Sarnia de la Maré - Author | Technologist

In a world dominated by streaming giants and formula-driven franchises, it’s easy to forget the raw, experimental power of independent art films. Unlike their mainstream counterparts, indie projects often take risks, embrace unconventional storytelling, and ask uncomfortable questions.

As we move deeper into 2025, indie art films are more important than ever — not just as entertainment, but as cultural resistance.
🌿 Bug’s Eye View

A weekly series of 60-second eco-aware shorts, filmed in the East Sussex countryside and set to improvised piano. Bug’s Eye View shows how brevity and honesty can feel more radical than glossy production.
🤖 The Book of Immersion

A transmedia sci-fi project that combines narrative, music, philosophy, and art. Immersion follows Renyke, an android caught in a failed human–AI fusion experiment. With its essay-style openings and multimedia storytelling, it blurs the line between literature, film, and performance.
👩‍🎨 City Chicks

A self-portrait series exploring women’s precarious navigation of identity and performance. Manipulated with painterly, 70s-influenced textures, these images comment on consumerism, representation, and the pressure of public image.
👵 Tribal Grandmother

Presented in both monochrome and colour, this work juxtaposes mood and vibrancy. It is part of an ongoing practice of layering photography with painterly overlays, echoing Victorian double-exposure techniques to explore heritage, wisdom, and presence.
✨ Why Indie Matters

Mainstream media delivers spectacle, but indie art films deliver soul. They remind us that cinema doesn’t need million-dollar budgets to spark reflection.

Indie artists can challenge norms, experiment with sound and vision, and document truths the mainstream often avoids. In 2025 — an age of digital saturation and algorithmic entertainment — these works are essential reminders that art should disturb, delight, and provoke.

🌟 Explore more:

Author & Artist Blog: sarniadelamare.com

Eco & Education: www.taletellerkids.blogspot.com

Transmedia Sci-Fi: bookofimmersion.com

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