Bill Condon, Rodrigo Garcia, Alan Poul and Stephanie Allain have been elected officers of the board of directors of Film Independent, the nonprofit organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival. Full Article at The Wrap

LOS ANGELES (December 4, 2009) - Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, elected new officers Bill Condon, Rodrigo Garcia, Alan Poul and Stephanie Allain to its Board of... Full Article at Deadline Hollywood Daily

Film Independent, which produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, has elected new officers Bill Condon, Rodrigo Garcia, Alan Poul and Stephanie Allain. Full Article at Variety

Movieclips.com has signed licensing agreements with six major studios so that it can offer more than 12,000 two-minute clips culled from a diverse collection of movies. Full Article at AdWeek

Film Independent, the Los Angeles-based non-profit that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, has elected its new officers: Bill Condon, president; Rodrigo Garcia, vp; Alan Poul, secretary; and Stephanie Allain, treasurer. Full Article at Hollywood Reporter

Beyond the riots and social unrest that tore a community apart, imbedding fear into the hearts of Los Angeles, Orange County and California residents who live, work or even drive through this region of Compton to commute, lies a garden of hope. Full Article at Associated Content

Movieclips.com, which launched Wednesday, has signed licensing agreements with six of the major studios so that it can offer more than 12,000 two-minute clips culled from a diverse collection of movies. Full Article at MediaWeek

Precious, The Last Station and (500) Days Of Summer lead the Best Film nominations for the 25th Independent Spirit Awards. Amreeka and Sin Nombre also made the list, which was announced in Los Angeles on Tuesday morning (01Dec09). Full Article at The Post Chronicle

Amreeka and Sin Nombre also made the list, which was announced in Los Angeles on Tuesday morning. Full Article at IMDB

"It's astonishing to look back upon the wealth of fresh and diverse filmmaking talent that has been nominated over the past 25 years," said Film Independent's Executive Director Dawn Hudson. Full Article at Southern California Public Radio

"The Last Station" and "Precious" led the list of nominees announced Tuesday for the 25th Film Independent Spirit Awards, receiving five nods each, including best picture. Also nominated for best feature film were "(500) Days of Summer," "Amreeka" and " Full Article at L.A. Daily News

Gisborne Filmmaker, Polly Green’s latest film Soft Power Health, a short documentary film about professional kayaker Dr. Jessie Stone’s humanitarian aid efforts in Uganda, was announced as a winner in the My Hero Short Film Festival in Los Angeles, and... Full Article at InfoNews.co.nz

The foundation arm of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has awarded the Los Angeles Film Festival a $30,000 grant to help make the fest more accessible and give greater access to emerging filmmakers. Full Article at Variety

Academy Foundation's award will be used to fund event's "International Spotlight" Disney released a triptych of posters for this spring's "Alice in Wonderland" on Thursday. Full Article at The Wrap

WESTWOOD VILLAGE, CA - JUNE 23: Actor Johnny Depp arrives at the 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival's and Universal Pictures' premiere of "Public Enemies" at the Mann Village Westwood Theatre on June 23, 2009 in Westwood, Los Angeles, California. Full Article at Denver Post

(FILES) Actor Johnny Depp arrives at the Los Angeles Film Festival for the premiere of "Public Enemies" in Los Angeles, California on June 23, 2009. People Magazine on November 18, 2009 named Depp this year's "Sexiest Man Alive." Full Article at The San Jose Mercury News

Slight but winning and often funny, the scrappy Amerindie "Wah Do Dem" is a fish-out-of-water comedy driven by Sean "Bones" Sullivan's offbeat performance as a Brooklyn hipster in rural Jamaica without money or a passport. Full Article at Variety

Taraji P. Henson and two-time Spirit Award winner Matt Dillon will announce nominees for the 2010 Spirit Awards on Dec. 1 at 8 a.m. at the Sofitel LA Hotel. Full Article at The Wrap

Unlike his colleague across town at AFI Fest, which had major changes at this year’s edition that closed out over the weekend, Ansen said the staples of Film Independent’s event should remain in place for the Los Angeles Film Festival’s 2010 edition,... Full Article at Indie Wire