Self Isolation Indie Film Hit List
The world is crazy at the minute, totally bat shit crazy in fact. Whether or not you agree with your Government’s policies on how they handling it, we all know that staying in and keeping safe is the safest way to keep healthy. However, even if you are like me and usually hate to venture outside and speak to people, or if you are a social butterfly that has had their wings clipped you are going to need something to stop you re-enacting The Shining on your loved ones.
So we reached out on Twitter to compile a list of Indie Films to keep you occupied during the next few days/weeks/months/years (delete as applicable). We will continue to add to the list so hopefully we can alleviate some of your boredom, while helping Indie Directors get their films seen.
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The Devil’s Music
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The Devil’s Music is the first film to document the strange story of notorious shock-rocker Erika Spawn, who was the most infamous woman in the world after her music had been linked by the tabloid press to real-life atrocities. Through recently obtained footage, we see how Erika became attached to a young fan, Stef Regan, who accompanied her on the final music tour with horrific consequences.
Multiplex 10
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Multiplex 10 is an animated web series about a schlock-loving movie theatre usher named Kurt and a film snob named Jason who have come to realise they have a little common ground in their shared — but very different — love of film.
Their story began with Multiplex 10: The Animated Short, which was released in January 2018, and continued in Multiplex 10: The Web Series the same month. While these web series episodes are set after the events of the short film, they are standalone comedic shorts. A companion series called Multiplex 10 Movie Minutes debuted in May 2018, featuring spoiler-free, animated movie reviews by the Multiplex 10 staff.
Multiplex 10 is based on the comic strip Multiplex, which chronicled the lives of the staff of a movie theatre over the course of twelve years — but this animated version is part reboot and part prequel. While fans of the comic will love seeing these characters brought to life, Multiplex 10 will also appeal to movie lovers, anyone who’s ever worked a minimum wage job, and anyone who’s had an annoying friend who just can’t shut up about why the things you like are terrible.
Pandamonium
Available to buy on DVD and VOD here
American horror directed by Mj Dixon. On their first day with a prestigious law firm two new employees, Daniel (Will Jones) and Arielle (Oriana Charles), stumble upon an office party. However, when a mysterious man arrives wearing a panda mask the others mistake this as part of the fun but he has very different intentions, and soon the revellers find themselves fighting for their lives.
Trash Arts
The brilliant Trash Arts, based in Portsmouth UK have a YouTube Channel featuring several feature films, short films and web series, with the hope to make a new anthology horror comedy over next few weeks with who ever wants to be involved, during isolation!
Getting Over
Available on Amazon Prime here
First premiering at SXSW 2018, getting over is a feature documentary about a man who discovers a box of interviews with his father, a heroin addict with AIDS who died in 1997. What he finds will uncover generations of family secrets, forcing him to redefine his own past, doubt his present and question his future. Directed by the brilliant Jason Charnick
The Numbers
Available on Amazon Prime here
The Numbers follows the stories of Millie, a young woman about town in 1955; Colin, a down on his luck musician in 1983; and Daniel, a well-meaning young man in 2018. All three are drawn together as they try to understand the consequences that choosing “the numbers” will have on them.
Grace
Available to watch on Vimeo here
Victor is a radio DJ with huge personal problems. An on-air phone call from his past means his life is about to get worse. Written and Directed by James Newton, Shot by Paul Crewe, and Starring Paul Richards with Heather Russell Kay and Leona Clarke
A Legacy of Whining
Available to watch on Amazon Prime here
The ghosts of both past and present collide as two former high school friends reunite after 30 years and embark on a darkly humorous nocturnal fever dream of a journey where old emotions and resentments bubble to the surface once again.
Death of an Umbrella Salesman
Available to watch on Amazon Prime here
Stanley Grimp, a door-to-door umbrella salesman, attempts to make a sale, avoid his alimony hungry Ex and reconcile how his life turned out this way. Winner of “Best Screenplay” at the 2018 Sydney Indie Film Festival, you won’t want to miss this.
