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Last month we held our annual Film Independent Forum at the DGA complex here in LA. Not only was there great networking opportunities like Industry Connect, screenings like Will & Harper and a 10th anniversary showing of The Babadook, but there were great panels where industry insiders shared their thoughts on the present and future of the art and business of independent filmmaking.

Today we’d like to share with you just some of these conversations. The topics range from the state of indie financing, to adapting stories for our climate impacted future, to taking meetings in your local laundromat. This year also had a special global emphasis, which is especially timely in an era where the next Oscar winner or streaming hit could come from anywhere and be made anywhere.

So many talented people shared their experiences navigating making movies, selling movies and sharing movies across the globe. Take...

New York’s Tribeca Film Festival is turning 22 this year, and from June 5-16 will be bringing another bumper crop of American and international indies to film screens in lower Manhattan. And sure, we’d all like to eat cannolis with Robert De Niro at one of those fancy bakeries they have down there, but unfortunately not all of us are talented enough to create a Tribeca-worthy feature or short. Luckily, we have proxies available in the form of three Film Independent Fiscal Sponsorship-supported projects!

These Tribeca-bound bangers include one fiction feature, one nonfiction feature and a fiction short. So whatever programming track you find yourself on below Canal Street in July, there’s a good chance you’ll stumble upon something with our #FiSpo impreminator. You’ll also discover three distinct tales–of contentious teen romance, manslaughter as family bonding, and the 1980s New Wave music scene. And in case you forgot,...

Exclusive: Wondery has lined up its latest drama podcast and it stars Rhea Seehorn.

The Better Call Saul star will feature in The Last City alongside Maury Sterling (Homeland), Jeannie Tirado (Fairy Tale Zero), Skye Lourie (The Pillars of the Earth), and Celia Rose Gooding (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds).

Weaving together elements of the climate crisis, its subsequent mental health consequences, and complicated feelings about the future, The Last City is set in the futuristic, utopian land of Pura and the brewing mystery beneath its perfect exterior.

In the climate-ravaged year of 2072, Pura stands as a miraculous green haven, a geoengineered paradise that protects lucky residents from the global catastrophes of heat domes, fires, floods, and droughts. Demetria Lopez is Pura’s PR fixer, tirelessly promoting the city’s idyllic image. But when she stumbles upon a dark secret that underpins Pura’s existence, she must decide who and...

This past season has been called “Hot Labor Summer” — a nod to the unprecedented amount of worker uprisings, and the fact that it’s the hottest summer in the history of humanity.

Labor and climate justice have historically been framed in opposition, but the exploitation of our environment and the exploitation of workers are inextricably linked by the extractive practices of the same companies. Hollywood is not only facing down studios — we’re facing down a system that prioritizes profit over people. We’re all fighting the same bad guy: corporate greed.

As a WGA member and climate activist, I’ve learned these roles are not separate — they inform and fuel each other. I know, we’re tired; it’s been hard, and violence around the world continues to derail and divide us. Let’s take a beat to celebrate our kickass win. And then let’s use the skills...