10 Filmmakers to Watch in 2013
This year’s 10 to Watch represents filmmakers who we think are on to something in 2013. The Independent’s 10 to…
Documentary
Why Edginess Counts in Doc Distribution
What do documentaries about the commercial fishing industry and a 1960s Indonesian genocide have in common? Their distributors picked them…
Sundance 2013: Memorable Characters
Park City, UTAH—When you go to Sundance for the first time, after having written about it from afar for years,…
Sundance 2013: Documentaries Depict Life, Raw and Unplugged
PARK CITY, Utah – It’s a safe bet that most documentaries won’t make the leap from the film-festival circuit to…
Julia Bacha on the Art of Non-Violent Filmmaking
In a conversation via Skype over the summer, acclaimed writer/director Julia Bacha talked with The Independent’s Rebecca Reynolds about Bacha’s…
10 Filmmakers to Watch in 2012
It’s another year, and time to announce 10 filmmakers we at The Independent think you should keep your eye on….
Wim Wenders’ 3D Learning Curve: Dancers Take Flight in “Pina”
Wim Wenders’ films seduce viewers, leaving them punch drunk with his intoxicating imagery. Such is the case with Wenders’ Oscar-nominated…
Fever Dreams, Middle-Eastern Video Diaries, the Quest for Inspiration, and Memories on Tap
Utah, PARK CITY – For filmmakers, screenwriters, video artists and actors looking for inspiration or funding, or both, the 2012…
Approaches to End of the World Docs
Two social justice docs at IDFA targeted and systematically attacked the same universal villain: progress. Four Horsemen and Surviving Progress…