by SAGindie | Sep 3, 2024 | Event Coverage, Filmmaker Resources
SAGindie has partnered once again with Stowe Story Labs to offer the SAGindie Fellowship to emerging filmmakers of color. Stowe Story Labs are now accepting submissions for their 2025 Narrative Labs. The SAGindie Fellow will attend the 2025 Sidewalk Narrative Lab in... 
by SAGindie | Jul 3, 2024 | Education, Event Coverage, Filmmaker Resources, indieBlog
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... 
by SAGindie | Jan 25, 2024 | Around L.A., Event Coverage, indieBlog
Film Independent DIRECTORS CLOSE-UP is back! SAGindie returns as a sponsor of the annual series featuring filmmaker and actor talks, all leading up to the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards. DCU 2024 is a hybrid virtual and in-person event, running from January 17... 
by Colin McCormack | Nov 21, 2023 | Filmmaker Resources, indieBlog, Interviews
When documentarian BILLY LUTHER wanted to move from unscripted to narrative filmmaking, he took inspiration from his coming-of-age as a Navajo, Hopi, and Laguna Pueblo child. Tied to those formative years was the distinct lack of Native American representation in film... 
by SAGindie | Feb 7, 2023 | Event Coverage, indieBlog
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...