What are the tell-tale signs of the indie film? Aside from Zooey Deschanel and the ‘Official Selection at Sundance’ Logo.

Lloyd Tate, Submarine

1) Beards

There’s probably a bewhiskered male somewhere (Joel in Eternal Sunshine; Burt in Away We Go; Paul in The Kids are Alright). Some of these will ‘bristle’ with intelligence (Frank in Little Miss Sunshine; Lloyd in Submarine; Bernard in The Squid and the Whale).