The Film Independent Spirit Awards have given three $25,000 cash grants to emerging filmmakers Sarah Winshall, Rachel ...

The Film Independent gathering hosted stars like Demi Moore, Sebastian Stan, Richard Gadd, Jessica Gunning, Marianne ...

Emotional moment during #SpiritAwards Nominee Brunch this afternoon at Hotel Casa del Mar in Santa Monica as board chair ...

The 40th Annual Independent Spirit Awards nominations were announced live on Wednesday, Dec. 4, at 7:00am Pacific/10:00am Eastern on Film Independent’s YouTube channel. Scroll down for the full ...

Film Independent announced the winners of its three Emerging Filmmaker Awards at its annual Spirit Awards Nominee Brunch on ...

Welch started out as an actor and started volunteering at the Film Independent Spirit Awards annually starting in 1996. He ...

You can find Part One of our Incomplete History of Film Independent here. *** In filmmaker Alexander Payne’s acclaimed 2004 wine snob dramedy Sideways–a ...

Josh Welsh, Film Independent’s President, died December 31, 2024 at home following a five-year battle with colon cancer. He ...

Josh Welsh received a Ph.D. in philosophy from Johns Hopkins University and a BA in philosophy from Kenyon College. He then started working as an actor in Los Angeles, before volunteering for the ...

The Spirit Awards will be held on Saturday, Feb. 22 in Santa Monica, California, and streamed live on IMDb and Film Independent’s YouTube channels. Comedian Aidy Bryant will return to host ...