This is the first of a two part story highlighting an active member of  Nigeria’s film community.  With local crews working on enterprisingly low budgets even by most independent film standards, Nollywood produces over 1500 direct to video films a year.  Hakeem Onilogbo is the 37 year old CEO of Hakeem Effects, aka Tricks International, [...]

This week we’re highlighting filmmaker Austin Everett, writer-director of the upcoming Secondhand Heart.  Shot in Japan and Utah on a minimal budget and using a spare crew, the film stars Ben Isaacs and Mallory Corrine in a Shakespearean love triangle. With 50% of the film in the can, Austin is currently raising funds to complete [...]

The struggle between artistic integrity and capitalism is at the core of SWIM LITTLE FISH SWIM, a quirky drama from French filmmakers Lola Bessis and Ruben Amar. Between surrealism, unusual characters, art and magic tricks, SWIM LITLE FISH SWIM, the first feature from the writing-directing duo, is a dreamlike journey from childhood to adulthood that has received numerous [...]

A cinematic fever dream, mixing stylistic elements of experimental and documentary film, WHITE SHADOW first appeared on our radar early last year. Through the uncompromising, bravura efforts of director Noaz Deshe, the film weaves a dreamlike tapestry about a young albino boy on the run. The film is also available in the iTunes store. Check [...]

  The Dazzling Feature Debut of VFX Artist Konstatinos Koutsoliotas (Guardians of the Galaxy, 300), the Festival Award-Winner Will Have a Limited Release, Followed by Home Entertainment/Digital Channels. IndiePix Films announced  that it has acquired THE WINTER, a stunningly original Greek fantasy drama, the feature-length debut of talented visual effects artist Konstatinos Koutsoliotas. Influenced by [...]

Yesterday we caught Oh-kwang Kwon’s COLLECTIVE INVENTION, a surreal new South Korean comedy about a young man who mutates partly into a fish. Walking around the city, Park Gu is taken in by local media and turns into an international celebrity. The film explores the selfishness of individual characters working in the media and pharma [...]

HALAL is an ace production company and photography agency based in Amsterdam and founded in 2010 as 100% Halal Productions by producers Gijs Kerbosch, Roel Oude Nijhuis and Gijs Determeijer. They work with a roster of severely talented  filmmakers and visual artists. This week, their feature film, PRINCE, directed by Sam de Jong, hits theaters in the [...]

CRUMBS wins the Imaging The Future Award at NIFFF (Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival). Jury members included: John Howe – The Lord of The Rings, The Hobbit. Paddy Eason – Slumdog Millionaire, Underground. Lorenz Merz – Cherry Pie, Chrieg. A snapshot from the audience:  

    CRUMBS is set to premiere in the US at Film Independent’s Los Angeles Film Festival, where it will participate in the festival’s Nightfall competition. “Under the leadership of Roya Rastegar and Jennifer Cochis, the programmers have assembled a slate of films that embody Film Independent’s mission of diversity, innovation and uniqueness of vision [...]

IN HIS OWN HOME directed by Malini Johar Schueller has won the Short Film Special Recognition Award along with two other distinct projects at the Chicago (In)Justice For All Fest. In total the fest featured over 40 films, in 16 venues. 10 filmmakers  came to support their films, from as far away as California and Vancouver. The [...]