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The Economist Thinks We’ve Reached ‘Peak Indie’

9 years ago1 week ago02 mins

Anyone working in the indie scene over the past few years will have noted the paradox that now exists between the exponential increase in the availability of new distribution platforms and the ever-increasing difficulty for indie films to recoup their budgets. This is particularly true for the independent films with budgets that are not large…

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