The 40th Film Independent Spirit Awards took place on Saturday afternoon, February 22, 2025, in a tent on the Santa Monica beach. Oscar®-winning actress Emma Stone (Poor Things, La La Land), who was in attendance, had every reason to celebrate. In an admirable example of giving back, Stone produced no... Read more

The 78th British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Film Awards were held on Sunday, February 16, 2025, at the Royal Festival Hall in Southbank Centre, London. Audiences in North America were able to watch the show on BritBox. For the first time, BAFTA gave an award for an... Read more

St. Petersburg, FL – also known as St. Pete or the Sunshine City – is home to around 250,000 people. The small city is located on the west side of Tampa Bay. Amazingly, it has not one but SEVEN arts districts. As you may recall, Hurricane Milton passed through southern... Read more

Almost 100 new indie films were screened during the 41st edition of the Sundance Film Festival, which began on Thursday, January 23, and ended on Sunday, February 2, in Salt Lake City and Park City, Utah. After awards were announced on Friday, January 31, additional screenings of the winners were... Read more

As our Los Angeles community continues to feel the effects of the devastating fires that tore through the region, we at CreativeFuture have been looking for ways we can help out. Whether its pointing people toward helpful resources for those affected or toward positive causes members of our community can... Read more

The Golden Globes® awards ceremony will take place on January 5, 2025. This year’s event will be the 82nd in the history of the Golden Globes®, but only the second since they were reorganized under the ownership of Dick Clark Productions and Eldridge. Over 300 journalists from 85 countries voted... Read more

Dear Friends, The air at CreativeFuture HQ in Los Angeles has turned to a frigid sixty degrees, and while we shiver to our Californian bones, we know that the turn in weather means the holidays are finally here. As we eagerly await the new year, we’re preparing our wish lists... Read more

Thanksgiving is almost here, which means it’s time to reflect on what we’re grateful for. Or, at least, try. If you’ve read any of our other blogs, you’ll know that here at CreativeFuture, we’re actually more comfortable dishing out sarcastic “thank-yous” than warm, honest ones. Gratitude doesn’t come naturally to... Read more

Once upon a time, a man named Pierre Parrant built a tavern near the headwaters of the Mississippi, on land belonging to the Dakota people. Parrant must have been a mean ugly fellow, because he was known as “Pig’s Eye.” In turn, the village that grew up around him was... Read more