stindie
English
Etymology
Blend of studio + indie
Noun
stindie (plural stindies)
- A subsidiary of a major film studio that operates in a similar way to independent film studios.
- 2004 October 18, Claus Mueller, “NY IFP Market Proves Central for Independents”, in Filmfestivals.com:
- Parallel to this expansion has been the concentration of the film industry in fewer studios and their specialty subsidiaries generating ‘stindie’ productions and the growing central role Sundance and the IFP (Independent Feature Project) market.
- 2007, Andrew deWaard, “The Global Social Problem Film”, in Cinephile, volume 3, number 1, page 13:
- Following in the footsteps of Disney’s success with Miramax, every major studio acquired a stable of subsidiaries (sometimes referred to as “stindies” or “mini-majors”) in order to profit from notoriety gained at the Academy Awards and prestigious film festivals.
- 2015 July 22, “Parker Posey Laments Loss of the True Indie Movie Era”, in Moviefone:
- “I was called ‘Queen of the Indies’ by Time magazine (1997),” she tells Made in Hollywood. “Around that time, the whole [industry] changed — a kind of a studio-indie film, a stindie kind of formed.”
Related terms
- minimajor