Independent Filmmakers

Blizzard just dropped a live-action trailer for Diablo 4 shot and directed by Oscar-winner Chloé Zhao. Independent filmmaker Kiku Ohe co-directed the horrific trailer, which captures the fear and conflict plaguing the lands of the Sanctuary. The trailer largely focuses on the poor inhabitants who are caught in the raging war between the High Heave...

A New York-based media watchdog has called the Taliban to immediately release American journalist and independent filmmaker Ivor Shearer and Afghan producer Faizullah Faizbakhsh and cease detaining journalists.

Filmmakers Anurag Kashyap and Aparna Sen today said there should be an independent judicial probe into the violence against anti-Citizenship Act protesters in Uttar Pradesh while adding that they don't support any form of vandalism.

This year, not one but two women from India had independently helmed films in Cannes - one in Un Certain Regard, the other in Critics' Week

Bhagat Singh was a revolutionary who played a crucial role in the Independence movement of India. He not only a freedom fighter but a great influencer among youth during that time. Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar were hanged in the Lahore jail. The trio was sentenced to death of conspiring to kill John P Saunders, a British police...

A lot of help was promised to Uri attack martyr Gangadhar Dalui's family, especially after his father Onkarnath Dalui refused the compensation given by the West Bengal government. But Dalui's family says not much materialised. Now, a Gurgaon-based independent journalist and documentary filmmaker has raised Rs 5 lakh for them through crowd funding.

K Kumar, a businessman asked: "No Filmmaker seems to have thought about us earlier. I used to take someone with me to explain. Today I feel empowered. I was able to follow the film on my own, independently"

'Dying To Be Me,' made by Indian-American filmmaker Deva Katta, was released to mark Independence Day and the message it drives home is the importance of economic independence.

I watched 'India's Daughter' last week prepared to hate it. NDTV had been approached by independent filmmaker Leslee Udwin regarding her documentary for the BBC, part of a global initiative on Women's Day to focus attention on sexual crimes against women and how societal attitudes must change.

This year's conclave of independent films in Park City, Utah, is devoting its New Frontier showcase to virtual reality film with 11 works.

Conceding that it's difficult for independent filmmakers to make movies, filmmaker Meenu Gaur on Thursday said that the spotlight is again falling on the nation's film industry.

Shahid has become a beacon of hope to many independent filmmakers who can now dream of having commercial release of their movies. Director Hansal Mehta urges moviegoers to watch his film to boost the morale of indie filmmakers further.

As we celebrate our 67th Independence Day Thursday, filmmaker Kiran Rao feels that the true independence will come when the country will be free from inequality.

Director Rajkumar Gupta feels that independent filmmakers, who are successfully telling their stories on the big screen, need some support from the industry and adds that such help can also pave the way for upcoming talent.

Ruing the lack of space for independent films, filmmaker Onir on Wednesday sought government patronage for indie films to co-exist with the mainstream cinema.

Blizzard just dropped a live-action trailer for Diablo 4 shot and directed by Oscar-winner Chloé Zhao. Independent filmmaker Kiku Ohe co-directed the horrific trailer, which captures the fear and conflict plaguing the lands of the Sanctuary. The trailer largely focuses on the poor inhabitants who are caught in the raging war between the High Heave...

A New York-based media watchdog has called the Taliban to immediately release American journalist and independent filmmaker Ivor Shearer and Afghan producer Faizullah Faizbakhsh and cease detaining journalists.

Filmmakers Anurag Kashyap and Aparna Sen today said there should be an independent judicial probe into the violence against anti-Citizenship Act protesters in Uttar Pradesh while adding that they don't support any form of vandalism.

This year, not one but two women from India had independently helmed films in Cannes - one in Un Certain Regard, the other in Critics' Week

Bhagat Singh was a revolutionary who played a crucial role in the Independence movement of India. He not only a freedom fighter but a great influencer among youth during that time. Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar were hanged in the Lahore jail. The trio was sentenced to death of conspiring to kill John P Saunders, a British police...

A lot of help was promised to Uri attack martyr Gangadhar Dalui's family, especially after his father Onkarnath Dalui refused the compensation given by the West Bengal government. But Dalui's family says not much materialised. Now, a Gurgaon-based independent journalist and documentary filmmaker has raised Rs 5 lakh for them through crowd funding.

K Kumar, a businessman asked: "No Filmmaker seems to have thought about us earlier. I used to take someone with me to explain. Today I feel empowered. I was able to follow the film on my own, independently"

'Dying To Be Me,' made by Indian-American filmmaker Deva Katta, was released to mark Independence Day and the message it drives home is the importance of economic independence.

I watched 'India's Daughter' last week prepared to hate it. NDTV had been approached by independent filmmaker Leslee Udwin regarding her documentary for the BBC, part of a global initiative on Women's Day to focus attention on sexual crimes against women and how societal attitudes must change.

This year's conclave of independent films in Park City, Utah, is devoting its New Frontier showcase to virtual reality film with 11 works.

Conceding that it's difficult for independent filmmakers to make movies, filmmaker Meenu Gaur on Thursday said that the spotlight is again falling on the nation's film industry.

Shahid has become a beacon of hope to many independent filmmakers who can now dream of having commercial release of their movies. Director Hansal Mehta urges moviegoers to watch his film to boost the morale of indie filmmakers further.

As we celebrate our 67th Independence Day Thursday, filmmaker Kiran Rao feels that the true independence will come when the country will be free from inequality.

Director Rajkumar Gupta feels that independent filmmakers, who are successfully telling their stories on the big screen, need some support from the industry and adds that such help can also pave the way for upcoming talent.

Ruing the lack of space for independent films, filmmaker Onir on Wednesday sought government patronage for indie films to co-exist with the mainstream cinema.