Global brands are tending to support rather popular projects than indie ones, but there can be exceptions. Reebok has offered its financial support to the “Crooked Arrows” sports movie, produced by J. Todd HarrisJeepers Creepers«), Mitchell PeckPriest«) and Adam LeffValentino: The Last Emperor«). The film, which goes into production this spring, will be focused on the world of lacrosse, a team sport of Native American origin.

The global beer brand Stella Artois continues its retro-style Stella Artois Recyclage De Luxe campaign with an online film festival of classical French films of the 60-s at The Auteurs web-site. The aim of the campaign is to show the brand’s concern about recycling issues in a very uncommon way — with the help of ‘old’ black-and-white TV-show, focusing on the ecological problems in different ways.

In anticipation of James Cameron‘s AVATAR hitting theaters December 18, McDonald’s plans to create a flood of excitement prior to the movie’s launch and the company’s in-restaurant promotion with a special sweepstakes incentive for Twitter followers: the chance to win a Big Mac Lunch and private screening of the movie with Academy Award-winner Jon Landau, producer of AVATAR.