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Read more of our recent coverage of the https://www.economist.com/ukraine-war When Russia https://www.economist.com/ukraine-crisis on February 24th last year, Alisa Kovalenko was on an overnight train from Kyiv, heading east. She was [...]

IT WAS CELEBRITY gridlock. Each year the juggernaut of the Toronto International Film Festival seems bigger than ever, but with its 36th edition (Sept. 8-18), it turned a corner. Anchored [...]

The state of independent films in the U.S. is an ever-changing, enigmatic mystery. That's why we asked 16 well-known, experts in the field to talk about the shape of indiedom [...]

Byline: Michael Alan Connelly The Show: Once Twee Signifiers: Indie-film provenance; offbeat love story between melancholy busker and quirky pixie; heart-tugging folk-rock score; stylized movements subbing for full-on choreography. Why [...]

Byline: Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop Laos produces its first feature film in 33 years. Unlike its neighbors Thailand and Vietnam, Laos has never had much of a movie industry. After it gained [...]

This independent film is an intense drama about relationships of the past and present. Varon Thomas is a young man just days away from marrying Kiya. He's up for a [...]

'When it's late into the evening and you're the last one left in the office answering just one more e-mail, it's nice to know there are others out there who [...]

At first glance, our fifth annual survey of emerging Texas filmmakers would seem to lack in geographical diversity: All four directors we chose have strong ties to Austin. Take a [...]

AUSTIN -- Distribution deals were never the point of the SXSW Film Festival, and that's still true at its 17th edition, which began during the weekend. But for filmmakers, actors, [...]

PARK CITY -- Beatings, prostitution, rough sex, knifings, car wrecks, arson, self-destructive despair, chain smoking, suicide. Mmm, smells like ... independent film. While mainstream fare like 'Avatar' gets dinged for [...]

In a year of upheaval in the indie world, the news came as a rare sign of continuity. During his 20 years with the Sundance Film Festival, John Cooper has [...]

PARK CITY -- A star-studded cop drama like 'Brooklyn's Finest'? A high- profile animated opening-night film like 'Mary & Max'? Jim Carrey's turn as a gay man in 'I Love [...]

In December, a few directors including Debra Granik and Nicole Kassell participated in a roundtable in New York that centered on their craft and independent film. The conversation shifted unexpectedly, [...]

Ask an indie executive if they think their picture has a shot at an Academy Award nomination, not to mention Golden Globe recognition, and you will often get an uneasy [...]

Independent films are carving their nook in the motion picture industry. Restricted to foreign films in the olden days, the new breed of independent films are serving as the starting ground for talented actors, actresses and directors who have the drive and commitment to make a big name in Hollywood.

On the indie front, standout titles include two emotionally strong South African movies: Avie Luthra's 'Lucky,' about an orphan with AIDS and an Indian woman who comes to his rescue, [...]

Demian Bichir has been a household name in his native Mexico for the past two decades, but his rise to prominence in America has been more of a slow build. [...]

MUSIC Baloji (below) is a Congolese musician who emigrated as a child to Belgium, recorded there and realized that he felt part of neither country. Kinshasa Succursale (CrammedDiscs) is his [...]

FILM The wonderful and humbling Benda Bilili! (NI 440) by Renaud Barret and Florent de la Tullaye followed the mostly paraplegic Kinshasa band, enlightening us on the way about life [...]

Christianity Today will announce its Best Movies of 2011 in next month's issue, but in the meantime, here are six off-the-beatenpath films that didn't get as much attention as they [...]

Michael Di Jiacomo's 'Somewhere Tonight' took home top aud honors at the second edition of the American Film Fest, Poland's emerging lest dedicated to U.S. indies, which wrapped Sunday in [...]

The Film Forward program, an initiative that partners the Sundance Institute with government orgs including the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities, has been renewed for a second year, [...]

The Room, the self-financed film by writer-director-actor Tommy Wiseau, is now the most legendary bad movie of our time, with sold-out midnight screenings where fans laugh at lines like 'Leave [...]

A meager $15,000 budget didn't stop Daryl Wein and real-life girlfriend Zoo Lister Jones from starring, writing and producing the indie romantic drama 'Breaking Upwards' which had its Los Angeles [...]

Darius Films' Los Angeles preem of indie comedy 'Defendor' embraced the ordinary of its superhero-themed movie with little 'POW!' but much enthusiasm. 'It's always nice to see a full house,' [...]

Success stories including 'District 9' and 'Paranormal Activity' are encouraging for the international film business. The films may have been released by major studios in the U.S. (they were acquisitions), [...]

COLOGNE, GERMANY -- Much like the television world it aims to reflect, TV festival and confab the Cologne Conference has gone global and multiplatform. The Cologne Conference, which this year [...]

Telefilm Canada will screen its latest Perspective Canada Showreel and the U.K. Film Council will present its New Cinema Fund Showcase as part of IFP's 31st annual Independent Film Week, [...]

The Film Society of Lincoln Center will celebrate indic film distributor First Run Features by screening a 1g-film series, 'Keeping the Independent Flame: 30 Years of First Run Features,' from [...]