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Brad Pitt and director David Ayer previously worked together on the WWII tank unit thriller “Fury“; they’ve reunited for their latest pic, “Heart of the Beast,” as Pitt plays a U.S. forces veteran who is forced, alongside his war dog Odin (both now retired from service), to traverse the harsh Alaskan wilderness after a near-death…

A first-time director stares at a spreadsheet at midnight, coffee gone cold, trying to figure out how a $180,000 dream fits into an $11,000 reality. It’s a scene familiar to almost anyone who has tried to make a movie outside the studio system. The camera package, the location fees, the sound mixer who actually knows…

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Traditional Pakistani cinema relies on commercial Eid releases, celebrity-led projects, and box-office numbers, implying a risk-averse industry culture. However, there’s another kind of cinema that is quietly in the making: Pakistani indie cinema.

On the eve of the inaugural TIFF: The Market (September 10-16), the US independent film community is on the fence about the utility of an official event six weeks before the American Film Market (AFM) in Los Angeles.

Microbudget directors keep writing scenes set in rooms they’ve never entered. Here’s how they fake it, and why it still works on screen.

For independent filmmakers, making the movie is only part of the battle. Before production begins, they must decide which screenplay deserves their limited time and money. After the film is finished, they face the equally difficult task of finding an audience. Quilty founder Daniel Wood believes artificial intelligence can help at both ends of that…

Watching “Niu Lai” was an experience like no other. The theater was surprisingly busy for a late Sunday-night screening, with a crowd eager to watch China’s most notorious cartoon calf and his mother. For the first half hour, I was surrounded by laughter, fueled by the characters’ crude 3D modeling, wooden movements and facial expressions,…

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UK independent films released in 2025 accountedfor a 1.3% share of the worldwide box office, down from1.7% in 2024 but up from 0.9% in 2023, according to statistics compiled and published by the British Film Institute (BFI).