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Thursday, May 30

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Only In Theaters on 6/15, Cosmic Disco Detective Rene 7/12 - 18 and beyond, Chetzemoka's Curse 7/12, Thank You 5 on 7/13 - at Film Noir Cinema in Greenpoint, Brooklyn

More info coming soon about these screenings. For now: Only In Theaters documentary screening on 6/15 at 6 PM - at Film Noir Cinema in Greenpoint, Brooklyn - $10

Tuesday, May 14

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Links to 9 new blogs for the 53 Spaceships film series project, w/ links to Poolman, Cosmic Disco Detective Rene, The Cinema Detective interviews

blog 1 - https://sujewaekanayakefilmmaker.blogspot.com/2024/05/poolman-cosmic-disco-detective-rene.html

Thursday, May 9

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Monday, Apr 1

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Thursday, Mar 28

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Sunday, Mar 24

11

Sunday, Mar 3

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Monday, Feb 26

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Sunday, Feb 25

13

Tuesday, Feb 13

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Friday, Feb 9

12

Sunday, Jan 28

14

New classification for cameras - Video 16 MM - Canon XA50, XA70, Sony NX80, Z90

To create a video 16 MM look the following cameras with a 15.9 MM diagonal sensor (or 1" sensor) can be used:; Canon XA50; Canon XA70; Sony NX80; Sony Z90 If the video was shot and released at 4K, using one of those 4 cameras, with a color…

IndieGoGo for Rick Schmidt's new film BREAD MACHINE launched

Get all the info on the project, perks here - https://igg.me/at/ricksbreadmovie/x#/

Wednesday, Jan 24

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Saturday, Jan 20

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New project - shooting a lot on a Canon G70 camcorder for an entire year, making a lot of movies - has begun

In previous years I've shot a fiction feature every 1 to 3 or 4 years. I finished 1 feature in 2022, and then another 1 in 2023. But perhaps movies can be made faster with an approach that's similar to blogging and vlogging. Daily work,…

Thursday, Jan 4

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The New Indie Film Canon - 50 Films By 10 Filmmakers

I was having an argument with the guy behind the counter at one of my local delis about wether it was possible and or useful to create a new indie film canon. Creating a list of films that are good examples of the unique art form that…

Monday, Dec 4

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Wednesday, Nov 22

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Main blog for 11/29/23 Facets, Chicago film event Indie Discovery LA In Chicago at https://idlachicago.blogspot.com

Main blog for 11/29/23 Facets, Chicago film event Indie Discovery LA In Chicago at https://idlachicago.blogspot.com

Tuesday, Nov 21

07

Amazing arthouse film event - discussion on 11/29 Indie Discovery LA In Chicago at Facets, Chicago!

All info on the 11/29 event, tix, trailers here - https://www.indiediscoveryla.com/

Monday, Nov 13

10

Bristol Fashion screening 11/29/23 at Facets, Chicago

Get info and tix here - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/756643169087?aff=oddtdtcreator

Saturday, Sep 16

08

Why make completely indie films every day?

Completely indie films are films that the filmmaker/director/auteur can launch, complete, and distribute on their own. Outside of Hollywood or streamers.

Sujewa Ekanayake Interview - Cosmic Disco Detective Rene

Bristol Fashion at Indie Discovery LA In Chicago film event on 11/29/23 at Facets, Chicago - 5 PM, with director for Q&A - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bristol-fashion-screening-idla-in-chicago-event-at-facets-tickets-756643169087?aff…

Friday, Sep 15

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‘Godard par Godard’ (2023) doc review link

From the review - "One of the grand paradoxes of Jean-Luc Godard is that he was a radical, an outlier, a filmmaker who guarded his purity and always looked askance at “the system,” yet because the nature of filmmaking is that it requires a…

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arthouse film news: new Godard movie trailer, Cosmic Disco Detective Rene trailer, VOD link

Cosmic Disco Detective Rene (2023) from Indie Discovery LA Film Series 2023 - limited VOD (8/20 - 10/1/23) from Sujewa Ekanayake on Vimeo.

Sunday, Aug 6

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THREE WORLDS by Amir Motlagh screening at Indie Discovery LA Film Series 2023 at Laemmle Glendale 8/4 - 10

Three Worlds is a psychological, genre-bending, experimental drama that explores the three lives, or 'worlds,' of a man who undergoes an experiment that triggers haunting memories and alternate life memories.“It’s rare to mix rawness with…