Can you self-promote on r/indiefilm?

Allowed, with limits. Its rules allow sharing your own work, with conditions they spell out. Read 2026-10-04 from the community's own rules.

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Can you promote on r/indiefilm?

Allowed, with limits Its rules allow sharing your own work, with conditions they spell out.

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This page quotes r/indiefilm's rules as ThreadFox read them on 2026-10-04. The quoted text is the community's; the verdict above is our reading of it. Conditions often decide whether a post fits (a required thread, flair, posting day, account age or karma), and r/indiefilm's current rules on Reddit always win over this page.

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A community dedicated to the discussion and sharing of independent film.

What its rules say about promotion

Users self-promoting must be willing to discuss their work.
* We welcome any filmmakers to share their own work here but they must be willing to discuss their work, answer questions etc. * No spamming the subreddit with your work. * No self-promotion of reviews. * Trailers and other promotional material must be marked clearly as such.

All 5 rules of r/indiefilm

Posts and comments must be civil.
* Follow proper [reddiquette](https://www.reddit.com/wiki/reddiquette). * Please try to be kind to each other, any hate will not be tolerated. * Any hateful comments will be addressed with a warning. Multiple offences could result in a temporary or permanent ban.
Spoilers must be marked, and not in titles.
* Absolutely no spoilers, intentional or otherwise, in the title of your post. This will be considered a serious offence and could result in a permanent ban. * All posts with spoilers INSIDE the body of the post must be marked with the appropriate flair. * When commenting on a post that is *not* labelled with spoiler flair, please use proper spoiler formatting when commenting. * Comments with spoilers inside of posts marked with a spoiler flair are acceptable.
Films shared must be of professional quality.
* We support independent film of all production levels. To share a film on this subreddit it must be of a professional nature, this will be left to the discretion of the moderators. * There must be a coherent narrative and structure. It must be filmed clearly. The film can be as experimental as you'd like, as long as there is a serious effort to produce art. * No pornographic films.
Low-quality sites or sources will be removed.
* Well written articles with sources are preferred over speculation pieces with little to no evidence. * Websites with excessive ads, agenda-pushing, misleading content, etc. may be removed at the discretion of the moderators.
Users self-promoting must be willing to discuss their work.
* We welcome any filmmakers to share their own work here but they must be willing to discuss their work, answer questions etc. * No spamming the subreddit with your work. * No self-promotion of reviews. * Trailers and other promotional material must be marked clearly as such.

What the written rules don't show

Unpublished minimums. Many communities remove posts from new or low-karma accounts through AutoModerator settings that are not on the rules page, often before a moderator sees them.
Reddit's own filters. Reddit's site-wide spam filters can remove posts from accounts that mostly share links to their own site, in any community.
The community's norms. Many communities see themselves as peers, not an audience: post where you already take part, and make the post worth reading without the link.

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