Browsing: Indie

Sanam Hasan is warm, vibrant, and going from strength to strength, doing South Asian women extremely proud. Breaking glass ceilings, Sanam is a trailblazing female South Asian publicist. Involved in the production of Unsilencing Sabeen (2017), Sanam’s second production, Fabric, would have aired at Cannes by the time this article goes into print.

Discovering indie films matters. One week it’s a basement-shot monster flick. Next week it’s a festival gem with no trailer and one blurry poster.

For 34 years, Raindance Film Festival has existed slightly outside the official map of the film industry. That was never an accident. Independent cinema has always belonged to outsiders. The people without permission. The filmmakers building work in bedrooms, borrowed flats, abandoned warehouses, cheap edit suites, and impossible emotional conditions. The people making films because…

Want to escape our heat waves? How about an air-conditioned local cinema, with a cold beverage in your hand? There’s even a Disney classic for the kids. Here are some films I recommend you enjoy in the second half of July at the ByTowne and the Mayfair.

UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television (TFT) and the Sundance Institute have announced a historic multi-year agreement that will create a comprehensive pathway for the next generation of independent filmmakers, storytellers and cultural innovators. With an initial phase targeted for launch in September 2026, the collaboration combines Sundance Institute’s unparalleled industry experience and Sundance…

Chicago’s Music Box Theatre. Photograph: Courtesy Music Box TheatreChicago’s Music Box Theatre. Photograph: Courtesy Music Box Theatre

SAN ANTONIO – Filmmakers and movie fans from around the world will gather in the Alamo City later this month as the San Antonio Film Festival returns for its annual celebration of independent cinema.

Every independent filmmaker who gets into a festival faces the same math. A publicist runs a few thousand dollars. Press kits, social ads, after parties, travel for the team, and more rack up costs fast. For a single festival, expenses can run from a few hundred dollars to north of twenty thousand. The assumption underneath…

Bentley’s Jeff Stern discusses the future of moviegoing, the cultural value of theaters and why Hollywood’s biggest releases are only part of the story Interview by Jeff Yee May 11, 2026 I still tell my students that the absolute best way to experience a movie is on an enormous screen in a dark room with…

The films are both made by 20-something YouTubers turned filmmakers. 02 Jun, 2026