Browsing: Indie

“Inside the Arthouse,” the independent film digital series and video podcast hosted by Laemmle Theatres President Greg Laemmle and filmmaker Raphael Sbarge, has partnered with Chronicle Media, an AI-based audience simulation platform, to expand the show’s audience on YouTube.

CAPE and Janet Yang Productions are bringing back the Julia S. Gouw Short Film Challenge for a sixth year, offering four filmmakers US$25,000 each to produce short films centred on Asian and Pacific Islander women and non-binary protagonists.

Chances are you have heard about this summer’s two surprise hits: “Backrooms” and “Obsession,” low-budget films by Gen Z directors who first built audiences on YouTube. Anthony Palomba shares insights on how to understand what is driving these films’ success — and what Hollywood should learn from it.

The 22nd Zurich Film Festival runs from September 24 to October 4. Checkherefor the full lineup. Some films mentioned below will be reviewed separately in full-length write-ups, but for now, here are some initial impressions.

Strictly Come Dancingis back on our screens this weekend for Movie Week, with the 2026 cast performing to songs from various Hollywood hits – however, fans may have noticed that the themed week has arrived earlier than usual this year.

Film finance consultant for the 1999 cultural phenomenon weighs in on her latest work with controversial independent film, opening Oct. 9

The Lake Charles film festival will feature the 100th anniversary screening of “45 Minutes from Hollywood,” a 1926 silent comedy short starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, before they were stars. After screenings, there will be time for questions, answers and discussions. (Special to the American Press)

Aftera six-year hiatus, Lights, Camera, Africa! (LCA!), one of Lagos’ longest-running platforms for independent African cinema and cultural exchange, is returning to the city with a renewed commitment to film, artistic collaboration and collective engagement.

No longer a secret, Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s Elizabeth Holmes documentary,You Can See Everything, premiered Wednesday at the New York Film Festival.

“All my films are a result of failures,” says Q. “Every time I failed at something, my response was to make a film.” Little wonder that the 53-year-old Bengali filmmaker is one of India’s foremost chroniclers of failed youth. Q’s protagonists are unheroic but cannot stop dreaming of heroism. Their mad journeys are punctuated by…