Dogged
Sam is forced to return to the remote British island where he grew up, to attend the funeral of a ten-year-old girl. As it becomes apparent that all is not as it seems in this idyllic rural community, Sam makes a horrifying discovery about the circumstances surrounding the little girls’ death, and his life begins to spiral out of control in a macabre descent into paranoia. He must race against time, and the tide, to expose the seedy underbelly of the island – and to save the lives of those he loves. “Dogged” is a disturbing folk horror film that taps into our primal fear of what lurks in the woods.
Nefarious
Available to watch on iTunes here
Sometimes, you have to turn to crime. Sometimes, it turns on you. .. Darren, Lou, Jo and Mas live a meagre existence on the fringes of poverty. Indebted to the criminal kingpin of their social housing development, they routinely fear for their lives. On the other side of town, the already wealthy Marcus and his disabled brother Clive receive a windfall in the form of a winning lottery ticket. When their worlds collide following a botched robbery, the would-be criminals get more than they bargained for, and will be tested to their limits in a desperate attempt to survive a predator of monstrous proportions.
Despite The Loss
In his directorial debut Jason Schneider set out to parallel his own story of overcoming adversity on the racetrack with stories of others like him. His thesis? That amputees don’t see the world through, or buy into, a disabled label. But when an accident forces him to question the very meaning of disability, his sense of self unravels. Through personal accounts, interviews with the people who know him best, and profiles from a diverse group of amputees, Jason dissects and re-frames his life, intertwining the trials and tribulations of building a race car with his personal journey for self acceptance.
MDIFILM
All films available to watch on Amazon Prime here
These guys are awesome, just awesome! Check out their mixture of films including Martial Arts and be prepared for some hard hitting and brilliant cinema!
The Redeeming
Available on loads of formats! Check out their website here
For many years Joyce has been free from the bad memories that haunted her dreams. But when fragments begin to return they confuse her and make her wish they were dead and buried. As Joyce becomes more disturbed, she seeks peace in an isolated cottage, miles away from anywhere. Even in this silent retreat, she cannot escape the troubling images that taunt her. The unexpected arrival of a mysterious young man is a respite from her thoughts - despite her suspicions of how he came to be there. However, the longer the man remains at the cottage, the more Joyce becomes confused by his possible connection to her. Horrific memories flood back into her mind, and this insistence that she remembers her past could push Joyce over the edge and doom them both. After a fight and chase through the house, a shocking twist reveals just how fragile Joyce's reality has become.
The Double Woman
Available on Vimeo here
The Double Woman is a film by Carla B. Guttmann about a modern dancer who confronts her childhood in a haunting, carnal dance. As she contorts and moves her body, childhood ghosts and memories are released. It is a film about the secrets the body hides and how one woman frees herself through movement.
Gateway to Hope: Overcoming Heroin
Available to watch on Amazon Prime here
Gateway to Hope: Overcoming Heroin goes into the lives of individuals who have broken the addiction of opiates with commentary from their families as well as government officials, pharmacists, police officers, and first responders. These true stories and total restoration prove that there is real Hope to end this opioid crisis, especially in this time that everyone is looking for answers. Gateway to Hope: Overcoming Heroin isn't just for those battling addiction; it is about BRINGING BACK HOPE to any individual, family, or community affected by the opioid epidemic, which is most towns across the nation.
Inheritance
Available to watch on Vimeo here
"Inheritance" is the retitled, re-cut, regraded and slightly extended director's cut of Lubbdupp’s 2013 Sci Fi London Film Festival's 48 Hour Film Challenge
“We felt that although we'd done a great job and delivered for the deadline, the movie really deserved to be the best it could be, regardless of the restrictions of the competition, hence this final version.”
Dreamracer TV
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So many inspiring documentary films, you will conquer the world……but you don’t have to
AngerMan Distribution
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Angerman Distribution represents independent filmmakers who often struggle to otherwise find an audience. Their main goal is to find them this audience as well as raise their public and social media profiles while helping them bring in revenue from their art.
Abstraction
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Justine, a once accomplished writer is currently on a press tour with her publisher Gabe. In an attempt to revitalise her career, she isolates herself from any and all distractions while at the same time battling for the spotlight. But she soon comes to realise that she is being tormented by a character she wrote that ruined her creative drive two years earlier and has caused her career to plummet. The voices in her head have become louder than ever.