American Independents
Films produced in the United States, outside of the Hollywood studio system.
Union County
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Director: Adam Meeks Run Time: 97 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Danny Wolohan, Elise Kibler, Emily Meade, Noah Centineo, Will Poulter
This acclaimed new drama that debuted at Sundance this year features an incredible performance by Will Poulter as...
Welcome Space Brothers
- Thu, Aug 20
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Director: Jodi Wille Run Time: 101 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2023
Starring: Charles Spiegel, Dave Osborne, Kevin Kennedy, Ruth Norman
The true story of The Unarius Academy of Science, a long-running extraterrestrial-channeling spiritual school in El Cajon, California...
No Picnic
- Thu, Aug 20
- Sun, Aug 23
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Director: Philip Hartman Run Time: 86 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1986
Starring: David Brisbin, Luis Guzmán, Richard Hell, Ryan Cutrona, Steve Buscemi
A cinematic love letter to a pre-gentrification New York City
This is Pike County
- Thu, Aug 27
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Thu, Aug 27 @ 6:30 pm: In-person Q&A with director Laura Paglin.
Director: Laura Paglin Run Time: 78 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025
Mounting pressures – including an unsolved family murder – test a close-knit rural community. Shot by director Laura...
American Doctor
- Fri, Aug 28
- Sun, Aug 30
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Director: Poh Si Teng Run Time: 93 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
When three American doctors — Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian — enter Gaza to save lives, they find themselves...
Slowburn Shoot: An Indie Wrestling Story
- Thu, Sep 3
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Thu, Sep 3 @ 6:45 pm: Q&A with director Adam Wilde following the screening.
Director: Adam J. Wilde Run Time: 82 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Brittany Baker, Eduardo Moore, John Gargano, Julian Micevski, Matt Capiccioni
This Cleveland-produced documentary goes behind the curtain, exploring the intimate relationships and untold stories that shape the pro...
Blue Film
- Fri, Sep 4
- Sat, Sep 5
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Director: Elliot Tuttle Run Time: 85 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Kieron Moore, Reed Birney
In his frank and challenging new film, writer-director Elliot Tuttle tells the story of a Los Angeles camboy,...
Late Fame
- Fri, Sep 18
- Sun, Sep 20
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Director: Kent Jones Run Time: 97 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Edmund Donovan, Greta Lee, Stephen Badalamenti, Willem Dafoe, William Hill
Willem Dafoe stars as legendary New York poet Ed Saxberger whose forgotten works captivate an eccentric group of...
As Above, So Below
- Sat, Sep 19
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Director: Larry Clark Run Time: 52 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1973
Starring: Billy Middleton, Bob Ogburn, Gail Peters, Lyvonne Walder, Nathaniel Taylor
The film opens in 1945 with a young boy playing in his Chicago neighborhood, and then follows the...
Cutting Horse
- Sat, Sep 19
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Director: Larry Clark Run Time: 124 min. Format: 35mm Release Year: 2002
Starring: Albert Harris, Cesar Flores, Robert Earl Crudup, Rufus Norris, Susan Santiago
Writer-director Larry Clark fashions a moving drama about a horse trainer who comes home after years of estrangement,...
Passing Through
- Sat, Sep 19
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Director: Larry Clark Run Time: 105 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1977
Starring: Clarence Muse, Della Thomas, Johnny Weathers, Nathaniel Taylor, Pamela Jones
Eddie Warmack, an African American jazz musician, is released from prison for the killing of a white gangster....
Boorman and the Devil
- Sun, Sep 20
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Director: David Kittredge Run Time: 112 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025
Starring: Joe Dante, John Boorman, Karyn Kusama, Louise Fletcher, Mike Flanagan
Every artist has his demon.
Chronovisor
- Fri, Sep 25
- Sat, Sep 26
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Director: Jack Auen, Kevin Walker Run Time: 99 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026 Language: English, French, German
Starring: Alex Kolodkin, Anne Laure Sellier, José Pacheco de Almeida, Nicholas Tebben, Nicole Dombrowski Risser
A respected academic (Anne-Laure Sellier), becomes beguiled by the allegedly true story of the Chronovisor—an occult device that...
Barbara Forever
- Sun, Sep 27
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Director: Brydie O'Connor Run Time: 102 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Barbara Hammer, Florrie Burke, Joey Carducci, Todd Haynes
This archive-driven exploration of the life, work, and legacy of iconic, pioneering lesbian filmmaker Barbara Hammer showcases her...
The History of Concrete
- Sat, Oct 3
- Sun, Oct 4
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Director: John Wilson Run Time: 101 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: John Wilson
It takes a special talent to make an entertaining, funny and informative documentary on perhaps the dullest subject...
Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders
- Sat, Oct 10
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Sat, Oct 10 @ 7:10 pm: Virtual Q&A with director Jeffrey Schwarz following the show. Read More ›
Director: Jeffrey Schwarz Run Time: 85 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Adam Baran, Andy Humm, Armando D. Muñoz, Bud S. Smith, Charles Kaiser
The murders inspired a movie. The movie ignited a movement.
Sherman’s March
- Sun, Oct 11
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Director: Ross McElwee Run Time: 158 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1986
Starring: Charleen Swansea, Dede McElwee, Patricia Rendleman, Ross McElwee, Ross McElwee Jr.
An improbable search for love
Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie
- Fri, Oct 16
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Director: Alex Gibney Run Time: 107 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Salman Rushdie
This intimate portrait features extensive personal footage taken by Rushdie’s wife as he recovered from his near-fatal attack....
Remake
- Sat, Oct 17
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Director: Ross McElwee Run Time: 114 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Adrian McElwee, Charleen Swansea, Ross McElwee
In this vital documentary, Ross McElwee, an autobiographical filmmaker, looks back on his life’s work as he deals...
Out of Print
- Thu, Oct 22
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Director: Julia Marchese Run Time: 86 min. Format: 35mm Release Year: 2014
Starring: Edgar Wright, Joe Carnahan, Kevin Smith, Patton Oswalt, Seth Green
Directors. Dorks. Deviants. This ain't no Multiplex.
The American Astronaut
- Thu, Oct 22
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Director: Cory McAbee Run Time: 91 min. Format: 35mm Release Year: 2001
Starring: Cory McAbee, Greg Russell Cook, James Ransone, Joshua Taylor, Rocco Sisto
Space is a lonely town
Micronations
- Sat, Oct 24
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Director: Joe Kowalski Run Time: 97 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Carolyn Shelby, Kevin Baugh, Phil Pillin, Travis McHenry
Small things are happening.
Portal to Hell
- Sat, Oct 24
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Director: Woody Bess Run Time: 93 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025
Starring: Keith David, Michael McDonald, Richard Kind, Romina D'Ugo, Trey Holland
After a debt-collector finds a portal to hell in a washing machine at his local laundromat, he’s propositioned into feeding it sinners to save his neighbor’s soul.