2013 Independent Filmmaker Labs, IFP’s  annual year-long fellowship for first-time feature directors.  The key creative teams of the selected films, chosen from a national pool of 200 submissions, will participate in three week-long sessions over the course of 2013, with the first [...]

The 10th London Independent Film Festival announced its awards today, concluding an 11-day festival which showcased the best of low-budget filmmaking from the UK and abroad.  Director Ian Vernon took the Grand Prize at LIFF for his feature film Best Little Whorehouse in Rochdale. The British comedy tells the story of a group of women [...]

Deadlines for Independent Filmmaker Project’s (IFP) Independent Film Week are now available. Visit the event page for more information and to submit your application today!

Here’s the press release from Sarasota Film Festival’s recently release of their full lineup. The festival runs from April 5, 2013 – April 14, 2013. For more information and to purchase tickets visit http://www.sarasotafilmfestival.com/. Find the complete release with full film list here. The Sarasota Film Festival (SFF) officially announced their complete 2013 Festival program [...]

Fortnight Film ContestPresented by the Capital City Film Festival Details Contest Dates: March 21 to April 4, 2013Registration: Now OpenFee: $100 (includes 2 CCFF all-access passes) Rules and Other Stuff Contest will begin on March 21 and final edited entries are due by April 4. Contest will begin and end at the Lansing Public Media Center, located [...]

Occupy Cannes will prove to be an invaluable tool not only for independent filmmakers, but for all artists, scholars, and anyone that values the idea of artistic independence. More important, the issue of artistic independence is bigger than Cannes, Troma, Return to Nuke ‘Em High, and the film industry itself; it’s about showing the world that independent art must be actively fought for.

From the producers of Kirikou and the Sorceress, Triplets of Belleville and The Secret of Kellscomes the opening night film of the 2013 New York International Children’s Film Festival (NYICFF). Fresh from standing ovations at Toronto and Cannes, Ernest & Celestine joyfully leaps across genres and influences to capture the kinetic, limitless possibilities of animated [...]

Click Here To Submit Showtime’s Tony Cox Screenplay Competition recognizes an emerging screenplay as the best from the pool of submissions each year. The competition gives writers the opportunity to have their scripts read by a prestigious jury, receive top industry recognition, participate in a Festival focused specifically on screenwriting, including a Mentor’s Brunch with [...]

South By Southwest (SXSW) announced recently a healthy 109 films added to their features lineup! They join previously announced films and more films are to come including their Midnight Features and Short Film programs. The official release highlights several films to look out for including Bryan Poyser’s The Bounceback (pictured below). For a complete list [...]

We missed this announcement earlier this month, but there’s always time to appreciate such overwhelming support for independent film on the part of the strongest part of this community: the fans! The milestone of $100,000,000 in pledge dollars for over 8,000 indie film projects just goes to show that, despite the naysayers, this industry is [...]