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