Director: Richard Dijkema Writer: Richard Dijkema Cast: Carlijn van Rij, Joy Douglas Running time: 45mins Not every filmmaker discloses how much their production costs when they submit a film to Indy Film Library. But of those who do, since 2019, we have given 14 films with a production budget under €10,000 a 4.5 or 5-star review. In the last two years, that has included some really breathtaking projects, like…

When I was gifted both parts of the Little Bigfoot saga this Christmas, I was expecting a couple of cheap laughs at the movies' expense - and then to move on. But while the first film certainly delivers on that front - the second seems to deliver something completely unexpected: a legitimately funny introduction to B-movie schlock for all the family.

Vivid dreamscape sold to fans in 2021 is yet to materialise amid layers upon layers of economics and geopolitics

Directors: Hamdi Khalil Elhusseini & Samar Taher Lulu Running time: 8mins Film festivals are expensive – and so they often struggle to break even, let alone make a profit. With submission fees often posing as the only dependable source of revenue that many festivals have access to, that can make granting waivers difficult. Stories told by artists working on a shoe-string budget, or who are hit by censorship, or subjected to international sanctions, still need a platform, though.

Director: Carling Enstzen Writer: Carling Enstzen Cast: Carl Welch, Vivien Monory, Vanessa Bailey, Carling Ernstzen, Byron Lyons Running time: 19mins The weight of our own mortality can be leave us feeling paralysed; a deer staring blankly into the headlights of oblivion. The Last Rehearsal does something wonderful, in trying to shake us out of our frozen state – with the humble reminder that while none of us can dodge death, that’s not what living is anyway.

Primate is one of the worst creature features I have ever seen. Before we get into the 'analysis' segment, I am not mincing words, because I am well aware that the film has a bizarrely inflated critical score on Rotten Tomatoes et al. But whatever the producers did to cow their tame critics on this occasion, you should not let the targeted marketing around this movie tempt you into paying to see it.

Director: Nilram Ranjbar Running time: 2mins Film festivals are expensive – and so they often struggle to break even, let alone make a profit. With submission fees often posing as the only dependable source of revenue that many festivals have access to, that can make granting waivers difficult. Stories told by artists working on a shoe-string budget, or who are hit by censorship, or subjected to international sanctions, still need a platform, though.

Director: Vasco Diogo Running time: 9mins We are more than three years down the line, and umpteen alleged upgrades into the various AI tools that were said to be ushering in a new era of content creation in 2023. The imagery the technology weaves together (out of pre-existing, usually non-consenting work by real human artists) has apparently come along…

Director: Niven Wilson Cast: Nils Wilson Running time: 4mins Niven Wilson’s second return to Indy Film Library will divide opinion. Those who have seen his last two efforts will probably say that’s on-brand. But while Don’t Shoot the President and Eat the Rich were experimental, Sleep Stalker walks a fine line between experimental filmmaking, and experimenting with filmmaking. Making a film as a proof of concept – or even simply as the testing ground of one particular idea you might want to flesh out later – is a risky business.

Director: Danilo Stanimirović Writers: Danilo Stanimirović & Irena Parezanović Cast: Sergej Totić, Jovana Stević, Ivan Tomić, Milica Cimeša Running time: 13mins Film festivals are expensive – and so they often struggle to break even, let alone make a profit. With submission fees often posing as the only dependable source of revenue that many festivals have access to, that can make granting waivers difficult.

Director: Lisa Hukker Running time: 33mins Glock ’45: The Movie is a film of contradictions. It sets out to peel back the layers of a hyper-theatrical country-satire outfit to tell the story of the people behind it; but leaves a host of important questions unanswered – or often unasked. It pledges to examine the moments when friendship and ambition clash; while ultimately presenting a frictionless world, where a potentially controversial musical act face only the most minimal of pushback.

Reviews for the latest outing of James Cameron’s blockbusting franchise have been unkind – and perhaps say more about the critics than the film itself. If you liked parts one, and two, part three will still leave you longing for Pandora – and judging by the box office figures, that’s still a huge number of people. The Avatar franchise now accounts for three films, spanning 18 years, and raking in more than $7 billion in global box office receipts along the way – which is impressive, if you are into that sort of thing.

After close to two decades of waiting, two 28 Days Later sequels have arrived in half a year. It’s a strange, stuffed release schedule, especially for two such different outings, and could have bac…

Director: Jai Chul Kim Writer: Jai Chul Kim Running time: 4mins As a rule, I try to view all IFL’s movies blind – I don’t want to be steered in any direction by a director’s statement before I see it. To paraphrase the famous David Lynch quote, the movie should be the talking. If it can’t stand up on its own, in a dark room, before an audience of strangers, filmmakers need to know.

Directors: Will Gorski & Annsley Helenhouse Running time: 11mins Relevé is the fourth film submitted to Indy Film Library, where Will Gorski has been involved. Alongside We Are Denver North, it is also the second documentary he has helmed – and what is becoming clear is that this medium suits him best. Both films commit what will one day be the treasured memories of young people to film, in a way which is in itself commendable.

Director: John V. Knowles Writer: BJ Lee Cast: BJ Lee & Milla Jansen Running time: 4mins If you wanted a short video sketch to make light of the intricate absurdities of culture clashes between the Anglosphere and the Dutch, Let’sDoubleDutch’s Derek Mitchell has been perfecting the formula for years. Highlights from throughout the long, long list of Mitchell’s output include a…

Nobody is as committed to the merciless slaughter of authority figures as James Cameron – but there is more being eviscerated than marines in his latest box office juggernaut. Avatar: The Way of Wa…

2026 is finally here! And for all the problems the last 12 months posed, IFL can actually look back on its best year ever - in terms of both readership and events. That's in no small part thanks to the filmmakers who continue to send their incredible work to us for review. As 2025 fades into memory, let's revisit some of the best and brightest movies featured by our platform.

Without fail, the final moments of every 12 months are now riddled with ‘best movies of 20XX’ lists from every war-criminal and his dog. But each year the recommendations are riddled with things I'd rather avoid. Let's get ahead of the game for 2026... Don’t get me wrong, if you are earnestly trying to share culture that touched you, with distant loved ones over whatever digital means you use to stay in contact with them, that’s great.

Ghosts: treat them with care! It’s Christmas – and 20 years after ‘A Ghost Story for Christmas‘ was rebooted by the BBC, Jack and Charlie continue the painstaking task of ranking every story, one b…