low-budget
idiom
: involving a small amount of money : involving a relatively small cost
a low-budget movie
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The cast is largely composed of Russian and Armenian actors, but if Sean Baker’s low-budget indie takes SAG’s top prize, history suggests the race is over, especially given its PGA and DGA victories.
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Clayton Davis, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
Gardner is at the Berlinale as a producer on Bong Joon-ho’s sci-fi drama Mickey 17, which gets a gala splash this evening with its Oscar-winning Korean director and the film’s star Robert Pattinson hitting the red carpet, as well as the low-budget drama Olmo which plays in Panorama.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 Feb. 2025
Sherman’s low-budget charmer is up for two Independent Spirit Awards (a breakthrough nomination for Krasner and for the John Cassavetes Award) and has also received a GLAAD nomination.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2025
Throughout his career, the Canadian auteur has deliberately shunned big-budget features or mainstream Hollywood to make low-budget films out of French-speaking Quebec.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025
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Clayton Davis, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
Gardner is at the Berlinale as a producer on Bong Joon-ho’s sci-fi drama Mickey 17, which gets a gala splash this evening with its Oscar-winning Korean director and the film’s star Robert Pattinson hitting the red carpet, as well as the low-budget drama Olmo which plays in Panorama.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 Feb. 2025
Sherman’s low-budget charmer is up for two Independent Spirit Awards (a breakthrough nomination for Krasner and for the John Cassavetes Award) and has also received a GLAAD nomination.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2025
Throughout his career, the Canadian auteur has deliberately shunned big-budget features or mainstream Hollywood to make low-budget films out of French-speaking Quebec.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Low-budget.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/low-budget. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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