We are, admittedly, big fans of “sweding” here at Film Independent. So we were completely smitten when we discovered the short film Inception (Sweded) as a submission to the Los Angeles Film Festival’s High School Short Films category. The three teenaged directors, Marco Duran, Joachim -- continue reading →

Academy Award-winning director William Friedkin (The Exorcist, The French Connection) will serve as the Los Angeles Film Festival’s Guest Director, presenting a screening of his latest film Killer Joe, starring Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch and Juno Temple. Artists in Residence this year will be legendary -- continue reading →

In our Ask A Pro series, script supervisor Tecia Esposito shared advice for those interested in script supervision as a career gleaned from her work on such films as Miranda July’s The Future, Azazel Jacobs’ Terri, and Ben Lewin’s upcoming Sundance hit The Surrogate. Tecia -- continue reading →

Unless you’ve been meditating in a cave on the top of K2 for the past year, you’re probably aware of The Avengers and its record-smashing box-office success. Even from K2, you probably saw it coming. After all, comic book movies are virtually synonymous with Big-Budget, -- continue reading →