Academy Awards–presented by ABC on March 24, 1986 and celebrating the (alleged) best films of the movie year 1985–were watched by ...

The hits keep on coming. 2025 has been a difficult year so far, and now the independent film community mourns the loss of one of its patron saints, ...

With Fiscal Sponsorship, independent films and their creators can accept sponsorship as if they were a non-profit through ...

If you’re anything like us, right now you’re catching up on the deluge of exciting films that came out at the end of last ...

Film Independent announced the winners of its three Emerging Filmmaker Awards at its annual Spirit Awards Nominee Brunch on Saturday. Winners for the remaining categories are set to be announced ...

The Film Independent Spirit Awards have given three $25,000 cash grants to emerging filmmakers Sarah Winshall, Rachel Elizabeth Seed and Sarah Friedland at its annual Film Independent Spirit ...

By Chris Gardner An emotional scene unfolded inside the ballroom of Santa Monica’s Hotel Casa del Mar on Saturday afternoon as Film Independent hosted its annual Spirit Awards nominee brunch.

Josh Welsh, Film Independent’s President, died December 31, 2024 at home following a five-year battle with colon cancer. He was 62. Welsh began his association with the non-profit nearly 30 years ago, ...

Film Independent announced the winners of its three Emerging Filmmaker Awards at its annual Spirit Awards Nominee Brunch on Saturday. Winners for the remaining categories are set to be announced on ...

when he was a young actor who began volunteering annually at the Film Independent Spirit Awards. As president of Film Independent since 2012, he oversaw all programs and operations for the nonprofit.

He was 62. Welsh started out as an actor and started volunteering at the Film Independent Spirit Awards annually starting in 1996. He joined the Film Independent staff over 20 years ago ...