Here at IndieFlix we love documentaries – So naturally, we’re pretty excited about the unique San Francisco Festival dedicated solely to DOCS. The organization behind SF Doc Fest presents not one, but three annual festivals: The SF Independent Film Fest, the SF Documentary Festival, and Another Hole in the Head. Films featured in this … Read more
The L.A. Comedy Shorts Film Festival is coming! And this year it’s bigger, funnier, and uh…harrier than ever. Submit your comedic masterpiece NOW. Co-founded by Gary Anthony Williams (Boston Legal), the L.A. Comedy Shorts Film Festival is quickly becoming one of the top film festivals in the country despite the fact that it exclusively … Read more
Ahh… romantic comedies. From the classics to an era of that almost exclusively featured Meg Ryan, Sandra Bullock, Julia Roberts, and Jennifer Aniston, some of us may have lost hope for the genre completely. Lately however, we’ve seen more and more fresh independent rom-coms with a slightly more realistic hue. The bleak simplicity of many … Read more
Friends can find each other in the most uncommon of ways and from there amazing things can happen… It was Christmas morning 2009. I downloaded the Words With Friends app on my iPhone and clicked “random opponent.” Francesca popped up and we started playing. We were evenly matched and played for a year before I … Read more
“In a world overrun by film festivals, Tallgrass remains a largely undiscovered gem. The festival is big enough and smart enough to curate a top-notch program, but modest enough to nurture an atmosphere in which filmmakers mingle with each other and audience members.” -Geoff Edgers, producer/star of Do It Again and Boston Globe Arts … Read more
“What is it that you see at night?” After losing his son, a grieving father stumbles upon a network of people that collect souls of the deceased, preparing them for their journey out of Purgatory. Matt Thompson brings to life an original sci-fi drama with some spectacular looking visuals just in time for Halloween — … Read more
TWO QUESTIONS… Q: What is SLAMDANCE? Is it a hardcore punk rock dance move? Don’t you mean Sundance? A: No. “It all began when a group of cheerful, subversive filmmakers weren’t accepted into the Sundance Film Festival. Unwilling to take “no” for an answer, they instead started their own event – Slamdance: Anarchy in Utah. … Read more
It’s a big week for IndieFlix CEO, Scilla Andreen who is currently in LA gearing up for Variety Magazine’s Power of Women event. The issue, which hits the shelves October 5th, highlights all types of women working and thriving in the entertainment business as well as notable celebrities who have done with work various charitable … Read more
People of Seattle! The time has come for you to experience MIFFF. The Maelstrom International Film Festival celebrates all films fantastic and if the poster doesn’t say enough, we KNOW we’re in for a treat. Catering to the fantastic film genres, MIFFF brings Action, Animation, Fantasy, Horror, and Science Fiction Cinema to the big screen allowing … Read more
Here at IndieFlix we are much like your local grocer or retailer in that we recognize Halloween well before it may seem necessary. But who doesn’t love a good thriller, RIGHT!? This month’s staff picks are definitely giving us that eerie feeling. Take a look at some of our spine-tingling selections… NIGHT OF THE LIVING … Read more
