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At the 2008 Santa Barbara International Film Festival, surfer and entrepreneur Shaun Tomson premiered his iconic surf film Bustin’ Down the Door. It was one of the most popular films in SBIFF history.

One famous shot in the first minutes of the film, showing reflections in a smashed snow globe, anticipates the film’s grand themes of ambition and legacy and the cracked mirror of memory. Welles ...

The 'uncensored' history of a Manchester building that's had many lives... but they may soon be coming to an end ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ... With a career that started in the late 1970s, Bacon starred in numerous films that were embraced by the ...

Following the passing of its longtime president Josh Welsh on Dec. 31, Film Independent has established interim leadership changes as it begins a search for a new executive to lead the organization.

Independent Lens' has announced its spring lineup, featuring 'We Want the Funk!,' 'A Thousand Cuts,' 'Free for All: The ...

EXCLUSIVE: Film Independent is partnering with the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts and Focus Features on a Conclave live read, to take place on Monday, February 10. The cast ...

EXCLUSIVE: Guardians Of The Galaxy and Dune star Dave Bautista is set to reunite with his Bushwick directors, Cary Murnion ...

The rotating lineup of special guests includes Evanescence, Del Water Gap, The Warning, and Alvvays. Learn how to get tickets ...

From that week on,” he says, “the crowds kept escalating and escalating until it broke all records imaginable.” Management at ...