There was a time when film festivals were the preserve of places like Cannes, premiering and honoring the top films of the season while adding a dollop of prestige in the process. Not anymore. With the birth of the indie film movement in the 1970s, and the emergence of foreign film industries from Iran to Tibet, there's suddenly way more films being made than cineplexes to show them in. Now everyone with a screen and a projector can declare themselves official, pick from a plethora of non-Hollywood fare, and put on... More >>>