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The article lists several companies arranged by country which actively produce, finance or source finance for independent productions Horse Productions from Australia, Alexander Press from Canada and Bright Shadow Films from China is presented.

The article features several independent films produced in the U.S. "Away From Her," starred Julie Christie and was co-financed by Echo Lake. "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead was financed by Capitol Films, which also handled foreign sales. "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," was financed by Pathe Pictures and was warmly received at Cannes Film Festival.

The article presents various companies who actively produce, finance or source finance for independent film productions in different countries. Telephone numbers, e-mail address, Web sites and contact persons for each company are also provided. Among these companies include Becker Entertainment and Sherman Pictures in Australia, Gullane Filmes and Panda Films from Brazil and Bac Films and Celluloid Dreams from France.

SYDNEY -- Oz film production dropped by 10 features this year compared to 1999, according to the Australian Film Commission's annual production report. But due to the $26 million budget [...]

A few years ago, banks wouldn't idream of lending against the libraries of indie film companies. Some are still skeptical, but others are starting to appreciate the long-term value of [...]

Last year, Kathryn Bigelow made history by becoming the first woman to win the Academy Award for directing. But at the Spirit Awards, such women-centric laurels are business as usual. [...]

Sundance Institute founder Robert Redford is in very early talks to bring some sort of event to London's O2 entertainment district that would showcase indie films of all kinds. Event [...]

Uma Thurman will topline indie drama 'Girl Soldier' for Caspian Pictures, portraying a cleric who helped rescue 140 schoolgirls abducted in Uganda. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Producing are Diane Nabatoff ('Narc'), Allan [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] While few American cities have been spared the hardships of the current recession, the impact on Las Vegas--which counted the housing surge, corporate conferences and tourists' [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In the mid--to late '80s, during the month of January, visitors to the Utah ski resort town of Park City were often treated to a very peculiar sight: [...]

Indie distributor Wellspring has sprung a deal to acquire domestic fights to 'Palindromes,' the latest feature from controversial helmer Todd Solondz ('Storytelling'), just before the film is set to screen [...]

TORONTO -- Director Steven Shainberg and producers Andrew Fierberg and Christina Weiss Lurie have partnered to form Vox3 Films, a Gotham-based development and production company committed to original, provocative and [...]

Underlining the cable net's increasing push into the independent feature arena. Showtime Networks has pacted with specialty distrib Strand Releasing for theatrical distribution of 'The Mudge Boy,' which premiered in [...]

The article offers tips for filmmakers in order to survive in the filmmaking industry which include proper spending of money for production, having a low-cost genre film, and producing micro and low-budget independent films. It states that instead of big distribution, filmmakers should scale back the project to match the size of the audience. It adds that high definition (HD) cameras have caught up with professional equipment, so creating scary scenarios without spending a lot is made possible.

Film Independent has tapped filmmaker Mary Sweeney, writer-producer of 'The Straight Story,' as the sitting chair of its board. She replaces Bill Condon, who has served as chairman for the [...]

Few people have an inside view of the indie film world like IFP exec director Joana Vicente. Since arriving in New York from her native Portugal in 1989, she's produced [...]

Gotham-based nonprofit Independent Filmmakers Project (IFP) has announced the lineup of industry activities as well as the 165 projects tapped to be part of the org's 34th annual Independent Film [...]

Before directing Hugh Jackman in 'Prisoners,' Denis Villeneuve will helm the indie 'An Enemy' with Jake Gyllenhaal in negotiations to star. Javier Gullon is penning the adaptation based on the [...]

New York-based indic film producer Likely Story is expanding with head of production and development Stefanie Azpiazu relocating to open a Los Angeles office. Azpiazu has been with Likely StoW [...]

In a sign of the times for pay cable fare, film vet Amy Israel has joined Showtime as senior veep of original programming. Israel will report to Gary Levine, exec [...]

Rosario Dawson will play the female lead in indie drama 'Fire With Fire' alongside Josh Duhamel, Bruce Willis and Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson. Eclectic cast also includes pro football player [...]

Marcia Cross has joined indie drama 'Bringing Up Bobby' opposite Milla Jovovich, with Famke Janssen directing from her own script. Producers are Sofia Sondervan and Janssen. Shooting begins July 19. [...]

Two world premieres and four U.S. bows are among the lineup of features set for 15th annual Stony Brook Film Festival. Ten-day Long Island lest is set to open with [...]

Where there's smoke, there's fire. As L.A. remains surrounded by wildfires and shrouded in a yellow-white haze, several indies are making moves to manage or put out their own blazes. [...]

Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams are set for the indie drama 'Blue Valentine.' Filming is under way in New York and Pennsylvania. Gosling and Williams play a couple whose marriage [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Scribe-helmer Alex Holdridge and Richard Jenkins at the IFC Indic Film celebration Saturday at Shutters in Santa [...]

The international festival year regularly kicks off in the Southern California desert, where Palm Springs has successfully rolled out the welcome mat to a wide array of global film for [...]

Irwin Young's influence reaches so far and wide it would be difficult to affix him with a singular identity within the New York film community. Although his day job is [...]

