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Welcome to the inaugural Declaration of Independence Film Festival!
Between the 1st and the 7th of June, we’ll be presenting to London audiences the very best in new independent cinema from the USA and Canada.
The North American indie scene has produced many of the greatest and most original filmmakers of the last four decades – from John Cassavetes, through Scorsese and Coppola in the early seventies; Spike Lee, David Lynch and Jim Jarmusch in the eighties; Tarantino and Linklater in the nineties; Spike Jonze and Coppola fille today. The Canadian tradition is starred with such maverick talents as David Cronenberg, Atom Egoyan and Guy Maddin. It is our mission to discover and showcase the very best emerging directors and the most exciting and inventive filmmaking from across North America.
Over the course of the week, we are screening no fewer than seventeen international feature premieres, with several more films making their British debuts. Most screenings will feature a Q&A with the director, and we have a whole package of special events, including panel discussions and live music. Our films have won awards and plaudits at all the major festivals, including Sundance, Toronto, SouthBySouthWest and Tribeca.
Our features, documentaries and shorts represent the energy, the complexity and the incredible diversity of North America. At the Declaration FilmFest you can meet the slackers of Vancouver, Norwegian immigrants to 1920s Minnesota, New York’s disaffected urban Asian youth, Vermont bootleggers, Los Angeles Holocaust survivors, Detroit hitmen, Lucha Libre wrestlers and the remarkable Darius Weems on the road trip of a lifetime across the USA.
Please enjoy our selection of outstanding new films that will introduce you to the brightest talents and freshest voices, from the other side of the continent you think you know.
Between the 1st and the 7th of June, we’ll be presenting to London audiences the very best in new independent cinema from the USA and Canada.
The North American indie scene has produced many of the greatest and most original filmmakers of the last four decades – from John Cassavetes, through Scorsese and Coppola in the early seventies; Spike Lee, David Lynch and Jim Jarmusch in the eighties; Tarantino and Linklater in the nineties; Spike Jonze and Coppola fille today. The Canadian tradition is starred with such maverick talents as David Cronenberg, Atom Egoyan and Guy Maddin. It is our mission to discover and showcase the very best emerging directors and the most exciting and inventive filmmaking from across North America.
Over the course of the week, we are screening no fewer than seventeen international feature premieres, with several more films making their British debuts. Most screenings will feature a Q&A with the director, and we have a whole package of special events, including panel discussions and live music. Our films have won awards and plaudits at all the major festivals, including Sundance, Toronto, SouthBySouthWest and Tribeca.
Our features, documentaries and shorts represent the energy, the complexity and the incredible diversity of North America. At the Declaration FilmFest you can meet the slackers of Vancouver, Norwegian immigrants to 1920s Minnesota, New York’s disaffected urban Asian youth, Vermont bootleggers, Los Angeles Holocaust survivors, Detroit hitmen, Lucha Libre wrestlers and the remarkable Darius Weems on the road trip of a lifetime across the USA.
Please enjoy our selection of outstanding new films that will introduce you to the brightest talents and freshest voices, from the other side of the continent you think you know.
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