Independent & Foreign Films

Make sure you check out the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh's collection of Foreign Language Films in the Film and Audio Department of the Main Library

Film Festivals can often provide you with a list of interesting independent and foreign films.

Pittsburgh Region

• Braddock Films
  This is Tony Buba's website. Since 1974, Braddock Films (a.k.a. Tony Buba) has made over twenty films, primarily chronicling the people of Braddock, PA. This site has information on some of those films. In 1998, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts designated Tony Buba "Artist of the Year".

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  United States

  • Big Noise Films
    a non-profit media collective dedicated to producing beautiful, politically and culturally challenging films, imaginatively redeploying new digital technologies to challenge the corporate media monopoly. Website includes links to other alternative media sites.
  • Blaxploitation
    A site dedicated to the black alternative films to mainstream films of the 1970s, satisfying the demand from inner-city audiences for movies made by and for blacks.
  • The Cinema Guild
    The Cinema Guild is one of America's leading distributors of documentary, foreign and independent films and videos.
  • Film Threat
    News, reviews, and much more all about independent and underground films.
  • FolkStreams
    http://www.folkstreams.net/
    The mission of Folkstreams.net is to build a national preserve of documentary films about American folk or roots culture. Produced by independent filmmakers, these hard-to-find films give voice to the arts and experience of diverse American groups. They are streamed on the website together with background materials that highlight the history and aesthetic importance of the traditions and the films.
  • Independent Film Channel
    "the first cable network to break away from the box office formulas and feature riveting independent movies, documentaries, animation, shorts, exclusive originals, and coverage of all the major independent film festivals. 24 hours a day; all unedited and commercial free."
  • Independent Television Service
    ITVS brings independently produced programs to television - programs that engage creative risks, advance issues, and represent points of view not usually seen on commercial or public television. ITVS is committed to programming which addresses the needs of under-served audiences, particularly minorities and children.

    International

    • BFI: Because Films Inspire
      http://www.bfi.org.uk/
      The British Film Institute's site includes areas where you can download short films, buy DVDs, and research films.
    • Screen Online
      http://www.screenonline.org.uk/
      The definitive guide to Britain's film and TV history from BFI