NonDē cinema is non-dependent on the current Hollywood ecosystem, and instead asserts the creative, financial, distribution and all forms of cultural control as the intentional responsibility of the individual team**.** Collectively, the workers in the NonDē movement leverage collaboration over competition, the sharing of institutional knowledge, and mutual support systems to help amplify both the individual films and a bigger movement that prioritizes the sustainability of the art, artist, audience, and cinema ecosystem.
It’s a coordinated and organized effort to get 50 NonDē films made in 2026.
https://substack.com/@courtneyromano/note/c-199723676?r=azo4&utm_source=notes-share-action&utm_medium=web
This is a fundamental question I address in the original essay (below), but the TL;DR version is that our individual films gain more traction and assert more impact when they’re in the context of each other. I look at NonDē as a political movement and the films are the individual races for office. When one of us does better, we all do better.
Everyone from indie veterans to first time filmmakers!
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