The Auteur Cinema Archive proudly welcomes No Longer / Not Yet, the remarkable observational documentary by American-born, Paris-based filmmaker and choreographer Jacquelyn Elder, to its growing collection celebrating singular voices in contemporary independent cinema. Winner of Best Documentary Short at the Liminal Dance Film Festival in Washington D.C. and selected for festivals including Cinedans, Doc.Boston, Dallas Dance Film Festival, Winter Film Festival New York, Montp

Some films explain themselves. Others arrive like a nightmare and ask only that we feel them. They Are Killing Us..., directed by Canadian filmmaker Maurice Cormier, belongs firmly to the second category. Described by Cormier as a non-narrative surrealist and experimental short with elements of science fantasy and body/eco horror, the film emerges from a nightmare vision of a possible near future. It is a work shaped by anxiety: climate change, war, racial violence, attacks o

The Auteur Cinema Archive is proud to welcome The Feast, the award-winning debut short film by Georgian filmmaker Mariam Bitsadze, to its growing collection of remarkable independent cinema. Premiering at the Tbilisi International Film Festival, where it received the Main Prize for Best Short Film, and later selected by festivals including the Brussels Independent Film Festival, The Feast immediately established Mariam Bitsadze as an exciting new voice in contemporary cinema.

Following a promising inaugural edition in the French capital, the Doc.Paris Documentary Film Festival has officially opened its call for entries for its 2027 edition through FilmFreeway. The festival, which joined the growing Doc.World network this year, now invites documentary filmmakers from around the globe to submit their latest work for consideration. The first edition, held at the historic Luminor cinema in the heart of Paris, welcomed an enthusiastic audience despite

Following a strong international festival run, Ron Chiers and Kris De Meester’s experimental short film EMPERICA is now available to stream on Whush. The film arrives on the platform after receiving more than 20 official selections and several awards for Best Experimental Short, confirming its resonance within the international festival circuit. Set against the backdrop of societal collapse, EMPERICA unfolds as a tense philosophical dialogue between two embodied voices, each

The independent film landscape never stands still—and neither should the lists that celebrate it. Final Cut Magazine has released the latest update of its annual Top 50 Emerging Film Festivals, offering filmmakers an up-to-date guide to some of the most exciting destinations on the international festival circuit. The refreshed ranking reflects the constantly evolving world of independent cinema, where new festivals emerge, established events reinvent themselves, and filmmaker

The inaugural edition of the Doc.Paris Documentary Film Festival came to a successful close with an evening of outstanding documentary cinema at Luminor in the heart of Paris. Despite the city's intense summer heat wave, the festival welcomed a strong and enthusiastic audience, confirming the appetite for independent documentary filmmaking in the French capital. The screening featured award-winning short documentaries from around the world, followed by an engaging discussion

CRANFORD, NEW JERSEY — The 2026 edition of the New Jersey Independent Film Festival concluded on June 13 after four days of screenings at the historic Cranford Theater, bringing together filmmakers and audiences for a celebration of independent storytelling from around the world. Running from June 10 through June 13, the festival presented a curated selection of 19 films spanning a wide range of formats and genres, including narrative features, short films, documentaries, exp

The second edition of the Ardennes International Film Festival concluded after three days of screenings, conversations, and cinematic discovery in and around Namur, Belgium. Taking place over three days, the festival presented its program across two venues. The first two days were hosted at Cinéma Caméo in Namur, while the final day unfolded at the rural setting of Vivi Viron in Wépion, where audiences gathered for three additional screening sessions in a more intimate enviro