The Film Independent Forum is an information packed three-day event for today’s independent filmmakers and content creators (October 21-23). The 2016 Film Independent Forum is supported by Premier Sponsors Directors Guild of America, Loyola Marymount University School of Film and Television and SAGindie, Principal Sponsors Brandwood Global, Montana Film Office and The Virginia Film Office.

The forum starts with a keynote conversation with the creator of the TV hit show Mr. Robot Sam Esmail as he discusses how he launched his hit TV show, his creative process and his adjustment to the TV medium from his beginnings as an indie writer/director. Mark Olsen of the Los Angeles Times will act as moderator

As mentioned above, producer Effie Brown will give the Keynote address on the last day of the forum.

Starting with Real Women Have Curves and Jane Campion’s In the Cut, Effie Brown has become a prolific producer of independent films, web series and television. She perfectly embodies the ‘working filmmaker’ we strive to celebrate and support. Film Independent supported her from the start, through our Project Involve program, and now as an active Board member we rely on her to mentor and serve as a role model for other filmmakers. She comes to the Forum to tell it as it is!

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