51.   But why, one asks, does a festival focused on independent films include all this other stuff, from new media to offbeat bands?

52.   But while surfing the Net one day, he discovered a Lynskey fan site, which noted that the actress was eager to work in American independent films.

53.   Chin said independent films were far less expensive than studio movies because of lower overhead and stars willing to work for lower fees.

54.   Carrie Quinn Dolin, a veteran of independent films, plays Laura Bush as a wife starved for attention.

55.   CinemaNow.com offers movie downloads and streams some independent films.

56.   De Abreu said that aquisitions executives from top independent film companies, as well as agents and financiers, will be in attendance at screenings.

57.   Deal Making at Home A group of movie makers have turned to the Internet as a way of raising money to make independent films.

58.   Despite now being owned by Disney and having started to produce some of its own films, Miramax remains the leading distributor of independent films.

59.   Earlier, he was vice president for business affairs at Fort Worth Productions, an independent film production company.

60.   Eskridge is just finishing up a role in an independent film.