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SAGindie's online forum for independent cinema, film festivals, industry news, and general tomfoolery.This Week’s Good Reads (Week of December 10)
As we prepare to wind things down for the year on the ol' SAGindie website (stay tuned next week for some best-of-2018 lists!) we're giving one last go of filmmaker-friendly news, articles, advice, and interviews from the past week. The knowledge you gain from these...
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A Very Indie Christmas Too!
Countdowns of Christmas movies are a big thing this time of year (multiple cable networks do them and barely even overlap!), and we never want to miss out on the hot trends. So as we've done before on this blog, we thought we'd highlight some Christmas-set films of...
read moreThis Week’s Good Reads (Week of December 3)
It was a rainy week in Los Angeles, and a rocky week for potential Oscar hosts, but the City of Angeles has persevered! In fact, things kept chugging along in the indie film world - so much so that there's a slew of articles about the goings-on in film and TV that you...
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Filmmaker Interview: BRIDEY ELLIOTT, writer/director/star of CLARA’S GHOST
BRIDEY ELLIOTT comes from what is usually referred to as a "showbiz family," with branches of her family tree working in the entertainment industry dating back to the 1940s. There was radio hosting and early TV acting for her late grandfather Bob Elliott (Bob and...
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Filmmaker Interview: KENDALL GOLDBERG, director of WHEN JEFF TRIED TO SAVE THE WORLD
Despite being less than two years out of film school, KENDALL GOLDBERG has already achieved quite a lot. While studying film production at Chapman University, Goldberg was selected as a Marion Knott Scholar and was awarded the Women of Chapman Endowed Filmmaker Grant,...
read moreThis Week’s Good Reads (Week of November 26)
As we prepare to kick off the month of December, let's take a look back and reflect on the final week of November - specifically in terms of its film, entertainment, and acting news. From the 2018 Gotham Award-winners to the 2019 Sundance slate announcement, there was...
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SAGindie’s December ’18 Movie Picks
Well, well, well and ho, ho, ho; we've made it to December! That means on top of all the end-of-year hoopla and planning and travel and whatnot, we also have to cram in whatever new movie releases the month has in store. In order to help you trim the fat, the SAGindie...
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2018 IFP GOTHAM AWARDS – Winners
'Tis the season! Awards season kicked off - as it does for us every year - with the IFP GOTHAM AWARDS, taking place November 26, 2018, in New York City. SAGindie was there to celebrate with the nominees and winners (you can see the full list below), and you can catch...
read moreThis Week’s Good Reads (Week of November 19)
Since this is the week for being thankful, we're going to just cut to the chase with one Good Read on the topic of... being thankful. This Week's Good Reads (Week of November 19, 2018) How To Be Thankful In A Thankless Job (via Rebecca Green for Dear Producer) Indie...
read moreThis Week’s Good Reads (Week of November 12)
We'll leave out a quippy introductory paragraph this week in exchange for some resources for those affected by the California wildfires: here. This Week's Good Reads (Week of November 12, 2018) The Short to Feature Lab Curriculum (via Jim Cummings for Medium) Let...
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2019 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS – Nominees
[UPDATED 11/27/18] We've got spirit, yes we do. Independent Spirt. Like in, the awards. For indie films. You get what we mean. Anyway, the nominations for the 2019 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS have been announced, and SAGindie is excited as ever to...
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Filmmaker Interview: NIJLA MU’MIN, writer/director of JINN
By the time NIJLA MU'MIN was ready to finance her feature film debut, she delved into a world where many filmmakers had tread before: crowdfunding. But it was hardly the first area of moviemaking Mu'min had experienced. She was a film student (at Howard University,...
read moreThis Week’s Good Reads (Week of November 5)
If you performed your civic duty this week and voted in the midterms, we applaud you. If you were eligible to vote but didn't, we encourage you to get your life together ya dang hippie. Nevertheless, we've provided these film industry good reads for both voters and...
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8 More Big-Budget Directors Who Returned to Low-Budget Filmmaking
We've written before about filmmakers who stepped away from blockbusters to scale things back budget-wise. Even the most legendary Hollywood directors have at times desired a respite from the high money/high stress world of tentpole filmmaking; Hitchcock followed up...
read moreThis Week’s Good Reads (Week of October 29)
So we survived Halloween and made it to November, just in time to get ready for another (potentially scary) special day - Election Day! While you studiously pore over your local ballot initiatives in preparation for Tuesday, you may find yourself wanting to take a...
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SAGindie’s November ’18 Movie Picks
It seems appropriate that the calendar of movies released this November could be described as "bountiful" (what with all the talk of harvests and bounty and gourds during the month). There are a LOT of movies of all shapes, sizes, and genres to choose from this month,...
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Filmmaker Interview: CHARLENE DeGUZMAN and SUZI YOONESSI of UNLOVABLE
The feature dramedy UNLOVABLE came to fruition - as all films do - via collaboration. Derived from the real life of writer/actor CHARLENE DeGUZMAN, Unlovable boasts a screenplay by deGuzman, Sarah Adina Smith, and Mark Duplass (who also executive produced with brother...
read moreThis Week’s Good Reads (Week of October 22)
As Halloween approaches, this week's good reads features more than a few horror-themed bits of writing. Speaking of horror-themed bits of writing, we gathered a few of our own to celebrate two indie horror films that celebrated big anniversaries this month. You can...
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