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Building new infrastructure for independent film discovery
Every year, thousands of independent films are made by talented filmmakers around the world. These are stories that challenge, surprise, and move us. Some are so arrestingly authentic that they remind us why we fell in love with movies in the first place. But the system that's supposed to connect these films with audiences is broken.
Major studios have retreated from independent film acquisitions. Streaming platforms that once seemed like a lifeline have shifted their focus away from audiences and towards subscriber metrics. The result is a widening gap between the films being made and the people who want to watch them.
Meanwhile, audiences who love independent cinema are underserved. They know that exceptionally good films exist. They want to discover something new. But there's no reliable way for them to find the gems buried under the mountain of streamer "content." Independent filmmakers simply have no marketing infrastructure to compete.
Indie Gems exists to fix this. We're building a platform that connects the best independent films directly with the audiences who are actively looking for them.
Indie Gems is designed to shine a light on all of the incredible work the independent film community already does. Festival programmers who watch thousands of submissions to discover new artists. Critics who bring obscure titles to our attention. Fans who show up for filmmakers they love. And filmmakers who spend years of their lives to tell stories that help us feel connected. The Indie Gems infrastructure is for you.
We believe there's a large, underserved audience of people who want to watch films they've never heard of — if someone they trust tells them it's worth watching. That's the experience we're creating.
We're not backed by a studio. We're not backed by venture capital. We're an independent company building for an independent community.
Indie Gems is in its early stages. Right now, we're building a community of film lovers who want to discover great independent cinema. We're curating the films. We're developing the tools. And we're creating a direct line between the filmmakers who make the work and the audiences who want to see it.
Filmmakers and film curators need their own powerful, decentralized, community-fueled marketing infrastructure. They need it now. That's what Indie Gems is here to build.
Join us. Discover films you've never heard of.