independent film

collocation in English

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independent
adjective
uk
/ˌɪn.dɪˈpen.dənt/us
/ˌɪn.dɪˈpen.dənt/
not influenced or controlled in any way by other people, events, ...
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film
noun
uk
/fɪlm/us
/fɪlm/
mainly UK
a series of moving pictures, usually shown in a cinema or on television and often telling ...
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(Definition ofindependentandfilmfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofindependent film

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The content of the videotapes was created from scenarios outlined by the experimenters and was filmed by anindependentfilmproducer.
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The proposal complicates matters for libraries, archives, art schools andindependentfilmmakers.
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There would not be objection to the continuation ofindependentfilmbadge services if these were economic propositions.
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Such discussions have gone on between theindependentfilmmakers and the authority.
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It could sell its dead time between 2 o'clock and 6 o'clock in the morning toindependentfilmproducers.
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I have, in the meantime, agreed to meet theindependentfilmproducers and hear their views.
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One will be to affect theindependentfilmproducers who need the wide scope of possible showings to justify their own work.
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Does this not reveal a very serious situation, which seems to spell doom to the independent exhibitor and, perhaps, to theindependentfilmproducer?
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Those are provided by the so-called fringe theatre groups, the small literary presses, magazines, record labels andindependentfilmand video makers.
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I am also a director of two smallindependentfilm-producing companies which, if they are not exactly dead, are rapidly dying from malnutrition.
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This faith and confidence is certainly lacking among manyindependentfilmproducers.
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The risks can be particularly high and raising finance can be hard for the smallindependentfilmproducer, especially one who has yet to make his name.
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Anindependentfilm(or indie film) is a film initially produced without financing or distribution from a major movie studio.
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It is a naturalistic,independentfilmand is played by unknown actors.
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It was called a high-water mark in '90sindependentfilm, a stark, poetic rumination, and an exercise in film experimentation of high artistic quality.
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In 2006, anindependentfilmbased on the band's history was released.
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Theindependentfilmtook more than a decade to produce due to budget restraints.
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Furthermore, their considerable financial successes and crossover into popular culture reestablished the commercial viability ofindependentfilm.
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It has won two awards on theindependentfilmcircuit.
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