#indie-filmmaking

#indie-filmmaking

"I remember Sean was so worried about it," says Tsou, who served as a producer, costume designer, bit-part actor and goodness knows what else on the film, a landmark in digital filmmaking that set the scene for later films like Steven Soderbergh's Unsane and 28 Years Later. "I had to convince him that the most important thing was the story, and whatever camera you use, that's just tools, you can use whatever that fits the project, just like all the Dogme 95 films we used to watch together."

In 2002, Lin broke into Hollywood after the success of Better Luck Tomorrow at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2007, Lin made his last indie feature Finishing the Game, a mockumentary that lampooned the movie industry's restless search for the next Bruce Lee after the martial arts icon died during the making of Game of Death. Now, after leaving the Fast & Furious series behind, Lin is back to telling grounded stories of identity, conviction, and purpose,

"Mother of Flies" took home the Cheval Noir for Best Film - the first film from the U.S. to achieve this feat - as well as Best Score.