With chapters on under-explored cinemas as well as traditional centres, Independent Filmmaking around the Globe explores how contemporary independent filmmaking increasingly defines the global cinema of our time.

Foreword. Producing Independently in a Global Industry (David Hamilton)

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Meaning of Independence: Concepts, Contexts and Interpretations
Doris Baltruschat and Mary P. Erickson

Part I: Independent Film vis à vis the Local and Global Mainstream

Chapter 2. An Increasingly Global Presence: Contemporary American Independent Cinema Outside the US
Yannis Tzioumakis

Chapter 3. European Union Initiatives for Independent Filmmakers Across Europe
Teresa Hoefert de Turégano

Chapter 4. Dependency and Independence in British Independent Film
Erik Knudsen

Chapter 5. From Aussiewood Movies to Guerilla Filmmaking: Independent Filmmaking and Contemporary Australian Cinema
Mark Ryan

Chapter 6. Independent Filmmaking in the Peruvian Context: Seeking Meaning
Gabriela Martínez

Part II: The Meaning of Independence in Regions of Conflict and Change

Chapter 7. In the Shadow of the Studios, the State and the Multiplexes: Independent Filmmaking in Greece
Lydia Papadimitriou

Chapter 8. Turkish Independent Cinema: Between Bourgeois Auteurism and Political Radicalism
Murat Akser

Chapter 9. Filmmaking in Iraq: A Rebirth
Mary P. Erickson

Chapter 10. The Grassroots Perspective: Sixth Generation Cinema and Independent Filmmaking in China
Hongwei Lu

Chapter 11. Independent Filmmaking in Africa: New Voices and Challenges
Martin Mhando

Part III: Digital Media and the Independent Voice

Chapter 12. Syiok Sendiri?: Independent Filmmaking in Malaysia
Gaik Cheng Khoo

Chapter 13. Independent Filmmaking in the Canadian Arctic
Doris Baltruschat

Chapter 14. Digital Video Films as “Independent” African Cinema
Sheila Petty

Glossary
Filmography
List of Contributors
Bibliography

Edited by Doris Baltruschat and Mary P. Erickson