#Independent Cinema

Articles (19)

• 🇺🇸 ‘The Travel Companion’ Review: One of the Better Indie Films About Indie Films in Recent Memory — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  Travis Wood and Alex Mallis make their directorial debuts on a film that overcomes its modest narrative ambitions with remarkable attention to detail.

  Related: #Directorial Debut, #Meta-fiction
• 🇺🇸 Indie Crush: Bob Odenkirk In ‘Normal’, Riz Ahmed Is ‘Hamlet’, Thriller ‘Exit 8’, ‘The Christophers’, ‘New ‘Faces Of Death’ & BTS – Specialty Preview — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  It’s an energized indie weekend with a high potential crop of new specialty releases from wide to limited, original, and based off a hit video game, a cult horror and Shakespeare. BTS is back in conce...

  Related: #Film Releases, #Cultural Events
• 🇺🇸 ‘Bunnylovr’ Review: It’s Hard Out Here for an Alienated Camgirl — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Writer/director Katarina Zhu also stars in her feature debut as young woman facing a somewhat unique quarter-life crisis.

  Related: #Digital Alienation, #Quarter-Life Crisis
• 🇺🇸 Filmhub Acquires Indie Dramedy ‘Burt’ Ahead of World Parkinson’s Day (EXCLUSIVE) — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Global sales and distribution company Filmhub has acquired the rights to “Burt,” a micro-indie dramedy about an estranged father and son navigating Parkinson’s Disease. The film stars Oliver Cooper an...

  Related: #Film Distribution, #Health Awareness
• 🇺🇸 Ira Sachs’ Cannes Movie ‘The Man I Love’ Starring Rami Malek Boarded by MK2 Films, Reveals First Look (EXCLUSIVE) — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Indie cinema champion MK2 Films (“Sentimental Value”) has boarded Ira Sachs’ “The Man I Love,” one of the hotly anticipated movies set to world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival and the sole Americ...

  Related: #Film Industry, #Film Festivals
• 🇺🇸 Lower East Side Film Festival Will Celebrate 25 Years of ‘Ghost World,’ and Much More — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  The Lower East Side Film Festival returns to New York April 30-May 4 at the Village East Cinema to champion independent movies in Manhattan. See the lineup and jury here.

  Related: #Film Festival, #Cultural Event
• 🇺🇸 ‘Severance’ Star and Four-Time Oscar Nominee Jane Alexander to Lead Comedy-Drama ‘Lillian, Next Door,’ WME Independent Boards Sales — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Jane Alexander (“Kramer vs. Kramer,” “All the President’s Men,” “Severance”), a four-time Academy Award nominee and two-time Primetime Emmy Award winner, is set to star in “Lillian, Next Door. The fil...

  Related: #Film Production, #Casting
• 🇺🇸 James Gray’s ‘Paper Tiger’ Secures French Distribution With SND (EXCLUSIVE) — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  James Gray’s anticipated next film “Paper Tiger” has been acquired by SND for French distribution. The independently produced film is a gritty crime thriller starring Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson a...

  Related: #Film Industry, #Distribution
• 🇺🇸 Ethan Hawke & Russell Crowe Sundance Pic ‘The Weight’ Acquired By Vertical — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  EXCLUSIVE: Vertical has taken North American rights to the Sundance Film Festival premiere, The Weight, starring 5x Oscar nominee Ethan Hawke and Oscar winner Russell Crowe. A Sept. 18 wide theatrical...

  Related: #Film Acquisition
• 🇺🇸 Tribeca Films Acquires Spirit Awards Winner ‘Esta Isla’ (Exclusive) — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  The distribution label from Tribeca Enterprises and Giant Pictures has also scooped up Berlinale winner 'Fwends' and 'Mabel.'

  Related: #Film Acquisition
• 🇺🇸 SXSW 2026 Awards: ‘Wishful Thinking’ and ‘Summer 2000: The X-Cetra Story’ Take Top Honors — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  SXSW: The juried awards were handed out on Wednesday evening, and audience picks will follow later this week.

  Related: #Film Festival Awards, #Documentary Filmmaking
• 🇺🇸 Meet the Punk-Rock Projectionist Showing His Own Films in a Tiny Theater on Wheels — 14/03/2026 [USA]

  Solar powered and scored live, Davey B. Gravey's Tiny Cinema screens Super 8 shorts in Silver Lake, Los Angeles.

  Related: #DIY Culture
• 🇺🇸 ‘Undertone’ Filmmaker Ian Tuason Predicted His Feature Debut’s Mid-Seven-Figure Deal with A24 — 13/03/2026 [USA]

  The director channeled his grief over the loss of his parents into the $500,000 film — shot in his childhood home and marketed as “the scariest movie you'll ever hear.”

  Related: #Film Acquisition
• 🇺🇸 Grace Van Patten Boards Hanna Gray Organschi’s Sundance-Supported Debut Feature ‘Rubber Hut’ — 11/03/2026 [USA]

  EXCLUSIVE: Hanna Gray Organschi’s feature directorial debut Rubber Hut, which participated in all three Sundance Labs — Screenwriters, Directors, and Producers — has attached Grace Van Patten (The Twi...

  Related: #Film Casting
• 🇺🇸 Alexander Ludwig Making Directorial Debut With Indie Drama ‘Billings,’ Stars Opposite Carla Gugino, Grace Beedie, Taylor Hickson & James Jordan — 09/03/2026 [USA]

  EXCLUSIVE: Alexander Ludwig, the actor known for his work in projects like Vikings, The Hunger Games, and Heels, has stepped behind the camera on Billings, an indie healthcare drama marking his direct...

  Related: #Film Debut
• 🇺🇸 How Sumerian Won Sundance Darling ‘Josephine’ & What’s Next For The Indie Sector’s New Buyer — 09/03/2026 [USA]

  EXCLUSIVE: When Sumerian’s content chief Rob Williams saw Josephine at the Sundance Film Festival he knew it was special. He quickly got on the phone to company founder Ash Avildsen and told him he ne...

  Related: #Film Acquisition
• 🇺🇸 SXSW Adds Joey Power’s Rom-Com ‘Love Language’ — 26/02/2026 [USA]

  Chloë Grace Moretz, Anthony Ramos, Manny Jacinto and Isabel May are among the stars.

  Related: #Film Festivals, #Romantic Comedy
• 🇺🇸 Sundance 2026 Movies Sold So Far: SPC’s Third Buy Is John Turturro Drama ‘The Only Living Pickpocket in New York’ — 24/02/2026 [USA]

  Noah Segan wrote and directed the film that is a production of MRC and Rian Johnson's T-Street.

  Related: #Film Distribution, #Sundance Festival
• 🇺🇸 See the Looks From the 2026 Film Independent Spirit Awards — 15/02/2026 [USA]

  The awards show, which celebrates independent film and television, moves back to the Hollywood Palladium for this year’s awards show.

  Related: #Awards Season, #Hollywood Events