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 | Jul 6, 2023 | Around L.A., Event Coverage, Filmmaker Resources, indieBlog
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... 
by SAGindie | May 23, 2022 | Education, Event Coverage, Filmmaker Resources, indieBlog
It takes time to hone and develop a director’s relationship with actors. It requires a sense of trust, an ability to make decisions quickly, and improvise when necessary. On May 3, 2022, The Gotham’s Expanding Communities program – in partnership with SAGindie... 
by SAGindie | Apr 12, 2022 | Education, Event Coverage, indieBlog, Music
In 2021 – for the second year in a row – SAGindie and Helix Collective’s FILM MUSIC CONNECT initiative paired indie filmmakers with the composer that could bring their ideas to life in sound. Starting with a workshop led by Phil Popham of Helix... 
by SAGindie | Apr 8, 2022 | Education, Event Coverage, Featured, Filmmaker Resources, indieBlog
Each Wednesday from March 16 – 30, 2022, the SAG-AFTRA Foundation presented a three-part virtual panel, Making Short Films, as a part of their The Business Online Series. The panels were co-moderated and curated by SAGindie’s Michael Sládek and streamed...