Here is the wound. Most independent films lose money. The 2023–2025 contraction saw distributors like IFC and Neon cutting acquisitions. Young filmmakers are told to “build an audience” on TikTok before shooting a single scene. The middle class of cinema—$2–10M budgets—is nearly extinct. Without subsidy or a sugar daddy, the indie director is an endangered species.
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