Best US City for Indies?

[ROC]

Los Angeles.

[dangerous mermaid]

AUSTIN!! LA and NYC as well good luck!

[DeltaOmegaPro]

Pittsburgh, PA. America's most livable city plus the filmmaking community is finally starting to come together. Check out pghfilm.org and steeltown.org You can find a lot of recources here for indi filmmakers...trust me I am one and Pittsburgh has been very kind.

Come join us!

[sonnyboo]

Austin Texas is still one of the biggest Indie Film mecca's in the U.S. as well as New Mexico for all the crew etc. from their tax incentives.

New Orleans and Louisiana's tax breaks have created a nice infrastructure for independent films.

The problem is this amorphous term "indie film", which can mean any where from $300.00 to $13,000,000.00 so we have no idea what we're attempting to describe for you. Most states that have a tax incentive for filmmakers need a budget of $200,000 or more to qualify and each state will vary as to what this is and how much it's for.

[learnfilmonline]

LA all the way. But if you want cheaper living New Mexico.

[Capra]

I live in Denver and so far when it comes to filming people have been very accommodating. Denver is beautiful and I hope more people take advantage of it...but no too many. We have a great array of independent movie theaters that I am in the process of talking with. I will keep you updated on how things go.