independent film

There are so many moving parts behind the scenes, especially with independent film.

Deadwyler’s portrayal of Till-Mobley’s fight for justice following the brutal slaying of her son, Emmett Till, in the Jim Crow South won the lead performance honor at the 2022 Gotham Independent Film Awards and scored nominations from such influential precursors as the British Academy of Film and Television Awards and the Screen Actors Guild Awards, but she did not make the Oscar list.

Instead, the final five included a surprise entry: Andrea Riseborough, star of the little-seen independent film “To Leslie,” which benefited from an intense effort by high-profile celebrities such as Jennifer Aniston, Charlize Theron, Kate Winslet and Edward Norton to praise and host private screenings of the film.

In the next four years, that changed completely — by the time I graduated, I was fully embracing world cinema and independent film.

Independent film makers will be able to use special stages, a large soundproof warehouses where films are shot, as well as production offices and workshop space on the site in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire.