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Greta Lee reflects on her career breakthrough, new film ‘Late Fame’, and her passion for supporting indie cinema

The 99th Oscars rules ban AI actors and AI-written scripts, but the definition of authorship they landed on is closer to how working indie AI filmmakers already operate than anyone in Hollywood seems to realize.

Amy Goodman crosses Seventh Avenue in Manhattan on her way to a screening of Steal This Story, Please!, the documentary chronicling her life and career in independent journalism. Mandalit del Barco/NPRhide caption

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WHEN FILMMAKER Kanu Behl’s Agrascreened at the Directors’ Fortnight section at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, it received a five-minute standing ovation. Two years later, it was fighting simply to be seen. It wasn’t that Indian audi­ences had rejected the film. They weren’t given the opportunity to dis­cover it in the first place. When Agrafinally…

As consolidation, shifting release windows and funding pressure reshape the film business, IND/EX 2026 showed independent exhibitors and festivals organizing around community value, operational resilience and a stronger collective voice.

The internet has transformed how indie filmmakers connect, collaborate, and grow their craft. Whether you’re looking for networking, learning reand out:

A local fillmaker has transformed downtown Santa Rosa into a movie set to shine a spotlight on the heightened fears over immigration enforcement. The city warned residents about the shoot and the images they might see. 

(7-24-26) Mercer County native Carter Hellwarth needs your help in producing his next independent film, – The Hay Hurdler.