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Indie Circuit is a free national map of independent movie theaters that book small films, with a private Screening Room where verified theater programmers find new independent features and request them.

The Short Version

Every year, independent features are finished with nowhere to play but streaming. Independent theaters do book outside films, but finding out who books each one, what it plays, its terms and the formats it can screen takes days of digging per theater. Indie Circuit puts all of it on one free map, taken from each theater's own published details, so a filmmaker can find the right rooms and pitch them the way they ask to be pitched. Its Screening Room, opening Monday, January 11, 2027, lets verified theaters browse independent features and request them directly.

Key Facts

• Launched: October 30, 2026 (directory). The Screening Room opens Monday, January 11, 2027.
• Coverage: 1,595 independent theaters in all 50 states and Washington, DC.
• Cost: free for theaters, always. Free for filmmakers to browse the map. The first 50 films from independent filmmakers post free.
• Who it lists: independently owned cinemas, microcinemas, drive-ins, college and museum cinemas and community halls with film programs. National chains are not listed.
• How listings are made: only from what each theater publishes. Any theater can claim its listing, or be removed within three business days.
• Made by: Page 4 Films LLC, Tucker, Georgia.
• Instagram: @the.indie.circuit

Founder

Simon Shih is an Atlanta-based actor and filmmaker and the founder of Page 4 Films, an independent production company. His screen credits include Cavegirls, Midnight Coffee Shop, Trouble Man and Braised (Thịt Kho), and his writing for new actors led to podcast invitations to talk about the craft. Seeing how hard it is for small films to find screens, he built Indie Circuit, a free directory of the independent theaters that book them, and the Festival Deadline Calendar, a free calendar of film festival deadlines, so filmmakers can get their work in front of audiences.

“When the filmmaker is standing at the front of the room after the credits, going to the movies turns into a conversation. Independent theaters are where a town discovers the artists living down the street, and where those artists find their audience.”
Simon Shih, founder

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Press Contact

Simon Shih, simon@page4films.com