Indie actors have seldom become movie stars, but established actors and stars benefit from the existence of indies: Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Bill Murray, Julianne Moore

The Berlin Film Festival has unveiled the films that will compete in the 2021 Berlinale, which will take place online in March and in-person in the German capital in June.

Presenting the world premieres of 10 narrative features, the Dramatic Competition offers Festivalgoers a first look at new voices in American independent film.

Courtesy of Eduard Grau The indie film showcase’s pandemic-era program also has directorial debuts by Jerrod Carmichael, Pascual Sisto and Questlove with his Black Woodstock documentary. As Sundance director Tabitha Jackson’s reign at the indie film festival gets well underway, the marquee indie U.S. film showcase has gone mostly online with a pandemic-era discovery lineup […]