Indie Filmmaker Gifts

Movies made for under eight million dollars.

"For the best picture not having won anything thereby being eliminated from this category..."

"I'll do the movie but I want to be highly compensated and highly acclaimed."

Dr. Frankenstein creates his newest monster, Frankenmime.

"I'm glad they want comedy... the budget is a joke."

'You have no idea how hard I've gotta work just to maintain my indie cred around here!'

A 1920's film director with hand-cranked camera and megaphone.

"Ronny, there's not going to be any 3-D. The studio wants you to shoot it on your cell phone."

"You're going out there an annoying, mannered girl, but you're going to come back an indie queen."

'You're just not right for Naked Ninja Nuns...you can act!'

"They say she's gone completely Sundance."

Duplass Brothers

Tenafly International Film Festival

'Hold on, the play is under review.'

'Congratulations. All but one of you has been short listed.'

"Just remember, when he says 'indie' he means Indianapolis."

'Okay, this is the scene where the bear becomes a parachute.'

'It's not fair 'Bogie'...they took away my video camera...did you ever hear them say anything about not hiding behind the shower curtain and filming visitors on the can?'

"So many indie films, so little time."

Fuzz - The band will never lose its artistic integrity.

"Oh, yes—do come in!"

"And now it's time for the 0'Malley family remake of Battleship Potemkin!"

"It's the call of Cthulhu."

"How's this for an idea — the first hundred-million-dollar independent film!"

Home Video

"It's a niche movie. Then there's a car chase, and – bam – mass market."

"Tiffany tells me you were at Sundance."

Goldilocks at Sundance.