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Independent
see all genres ›The whole notion of independence applies to films made outside major studios though, occasionally, the studios will distribute independently-produced films that they acquire at assorted film festivals. Independent films are often characterized as personal projects with low budgets and limited releases. Because of this, they usually feature a high degree of artistic investment and frequently explore unconventional subject material.
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Genres / Independent
SUB-GENRES · Documentary · Narrative
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Busking the System
BUSKING THE SYSTEM focuses in on the very different lives of several subway musicians in New York City. We follow three fresh-faced musicians from Kansas City, MO, Seattle, WA and Cleveland, OH on their journey to see if they can make it in the New York subway and launch their career. Will they discover...Start your free trial to watch
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Butterflies
Forget reality television. Broadcast yourself! With more than five billion videos viewed in a month and ten hours of footage uploaded every minute, YouTube was (at the time of the making of this documentary) the third most popular website in the world. BUTTERFLIES follows some of the flamboyant personalities who have made it...Start your free trial to watch
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El Camino
The critically acclaimed EL CAMINO follows Lily as she travels across the country to Mexico with Gray, Eliot and their recently deceased friend’s ashes in hand. As these young adults confront their unrealized selves and their grief, nothing happens the way we expect.Start your free trial to watch
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Camping Sauvage
Fresh out of prison, Blaise accepts a job as a sailing instructor at a summer camp run by his brother in law, Eddie. It’s not long before he catches the eye of Camille, a bored and beautiful teenager. Haunted by violent nightmares, scorned by the other campers and reminded daily of his estranged wife and children, Blaise...Start your free trial to watch
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Catching Out
CATCHING OUT features several contemporary hobos who dissent against mainstream American consumer culture by traveling for free on freight trains. The film follows a seasoned eco-activist named Lee, a young nomad named Jessica, and a tramp couple known as Switch and Baby Girl as they navigate between the constraints of...Start your free trial to watch
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Certifiably Jonathan
CERTIFIABLY JONATHAN is a comedy/mockumentary that weaves in and out of the bi-polar world of Jonathan Winters, where reality and fantasy collide. Jonathan Winters, 85-year-old comic genius, is also a gifted painter who dreams of having his work hang in the Museum of Modern Art. The filmmakers show his...Start your free trial to watch
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Chain Letters
“Life is a river. A very dirty river,” one protagonist decrees in Mark Rappaport's last narrative feature before he embarked on a 1990s trilogy of quirky, highly personal documentaries about Hollywood (such as ROCK HUDSON'S HOME MOVIES). Made in Manhattan during the worst early depths of the AIDS epidemic, this LA RONDE-style...Start your free trial to watch
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Channels
Black Racklin has everything one could dream of in life (success, respect, money) but he's dead emotionally. He has a recurring dream of a train passing by with a passenger beckoning him to "hop on." But Black hesitates and the train moves on. Consumed with the pressures of his profession as a movie producer in Hollywood,...Start your free trial to watch
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Charlie the Ox
Nothing is quite as it appears in CHARLIE THE OX. Is Charlie a second-rate safecracker or is he one step ahead of the crime syndicate that seeks to squeeze him out of a substantial payoff? Directed by Sundance award-winning filmmaker Scott Smith, CHARLIE THE OX is a consistently clever caper starring Cory McAbee, Jon Polito...Start your free trial to watch
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Chekhov for Children
CHEKHOV FOR CHILDREN tells the inspiring story of an ambitious undertaking: the 1979 staging on Broadway of "Uncle Vanya" by New York City 5th and 6th graders, directed by the celebrated writer Phillip Lopate. Using a wealth of never-before-screened student documentary videos and dramatic super 8mm films...Start your free trial to watch
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Chetzemoka's Curse
Only the second American Dogme 95 movie, CHETZEMOKA'S CURSE is about a young, twenty-something woman, Maya (Maya Berthoud), who is haunted by the memory of her first love and her subsequent betrayal. She still feels the pain, works to exorcise it as she wiles away her life as a maid in a small town hotel....Start your free trial to watch
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Chickens in the Shadows
In 1979, Toasters ‘N’ Moose formed, put out one album and disbanded. Now thirty years later, their old manager has brought them together again for a three-day tour of Northern California. Featuring their now classic hit “Taste the Biscuit” and live performances of many more great songs, our cameras follow...Start your free trial to watch
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Childhood's End
The film takes place at the vulnerable time of passage between childhood and adulthood. It’s the summer of his high school graduation and Greg is headed off to college. Greg had developed a crush on his mother’s old girlfriend, Evelyn, who is more than twice his age and lives across the street. This crush develops into a...Start your free trial to watch
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Children of Invention
One of Filmmaker Magazine's "25 New Faces of Independent Film," writer-director Tze Chun makes "a fine feature film debut" (New York Times) with one of the most-awarded and best-reviewed films of the year. CHILDREN OF INVENTION, winner of 16 festival awards, is by turns humorous and heartbreaking. After...Start your free trial to watch
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Chow Down
Root for Charles, John and Garnet as they try to buck the system of pills and procedures and outfox their heart disease and diabetes. When their doctors inform them that they can't get better, our intrepid trio tells the doctors to think again. With lighthearted animation, piercing expert interviews and a feisty attitude,...Start your free trial to watch
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Chris and Don: A Love Story
CHRIS AND DON: A LOVE STORY is the true-life story of the passionate three-decade relationship between British writer Christopher Isherwood (whose "Berlin Stories" was the basis for all incarnations of the much-beloved CABARET) and American portrait painter Don Bachardy, thirty years his junior. From...Start your free trial to watch
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Clean
Maynard Yates is trying to clean up his life when chance gives him a job as a limousine driver. He is soon chauffeuring the Hollywood elite and finds himself submerged in the dark, seedy underbelly of celebrity. When his own bad habits return, Maynard is unwillingly led into a downward spiral and slowly realizes that he may...Start your free trial to watch