Invest in the next wave of independent cinema.
Indie Planet is a closed-loop fund and streaming platform for independent film. Back projects from $25, earn fractional equity, and watch what you funded alongside our curated catalog of auteur classics.
Investment thesis
Independent-cinema thesis
We invest exclusively in independent, auteur-driven cinema — the festival films, character pieces, and bold genre swings the studios won't touch. A focused slate, a focused audience.
Sub-$20M budgets
The sweet spot for indie. Lower break-evens, faster paths to profitability, and the budget tier that gave us Moonlight, The Lobster, Whiplash and Past Lives.
Streaming integrated
Every funded film gets a guaranteed window on Indie Planet. Investors stream what they backed and earn a share of platform revenue.
Own a slice of the film, not just a ticket.
Fractional film investing splits a film's financing into small, regulated equity stakes — so the people who'd buy the ticket can also own the upside.
What it is
A fractional investment is a small, real ownership stake in a film. Instead of one investor writing a $1M check, hundreds of backers each take a slice — from $25 up. You're on the cap table, not a tip jar.
How it works
Pick a film, pick your stake. If the campaign hits its goal, your pledge converts into a fractional security and your money goes into production. If it doesn't hit goal, you owe nothing. When the film earns, you earn pro-rata.
Why it's legal
Every offering runs through Fraction Kings under SEC Regulation Crowdfunding. They handle KYC, escrow, disclosures, and quarterly statements. You get the same investor protections as any regulated securities offering.
Investing in film carries real risk. Only invest what you're comfortable losing. See our risk disclosure for full details.
Pick a stake. See what a modest hit looks like.
Indie films don't need to be blockbusters to pay back. This is a modest-case scenario — festival run, streaming deal, modest theatrical. The real returns model with downside, base, and upside lives inside.
Every film becomes its own economic system.
Behind every pledge is a two-layer framework — one built for the audience, one built for the system. Together they turn a film into a structured, participatory asset.
All-or-nothing financing
A project only activates once it's fully funded. No partial budgets, no half-made films, no capital deployed until the full stack is in place.
Non-speculative & non-tradable
Your participation is tied to a specific film's real-world performance — not a secondary market. No day-trading, no flipping, no speculation.
Compliant by design
Every offering is structured upfront and managed by our regulated fractionalization partners. Transparent terms, defined allocations, jurisdictional coverage.
Closed-loop economics
Revenue from streaming, licensing, and distribution flows back through the platform to participants — for the entire lifecycle of the film.
A $1M film, 20,000 participants, $50 a REEL.
Instead of one financier writing a million-dollar check, the budget is distributed across thousands of backers. Once the campaign is fully funded, production begins immediately and distribution on Indie Planet is guaranteed. Revenue from streaming, licensing, and events flows back through the platform to participants.
Illustrative example. Actual film budgets, REEL prices, and allocations vary per offering and are disclosed upfront.
What could a stake return?
A rough model based on typical indie economics. Move the sliders to see how the math changes — this is for illustration, not a projection.
Three pillars. Stacked together, they cover the budget.
No single source does it alone. Tax credits, streaming licensing, and theatrical/MGs each cover roughly a third — combined, they put the film at breakeven before release.
By organising financing, distribution and marketing under one roof, Indie Planet protects both filmmaker and investor from the opaque accounting and inflated fees of old-fashioned distributors — so films are set up to be seen globally and succeed financially.
Produced in jurisdictions offering 25–40% production tax credits and rebates. Government incentives that directly reduce the recoupable budget.
Indie Planet's streaming platform pays out per region across 40 countries. Licensing fees lock in another 30-40% of the budget through guaranteed distribution.
Pre-negotiated theatrical windows and minimum guarantees in non-streaming territories lock in the final ~30% — contracted in advance, not speculated.
How a small pledge becomes a real ownership stake.
Every backer walks the same five steps. No middlemen pocketing your money, no perks-only "tip jar" — a regulated path from pledge to equity to payout.
- STEP 01
You pledge
From $25. No money moves yet — your card is authorized, not charged.
- STEP 02
Held in escrow
Fraction Kings holds all pledges in a regulated escrow account.
- STEP 03
Goal hit
If the campaign closes funded, your pledge clears. If not, $0 charged.
- STEP 04
Equity issued
You're on the cap table — a real fractional security, not a perk.
- STEP 05
Stream + earn
Watch on Indie Planet, get quarterly statements, share in revenue.
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Built within the rules — not around them.
Indie Planet operates a closed-loop investment platform under U.S. crowdfunding frameworks (Reg CF & Reg A+), with all transactions cleared through a FINRA-registered broker-dealer partner. Funds are held in escrow and only released when a campaign hits its goal.
SEC-recognized crowdfunding exemptions for retail investors.
All payments processed through a licensed broker-dealer.
Pledges held in escrow; charged only if the film closes its round.
REELs are compliant equity units — not securities tokens or NFTs.
Everything investors ask us.
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The slate opens Spring 2027.
Join the early-investor list to see deal terms first when the first independent campaigns open.
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