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SAGindie's online forum for independent cinema, film festivals, industry news, and general tomfoolery.Webinar: BUILDING A WINNING FILM FESTIVAL STRATEGY – HUSSLUP (Full Video)
So you made a film and want to screen it at festivals. How should you approach the application process? What festivals should you target? What do you do once you get to the festival? On June 18, 2024, HUSSLUP brought SAGindie Executive Director Darrien Michele Gipson...
This Month’s Good Reads (June 2024)
Life is busy -- you're celebrating Pride Month, Juneteenth, and air conditioning. It can be tough to stay up-to-date on all the film industry news, profiles, analysis, and advice. That’s why we’ve curated some essential reads you may have missed over the past month....
Filmmaker Interview: ERICA TREMBLAY, writer/director/producer of FANCY DANCE
ERICA TREMBLAY was inspired early on by stories she was told by family members and her community from the Seneca-Cayuga Nation. Storytelling transitioned to amateur filmmaking and eventually a video production career in the advertising and corporate worlds. With...
SAGindie Co-Creator TOM BOWER, 1938-2024
SAGindie mourns the passing of Tom Bower, actor, producer, union leader, and a driving force behind the mission to bridge the gap between independent film and professional acting talent. As an actor, Bower memorably appeared as Dr. Curtis Willard on TV's The Waltons,...
This Month’s Good Reads (May 2024)
Life is busy -- you're getting ready for summer, watching the sky turn purple, and keeping up with the latest rap beef and/or presidential criminal trials. It can be tough to stay up-to-date on all the film industry news, profiles, analysis, and advice. That’s why...
CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2024 – Recap
SAGindie has returned from the land of cigarettes, croissants, and cinema - and the 2024 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL (held from May 14 - 25, in Cannes, France). A longtime sponsor of The American Pavilion, SAGindie's Darrien Michele Gipson and Eliza Hajek were on the beach...
Remembering ROGER CORMAN, the Godfather of Indie Film
The independent film world has lost one of its all-time icons: Producer, director, distributor, and mentor ROGER CORMAN. With over 400 produced films to his name (including 60 as director), Roger Corman was a low-budget filmmaking godfather, legend, kingmaker, and any...
Filmmaker Interview: FRANCIS GALLUPPI, writer/director/producer of THE LAST STOP IN YUMA COUNTY
Self-taught filmmaker FRANCIS GALLUPPI has honed his skills making the most of remote locations, from a deserted highway (2019's short High Desert Hell), to a cabin in the woods (2020's short The Gemini Project), to -- for his newest film, his feature debut -- an...
This Month’s Good Reads (April 2024)
Life is busy -- with IATSE negotiations, TikTok bans, plus that whole total eclipse of the sun you already probably forgot about. It can be tough to stay up-to-date on all the film industry news, profiles, analysis, and advice. That’s why we’ve curated some essential...
Filmmaker Interview: JOANNA ARNOW, writer/director/star of THE FEELING THAT THE TIME FOR DOING SOMETHING HAS PASSED
JOANNA ARNOW has shared her unique comedic voice through both the page and the screen. As a fiction writer and comic artist, Arnow's work has appeared in Glimmer Train Press and Popula. She's acted in films including Chained for Life and F***ed in the Head, and as a...
Stowe Story Labs SAGindie Fellowship
SAGindie has partner with Stowe Story Labs for their 2024 Season. Now in its eleventh year, Stowe Story Labs offers narrative labs, writers retreats, fellowships, and partial scholarships, including the SAGindie Fellowship, which goes to two emerging filmmakers of...
This Month’s Good Reads (March 2024)
Life is busy -- States of Unions, Oppenheimer Oscars, indie AI backlash, sun and snow fighting it out. It can be tough to stay up-to-date on all the film industry news, profiles, analysis, and advice. That’s why we’ve curated some essential reads you may have missed...
Filmmaker Interview: RYAN MARTIN BROWN, writer/director of FREE TIME
As a co-founder of the Florida/Brooklyn-based filmmaker collective 5th Floor Pictures, RYAN MARTIN BROWN has worn practically every hat one could wear in film production. On-screen he has acted in films including Lynne Ramsay's You Were Never Really Here and Justin...
2024 SXSW FILM FESTIVAL Recap
Howdy, ya'll. SAGindie returned from the 2024 South By Southwest Festival and boy did we have ourselves a time. SXSW '24 ran from March 8 - 15, in Austin, Texas, and saw the return of high-profile films, hidden gem indies, lots of parties (including the SAGindie Happy...
This Month’s Good Reads (February 2024)
Life is busy, years are leaping. Even with an extra day in the month, it can be tough to stay up-to-date on all the film industry news, profiles, analysis, and advice. That’s why we’ve curated some essential reads you may have missed over the past month. So take some...
2024 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS – Nominees & Winners
Are you feeling the spirit? Today was indie film's special day, the 2024 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS, hosted by Aidy Bryant. SAGindie joined the festivities at the Santa Monica Pier, alongside our table mates, actors Gavin Casalegno (The Summer I Turned Pretty),...
Filmmaker Interview: ESTHER POVITSKY, writer/producer/star of DRUGSTORE JUNE
ESTHER POVITSKY has forged an extremely prolific career in comedy, with standup success (her Adam Sandler-produced Comedy Central special Hot for My Name premiered in 2020), multiple podcasts (My Pleasure and Trash Tuesday among them), her own TV series (Freeform's...
This Month’s Good Reads (January 2024)
Life is busy - it's a new year, and while your old acquaintances were being forgot you may have also forgotten some entertainment news in the process. It can be tough to stay up-to-date on all the film industry news, profiles, analysis, and advice. That’s why we’ve...