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independent film

film production mostly or completely done outside of the major film studio system
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independent film

Summary

independent film is a film genre[1]. It draws 4,478 Wikipedia views per month (film_genre category, ranking #28 of 242).[2]

Key Facts

  • independent film's instance of is recorded as film genre[3].
  • independent film is a type of film[4].
  • independent film is a type of cinematography[5].
  • independent film's Commons category is recorded as Independent films[6].
  • independent film's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Independent films[7].
  • independent film's topic's main category is recorded as Q116816118[8].
  • independent film's fabrication method is recorded as self-creating[9].

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Definition and Type

independent film's instance of is recorded as film genre[3]. Recorded subclass of include film[4] and cinematography[5].

Why It Matters

independent film draws 4,478 Wikipedia views per month (film_genre category, ranking #28 of 242).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → film, cinematography
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|10 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 23310, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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