Emily Meade

Twelve' was a total indie drama character piece. It wasn't that it was more about the performance, but it was just a very different thing where, with horror, there's this whole added element of the visual and the technical and the choreography.

American Actress

Jill Soloway

Normally, I think the people you would use on your first film, it would be a real struggle to bring them with you onto your television show. I just brought every single person with and expanded my little indie film world.

American Comedian

Kalki Koechlin

I do not differentiate between a commercial and an indie project as long as there is a strong subject and the character in the script is relatable.

French Actress

Greg Mottola

In indies, life is very dark and realistic, and in mainstream films, the edges are all rounded off and very sentimentalized.

American Director

Konkona Sen Sharma

Stars are a part of our emotional psyche, but audiences should also support a good indie film which may not have a big star.

Indian Actress

Kate Nash

If you're on an indie label, you're not getting enough money. And if you're on a major, you're not getting enough support.

English Musician

Justin Lin

Studio films are driven by marketing. The currency is literally money. But in the indie world, the currency is passion.

Natalie Prass

I've always been in this weird indie world, and for a long time, I felt that it was not okay to be girly in that world.

American Musician

Emma Kenney

I love indie movies - I feel they can really allow you to develop a character.

Jeff Lemire

My indie work is mostly reality-based, focused on real life and characters.

Canadian Artist

Indie refers to work created by individuals or small groups without big company support.

Small Scale Production

Indie often signifies unconventional or non-mainstream content.

Not Mainstream

Indie emphasizes artistic freedom, often having a unique or personal touch.

Creative Freedom

When used as an adjective, indie describes the nature or identity of the artistic work.

Artistic Identity

Indie as an adjective often conveys a sense of edginess or coolness within culture.

Cultural Edge

People may mistakenly equate indie with lower quality; it's about production, not quality.

Quality Perception

As a noun, indie can describe someone who values independence and doesn't follow the crowd.

Freedom and Nonconformity

Being an indie can reflect a personal philosophy of self-reliance and authenticity.

Personal Philosophy

Calling someone an indie may imply a lifestyle choice of independence and distinctiveness.

Lifestyle Choice

 plus people who could be supportive of the things that are happening locally, when those people get together, I think really amazing things can happen. So interesting. And how can you make sure that the projects you're creating are actually for the disadvantaged and not just for the sort of vegetarian indie movie crowd

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 coexistence and kindness -- that when others choose to read our texts as directives for hate and vengeance, we can choose to read those same texts as directives for love and for forgiveness. I have found now in communities as varied as Jewish indie start-ups on the coasts

It's time to reclaim...

 up in the north after summer rainfall he is now filing the need to move through his territory indie market through st. marking the rainfall has washed away the scent that he's laid down but along these long one drinks he gets quite hungry I'm not going to move we are in

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 Let's unpack them really quick. If you want to change any of the patterns I just talked about, all you have to do is hire female directors. Turns out, the female directors are associated with, in terms of short films and indie films, more girls and women on-screen,

The data behind...

 would be punk that would be indie that would be anarchist bakeries you know all those scary things that we're supposed to be afraid of instead it's a constantly shifting and evolving counterculture and this is actually part of the media scape itself in other words

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 one of the world's legendary production designers. But Alex was preparing a little, sort of obscure, indie, arthouse film called "Minority Report" for Steven Spielberg, and invited us to come out from MIT and design the interfaces that would appear in that film.

Pointing to the future...

 Then you get to slightly bigger films, indies in the $1-5 million budget range, and we go down to 12 percent. So by the time you get to the studio system, we're only directing five percent of movies. Now, I know some of you out there will look at this

What it's like to be a...

 an urban lifestyle, but most of their jobs will continue to be out in suburbia. The other big dynamic of change is the sheer performance of underperforming asphalt. Now I keep thinking this would be a great name for an indie rock band,

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 live an urban lifestyle but most of their jobs will continue to be out in suburbia the other big dynamic of change is the sheer performance of underperforming as fault I keep thinking this would be a great name for an indie

Retrofitting suburbia -...

 i'm an indie artist i sing bilingual music i had swallowed the message the world loves to tell little girls be grateful for what you have don't take up space be small and i was really good at that