IFP will kick off its 30th annual Independent Film Week with Barry Jenkins' 'Medicine for Melancholy,' starring 'Daily Show' correspondent Wyatt Cenac. Pic screens in New York for the first [...]

ITUNES itunes.com It's the dominant (legal) online marketplace for movies, delivering about 50,000 pics a day for rental and purchase. Apple's entertainment store has for the most part only been [...]

The British Independent Film Awards bash will be Nov. 30 at London's Old Billingsgate Market. Last year, BIFA, which toasts the best in British and international indic filmmaking, celebrated its [...]

Writing, producing and directing a pair of indie films should have made me immune to unpleasant surprises. But though I've been spindled, folded and mutilated over the years since the [...]

(Docu--Sweden-Denmark-Norway-Finland) A Swedish Television presentation in co-production with Svensk Filmindusti /DR/NRK/YLE-FST. (International sales: SVT Sales, Stockholm.) Produced, directed by Marie Nyreroed. Camera (color/B&W, DV), Arne Carlsson; editor, Kurt Bergmark; music, [...]

EXCLUSIVE REPORT For the weekend of Jan. 9-11 NEW YORK NEW THIS WEEK Weekend B.O. Film (distributor) Circuit Theater, city gross The Battle of Local Engmnts.: 1 Algiers Wknd. Total [...]

HOLLYWOOD -- Stockard Channing, Shekhar Kapur, Spike Lee, Kiefer Sutherland and Forest Whitaker have joined National Geographic's All Roads Film Project advisory board, The new initiative aims to provide a [...]

Gotham-based indie IFC Entertainment has tapped Michelle Panzer as director of publicity, reporting to prexy Jonathan Sehring. She will oversee publicity campaigns for all IFC theatrical releases and help establish [...]

Chris Gore, the editor of FilmThreat.com and author of 'The Ultimate Film Festival Survival Guide,' reveals 10 ways to be successful in the indie world. 1. Corporate independents rule. Deal [...]

Founded in 1999, Independent Digital Entertainment (InDigEnt) has spent its first three years doggedly carving out a niche for low-budget digital filmmaking. Driven in part by star power, the company [...]

Burt Reynolds got a career boost when he went into porn in Paul Thomas Anderson's 'Boogie Nights.' Ellen Burstyn benefited from her mental breakdown in Darren Aronofsky's 'Requiem for a [...]

Themescape Movies of Nairobi will shoot its first feature, 'Exile and the Pearl,' in Uganda in August. Themescape managing director Amit Tyagi said pic is a multicultural story set in [...]

Crusader Entertainment has formed Epiphany Films, a specialty label to develop and produce indie features with spiritual themes. Bob Beltz, an ordained minister, has been appointed director of special projects [...]

IFC Films is in final negotiations to pick up the North American distribution rights to 'XX/XY,' by first-time filmmaker Austin Chick. The pic screened in competition at the recent Sundance [...]

The article offers the author's insights on studio and independent (indie) film nominees for the Academy Awards for Studio Screenplay category including the films "Argo," "Life of Pi," and "Lincoln." The author mentions that the tension regarding the two film genre was never an issue than in 1998 when the film "Shakespeare in Love" won over "Saving Private Ryan." Moreover, he says that "Argo" which is a studio film has an indie roots.

The article reports on the pickup deals for independent films featured in the Sundance Film Festival.

The article offers information on the 2013's Sundance Film Festival compiled with independent film. It says that the festival will host the premiere of Jane Campion's Sundance Channel miniseries "Top of the Lake" and Parts and Labor's New York have three entries, "Mother of George", "Narco Cultura" and Ain't Them Bodies Saints" Moreover, many Sundance veterans that produced many television (TV) projects before have returned this 2013 for another hit series and films for the Sundance festival.

The article focuses on the strategy of marketers to promote brands in the Sundance Channel by producing entertainment content alongside films seeking for distribution deals in the Sundance Film Festival. It discusses the creation of the 30-minute documentary, "The Unsinkable Henry Morgan," directed by veteran commercials and music video director Michael Haussman, featuring the story of Captain Morgan, the icon of Diageo's rum label.

The article reports on the optimism that pervades the opening of the 37th Toronto International Film Festival. It states that mid-sized studios are looking to acquire a wide array of commercial titles in the festival. WME Global's head Graham Taylor says that films such as "Act of Valor" and "The Woman in Black" are commercially viable films. It also notes announcements relative to the independent sector by studios such as Scott Pictures, A24, and DreamWorks Studios.

The article focuses on how will the Emmy award will choose among the made-for-television (TV) movie nominees for the 2012 award. Philip Kaufman, director of the film "Hemingway & Gellhorn," mentions that movies in the independent film category have been excellent. Eric Deggans, critic at "St. Petersburg Times" periodical states that it is time for the academy to pull together a panel of members to look at the categories of the award and establish new definitions.

The article reports on the success of the independent films, particularly "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" and "Moonrise Kingdom."

The article offers information on the economic trends in motion picture distribution market in Cannes, France. It states that independent buyers are searching for studio-level films. It mentions that independents in Cannes have strong opportunity along with the budget ranging from 25-65 million dollars.