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Film Independent Head on How the Spirit Awards Will Honor Late President Josh Welsh, Highlight Industry-Lifting Initiatives
The Film Independent heads discuss how they will honor late president Josh Welsh at the Spirit Awards ceremony, and highlight industry-lifting initiatives.
“It felt like a double punch: starting off the year with the loss of Josh, and then days later being focused on making sure that our employees were safe,” says Robinson, who estimates that more than 20% of staffers were affected by the Los Angeles fires. Considering indie film’s continuing box office slump on top of the struggles of the impacted filmmakers, the Spirit Awards are taking on even greater importance as the org’s biggest annual fundraiser. The ceremony is being held Saturday, Feb.22 at 2pm PT at the beach in Santa Monica, and will stream live on IMDb and Film Independent’s YouTube channels.
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