KIZOKU Exchange opens submissions, indexing films by intent and strategic value rather than plot. (Draft — held as advertorial with an expired deadline.)
Award-winning director Mark Starks breaks financial barriers with 'The Neon Ghost'. Starks Films LLC’s first SAG-AFTRA project cost exactly $0.00, leveraging free assets and Hollywood voice talent for a gripping, first-person cyber-noir thriller.
'Dark Reckoning', starring Kristanna Loken and Martin Kove, delivers a tense, emotionally charged cinematic experience driven by powerful performances, stark atmosphere and a deeply personal story of reckoning.
Writer-director Arnetta Randall’s new short 'Love to Love You Baby' — an exploration of sexuality, religion and Blackness — stars E’myri Crutchfield and Sherrice Eaglin.
'Alley Boy', now in post-production, is a gritty crime drama set between mafia influence and political power. As a man struggles with the sins of his father and the love of a woman, his path collides with a Florida governor tied to a world of control and consequence.
'Seetrathin Jananam' is an upcoming Tamil-language crime thriller from debut director Manikandan Jagadeesan and Genx Production — an independent feature built on a small budget with a cast of newcomers.
Autism-themed drama 'Father Son Time' begins filming this month in Los Angeles, starring Landon Ashworth, Colin O'Brien and Jess Weixler in a road-trip story about an autistic father trying to reunite his family.
A father’s unanswered calls turn into an abyss. 'STAIRS 2: The Sunken' is a surreal black-and-white short where silence becomes pressure and absence becomes a place. Filmmaker Angelo Giordano is crowdfunding it, with his own father in the lead.
Australian writer and screenwriter Sijun Cui earns international recognition for his award-winning fantasy screenplay 'God Is Coming,' a cinematic exploration of faith, philosophy and humanity’s relationship with the divine.
Vince Remo’s sci-fi thriller 'Insentient' — about a computer-generated woman who gains self-awareness through a smartphone interface — will screen at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Feb. 27.
'The Search for Gillian Gold' is an indie mystery-thriller in development from filmmaker Stuart Wheeldon. Set in Derbyshire, it follows an archivist drawn into a vanished journalist’s final story, and is now crowdfunding with casting underway.
Australian audiences were first in the world to see the new comedy 'Wingman', launching in cinemas ahead of its international rollout across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.
ReDiscover TV has launched ReDiscover Backlot, a new platform allowing filmmakers to build audiences, validate demand and generate revenue while projects are still in development — a new approach to independent film financing.
BayView Entertainment releases 'My Movie Starring Paul Dano', writer-director Joe Bartone’s satirical comedy about a delusional filmmaker rushing to make a B-movie space opera. The award-winning indie debuts on streaming platforms.
Bay Area filmmaker Jayson Johnson is developing his debut feature 'R.O.G.E.R. & Me', a quirky romantic comedy set in Richmond, California about a young coder sentenced to carry a goldfish everywhere he goes after a bizarre accident.
Ukrainian-born director Andrew Vilange is gaining international recognition through his films 'Marked' and 'Ink and Inspiration,' while developing ambitious new projects that expand his cinematic voice across cultures and genres.
Writer-director-actor Alexander Parkinson premieres his debut feature 'Third' — a dark comedy told through a polyamorous relationship — at the 2026 Atlanta Film Festival, where he won the 2025 feature screenplay competition.
At the 30th edition of the Hong Kong International Film and TV Market (FILMART) 2026, the cross-cultural drama 'Eyes of Salt' will be showcased among major international productions. Starring James Pratt, Bernice Liu, Erin Anne Gray and Melody Law.
'Fury on the Shortwave' is a haunting anti-war short by Khalid Hasan Khan, where a man in a blackout-stricken city turns to a radio and encounters peace, finance and AI voices — revealing how modern war spreads through sound.
'Merge', the indie short film anthology featuring Mandeep Dhillon and Joe Dempsie, has reached the Top 7 on Prime Video UK — a rare feat for shorts. Cine Circle’s model turns shorts into feature anthologies with real distribution and revenue.
Gregory Blair’s 'The Mystery of Emma Thorn' earns a Best Picture nomination and a Best Supporting Actress win for Lynn Lowry at the Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival.
Margaret Cho and Tijuana Ricks join 'BEGET'. Cho, an Emmy-nominated comedian and activist, will be The Narrator, and Ricks, known for her roles across Marvel’s Netflix series, serves as a producer.
Lumida Productions has received funding through the Ontario Creates Futures Forward Program for its upcoming horror movie, 'The Legacy' — marking writer-director Jess Blackwell’s feature film debut.
Swiss filmmaker Olivier Beguin launches a Kickstarter campaign for 'The Recorded Case of Joe Slaader', an animated adaptation of H. P. Lovecraft’s 'Beyond the Wall of Sleep', created using motion capture and Unreal Engine.
'Watchful Eyes', the independent horror film from Italian filmmaker Gianluca Lasaracina, will debut on Amazon on July 17 across the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand through distributor Buffalo 8.
For aspiring filmmakers, the traditional path is well established — secure funding, attract support, assemble a team and make the film. For Matthew Fearney, that did not happen.
A 24-hour livestream invites viewers to watch oyster mushrooms bloom across textile-waste sculptures by artist Minga Opazo — part of a documentary by filmmaker Laura Reich on mycoremediation and fashion waste.
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Multi-award-winning Raya Films is completing 'Indie Score', a documentary following singer-songwriter James Smith over 15 years — from recording on a boat in Spain to scoring a feature film — ahead of a Kickstarter for final funds.
'In Need of Seawater' is an independent documentary short adapting poems by Mark Anthony Thomas into a cinematic experience of voice, memory and presence. Directed by Richard Yeagley, it premieres in Baltimore on Jan. 10.
Actor-writer-producer Mark Elias launches a public WeFunder campaign for 'We Could Be Heroes', an independent feature blending gamer culture, character-driven comedy and community investment.
Jampel Productions presents 'The Red Shoe', a short film based on true events following two Jewish teenagers fleeing Nazi-occupied Poland. Directed by K. Lorrel Manning, it premieres online Jan. 28 for International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
'Romancing Sydney', Anmol Mishra's acclaimed indie feature weaving six lives through dance against Sydney backdrops, is now streaming on major VOD platforms after its festival run.
'Mom Switched', a short from liliacreativity productions, follows an exhausted photographer-mother who wishes herself into a stranger's body — only to learn the painful cost of envy and lost time.
'House of Dynamite' star Quincy Dunn-Baker leads 'Baby Fat', the directorial debut of Elliot Frances Flynn (Zora in HBO Max's 'Peacemaker') — a 2006-set short about a bookworm whose friends form an after-school prostitution ring.
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