About
Cairn is a marketplace for independent film. We hold, host, and sell the work of independent filmmakers — features, shorts, and documentaries that live off the beaten path. Discover something new, then rent it, buy it, or subscribe for all-access.
Every film gets the treatment a real film deserves — proper player, proper artwork, proper page. And the filmmakers who made it get paid fairly, on terms they set: rentals, purchases, or membership, their price, their call.
What you’ll find
No two films on the shelf are alike. What they share is a maker who owns the work and set the terms.
Features
Independent narratives from filmmakers working outside the studios.
Documentaries
Non-fiction storytelling, from the personal to the far-flung.
Shorts
Bold, concentrated work that earns its running time.
Series & events
Episodic runs and one-off screenings, hosted and sold direct.
How it works
We don’t chase a catalog of thousands. Cairn is curated — a small, considered shelf where a film is easy to find and worth the climb. Every title gets a real page, a real player, and a place in the map instead of the algorithm.
Watch how you like. Rent a film for a few days, buy it to keep, or subscribe once for all-access to everything on the platform, new releases included. Cancel anytime.
Filmmakers host and sell their work here on their own terms — they set the price for rentals, purchases, or membership, and keep up to 80% of revenue. We handle streaming, payments, and payouts so they can stay focused on the work.
The community
A single independent film is easy to overlook. A shelf full of them, each one pointing to the next, is harder to miss. Every filmmaker on Cairn gets their own page — a photo, a few words about the work, and everything else they’ve made. Find one film you love, and the next one is a click away, made by someone new.
That’s the idea behind building this as one shared home instead of scattered across a hundred separate ones: the audience one filmmaker brings in discovers everyone else’s work too. The bigger the shelf gets, the easier any one film is to find.