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This Month’s Good Reads (February 2020)
Life is busy - you're working, eating, making movies, watching movies, forgetting there's an extra day on a month's calendar. It can be tough to stay up-to-date on the latest film industry news, profiles, analysis, and advice. That's why we've curated some essential...
Filmmaker Interview: ANDREW HECKLER, writer/director of BURDEN
It's no secret that it takes patience and determination to get an independent movie made, but actor-turned-filmmaker ANDREW HECKLER could teach us all a thing or two about staying the course. The idea for what would become his film directorial debut first came to him...
Filmmaker Interview: RASHAAD ERNESTO GREEN, director/producer/co-writer of PREMATURE
New York-based filmmaker RASHAAD ERNESTO GREEN has made quite a name for himself as an emerging voice of independent film. He first gained attention with a series of short films, 2008's Premature (which won an HBO Short Film Award), followed by the Sundance-selected...
IFP’s Independent Filmmaker Labs
IFP's INDEPENDENT FILMMAKER LABS are a year-long mentorship program for first-time filmmakers in post-production on a low-budget feature film. The Labs support new filmmakers through the completion, marketing, and distribution of their debut film, giving them the...
2020 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS – Nominees & Winners
It's time to show some spirit for the year's best indie filmmaking. The 2020 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS have been announced, which honored the best movies, moviemakers, and performances of the year. The ceremony - hosted by Aubrey Plaza - took place on...
NOTICE: Low Budget Contract Changes (effective 2/1/20)
UPDATED 3/10/20: Samples of the new contracts have been added to the SAGindie Resources and Become a Signatory pages, and updated rates through 6/30/20 have been added below. Notice to independent producers: SAG-AFTRA has announced two new agreements for low budget...
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2020 – Recap
[UPDATED 2/4/20] SAGindie kicked off a new decade by once again heading to the Sundance Film Festival. The 2020 festival - which said farewell to longtime festival director John Cooper - took place from January 23-February 2, (in Park City, UT, as per...
This Month’s Good Reads (January 2020)
Life is busy - you're working, eating, making movies, watching movies, scrolling through endless nonsense on your phone. It can be tough to stay up-to-date on the latest film industry news, profiles, analysis, and advice. That's why we've curated some essential reads...
FROM SPOTTING SESSION TO FINAL DUB – Workshop
You want the music for your film to be a perfect fit. It should set the right tone - heighten the emotion - all without distracting from the dialogue and the action onscreen. But the composer is the one member of the team you can’t meet in film school. How do you find...
SAGindie’s SUNDANCE 2020 Movie Picks
It's time once again to journey to the mountaintop for the Sundance Film Festival! Sundance 2020 kicks off January 23, and SAGindie will be there hosting and attending events, watching movies, and shivering. If you want to track our exploits, you can do so on Twitter,...
FILM INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS CLOSE-UP 2020
[UPDATED 4/7/20] SAGindie is once again sponsoring Film Independent's annual DIRECTORS CLOSE-UP series, taking place January 15 - February 12, 2020 in Los Angeles. Every year, DCU brings together the creative folks behind some of the past year's most...
This Year’s Good Reads (2019)
For the past few years on the indieBlog, we've shared a weekly rundown of good reads to help filmmakers, actors, and cinephiles stay up-to-date on the state of the film industry. With 2019 (and the 2010s in general) wrapping up, we decided to look back and pick some...
SAGindie’s Favorite Films of 2019
With the end of 2019 approaching, we not only close out another year of movies... we close out another decade of movies - a decade of streaming and VOD, constant worries about the theatrical experience, and franchise domination. Join the SAGindie staff on their...
This Week’s Good Reads (Week of December 9)
As the year winds down, we continue one of our many hallowed traditions of providing a weekly recap of film industry-related news, interviews, criticism, and commentary that we hope you'll use to further your directing/producing/acting/movie-watching careers and...
This Week’s Good Reads (Week of December 2)
We're back from a long Thanksgiving holiday weekend and we're ready to read! Luckily, there was plenty of material on the internet to quench our thirst for film industry news, opinion, and analysis. This Week's Good Reads (Week of December 2, 2019) A Massive...
2019 IFP GOTHAM AWARDS – Nominees & Winners
[UPDATED 12/3/19] It's that time of year once again to start honoring the best and brightest films, filmmakers, and performers of the past 12 months. And first up in this year's awards season was the IFP's GOTHAM INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS! SAGindie was...
SAGindie’s December ’19 Movie Picks
Well, we made it to the final stretch of 2019. And as we were each preceding month, SAGindie's staff are most concerned about which upcoming movies to see. Help us say sayonara to the year with some movie-watching. What's on your must-see list this month? —— Eliza's...
This Week’s Good Reads (Week of November 18)
Wow, what a news-filled week we just had ourselves. So much happened that we felt it was necessary to comb through the internet for some of the most worthwhile reads touching on filmmaking and the entertainment industry. We've done this special thing (that we also do...