SAGindie

09/18/2026

Today at 1pm PT: SAG-AFTRA Low Budget Contracts Made Easy virtual workshop

Learn how to hire professional actors for your independent film at this FREE low-budget contract workshop.

09/17/2026

Have questions about how filmmaking labs, fellowships, and retreats can support filmmakers? SAGindie's Michael Sládek moderated a conversation about that topic for the SAG-AFTRA Foundation. Watch now!

Claire Austin Kulat (The Black List), Ilyse McKimmie (Sundance Inst...

09/16/2026

RIP Jeremy Thomas (Oscar-winning producer of THE LAST EMPEROR, CRASH, SEXY BEAST, FAST FOOD NATION, and more). The Criterion Collection offers a remembrance of his career and legacy.

The late producer’s collaborators include Bertolucci, Cronenberg, Oshima, Skolimowski, Roeg, and Takashi Miike.

09/15/2026

Vimeo's Short Film Grant doubles its prize to $300,000 (via Variety)

The second annual Short Film Grant Program doubles last year’s prize pool to be split among five emerging filmmakers.

09/14/2026

09/11/2026

Join us in one week for a FREE virtual low-budget contract workshop. RSVP now!

Learn how to hire professional actors for your independent film at this FREE low-budget contract workshop.

09/10/2026

The 2026 Film Independent Forum brings you not just one, but TWO keynotes from . ✨

HIKARI (‘Rental Family’) will kick off the Forum on Friday, followed by director-producer team Elegance Bratton and Chester Algernal Gordon (‘By Any Means’) on Saturday.

Join us September 25–26 at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles for two days of panels, workshops, one-on-one meetings, networking and candid conversations about navigating today’s film industry.

Learn more about what's in store this year: https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/the-film-independent-forum-returns-with-two-keynotes-from-hikari-and-director-producer-team-elegance-bratton-chester-algernal-gordon/

🎟️ Check out the full lineup and grab your pass ( get a discount!): https://bit.ly/FiForumS

📸: Corey Nickols (L); Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures (R)

09/09/2026

Watch the full panel COMPOSING FOR GENRE, featuring great horror and sci-fi composers talking about their work.

Film-Raderie presents COMPOSING FOR GENRE, a virtual panel conversa...

09/08/2026

Check out No Film School's massive list of Fall 2026 filmmaking grants, labs, and fellowships!

Summer is over, granting season’s just begun.

09/07/2026

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