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This Month’s Good Reads (August 2023)
Life is busy. It can be tough to stay up-to-date on all the latest 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 time to catch up with this month’s good reads!...
This Month’s Good Reads (July 2023)
Life is busy - in case you hadn't heard, SAG-AFTRA is on strike. And there is plenty to read about the strike, from general info to picket schedules to indie producer FAQs and Interim Agreement information (as well as clarifications about the Interim Agreement). So...
THE NEW WAVE ACTORS 2023 – Recap
SAGindie continued our partnership with Film Independent and Easterseales Southern California to honor emerging talent for THE NEW WAVE ACTORS 2023. The New Wave Actors were honored at a ceremony on June 20, 2023, at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts...
Filmmaker Interview: MEL ESLYN, writer/director/producer of BIOSPHERE
Gaining experience on a film set is always a good idea before taking on the mantle of director. And filmmaker MEL ESLYN has experience that would put most people to shame. Starting out in the Seattle indie film scene as a co-producer on Lynn Shelton's Your Sister's...
This Month’s Good Reads (June 2023)
Life is busy - Pride was celebrated, the submarine got lost, the DGA cut a deal. It can be tough to stay up-to-date on all the latest film industry news, profiles, analysis, and advice. That’s why we’ve curated some essential reads you may have missed over the past...
Filmmaker Interview: BOMANI J. STORY, writer/director/producer of THE ANGRY BLACK GIRL AND HER MONSTER
BOMANI J. STORY started his creative output at a young age, writing short stories as a child and finding early inspiration in an 1818 sci-fi horror novel written by a teenage prodigy, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Story graduated from USC's School of Cinematic Arts and...
This Month’s Good Reads (May 2023)
Life is busy. With the WGA on strike, it can be tough to stay up-to-date on all the other latest 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 time to catch up...
CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2023 – Recap
Ooh la la, SAGindie has returned from France! The 2023 Festival de Cannes took place May 16-27, and SAGindie once again sponsored The American Pavilion, programming entertainment industry roundtables for the attending film students. This year's students got to hear...
This Month’s Good Reads (April 2023)
Life is busy – flowers are in bloom, Netflix DVDs are dead, and your Twitter checkmark is probably gone. It can be tough to stay up-to-date on all the latest film industry news, profiles, analysis, and advice. That’s why we’ve curated some essential reads you may have...
Filmmaker Interview: FRANKLIN RITCH, writer/director/star of THE ARTIFICE GIRL
Like many indie filmmakers, FRANKLIN RITCH made a proof-of-concept to help sell his vision of a potential feature debut. Unlike a lot of other proofs-of-concept like sizzle reels or trailers, the scene Ritch shot made it into the final product; in fact, it encompasses...
Stowe Story Labs SAGindie Fellowship
UPDATE: The 2023 Stowe Story Labs/SAGindie Fellows have been announced! Congratulations to Chaseedaw Giles (The Final Cut) and Benjamin Mulholland (The Lake Merritt Monster)! --- SAGindie is excited to partner with Stowe Story Labs for their 2023 Application Season....
This Month’s Good Reads (March 2023)
Life is busy – you're prepping your Oscar speech, springing your clock forward, and kissing someone 'cause they're Irish (and 'cause they consented). It can be tough to stay up-to-date on all the latest film industry news, profiles, analysis, and advice. That’s why...
Filmmaker Interview: LIZ CARDENAS, producer of ACIDMAN
As a producer, LIZ CARDENAS has a specialty in using a project's ingrained constraints to its advantage, from the minimalist isolation of David Lowery's A Ghost Story and Roshan Sethi's 7 Days to the intimate escapism of Augustine Frizzell's Never Goin' Back, Daniel...
2023 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS – Winners
It's that time of year again! Movies and shows were made, movies and shows were released, movies and shows were watched, and now movies and shows need to be given trophies. The FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS came back for the 38th year, honoring the best films,...
This Month’s Good Reads (February 2023)
Life is busy – you're celebrating Black History, Super Bowls, Valentines, and Angela Bassett doing the thing. It can be tough to stay up-to-date on all the latest film industry news, profiles, analysis, and advice. That’s why we’ve curated some essential reads you may...
Filmmaker Interview: JAMIE DACK, writer/director/producer of PALM TREES AND POWER LINES
With an evocatively-titled screenplay, two powerful leading roles, and a Cannes-approved short to work off of, JAMIE DACK had a lot going for her when trying to get her feature directorial debut off the ground. But as with any indie film (especially one tackling...
FILM INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS CLOSE-UP 2023
We all have our awards season rituals, right? Catching up on all the nominated movies, placing friendly wagers, planning a screening party. Thankfully, our friends at Film Independent have continued their own awards season tradition of hosting the panel series...
2023 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL Recap
Hollywood loves a comeback story, and 2023 was an in-person comeback for the Sundance Film Festival after two virtual years. This year's fest was back in Park City, Utah, from January 19-29, and SAGindie returned just like the olden days! Also like the olden days, we...