ARTHOUSE FILM NEWS - Cosmic Disco Detective Rene at Facets, Chicago 11/29/23

2/27 Update: Petition for the White House re: not bringing counter-productive war crimes charges at this point in time -  https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/safeguard-sovereignty-sri-lanka-and-not-pass-resolution-against-sri-lanka-alleged-war-crimes/VvwB6LgR Sri Lanka needs more time to recover from a brutal 29 year long civil war. While the Sri Lankan government has done a lot for peace & reconciliation since the war ended 5 years ago, and there is a lot more to do, calls for war crimes charg es by the UN & US at this point will help no one. Check it out & sign the petition if you agree. * From the letter : "This is a witch hunt against my people who have suffered enough with terrorism for nearly 29 years that we who live in the US do not understand.  The threat of a third resolution against Sri Lanka due to impatience, with unreal expectations of what  you  believe should have been accomplished in a short period of 5 years, fails to credit the work c

getting ready for the upcoming release of my new film breakthrough weekend.  making a list of previous screenings - for various purposes.  i've been showing/sharing my films with audiences at screening venues since 1992.  here is a quick, incomplete list of some places i've screened: - the kennedy center, washington, dc - cineplex odeon foundry, washington, dc - cafe metro, washington, dc - atlanta film festival 2009 - the pioneer theater, new york city - anthology film archives, new york city - northwest film forum, seattle - visions cinema, washington, dc i'll have a complete list available in march. my films so far are: 1 - fresh coffee, 2 - wild diner, 3 - 17 dc poets, 4 -  date number one , 5 -  indie film blogger road trip , 6 - brooklyn fantastic (not yet complete), 7 -  breakthrough weekend (mid-2014 release) - sujewa ::

Little Fishes Crowdfunding campaign from Alexia Anastasio on Vimeo . 1 - IndieGoGo page -  http://igg.me/at/little-fishes-movie/x/1133575 2 - Alexia (director) Facebook, Twitter posts page -  https://www.facebook.com/alexiaanastasioactress?v=app_106171216118819 3 - Alexia (director) Facebook timeline -  https://www.facebook.com/alexiaanastasioactress 4 - Alexia (director) interviews Max Cutler about Little Fishes -  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR90nmpleVM 5 - crowdfunding-sites.us page for Little Fishes campaign -  http://crowdfunding-sites.us/news/campaigns/little-fishes-indiegogo-campaign/ 6 - Alexia (director) on Tumblr -  http://alexiaanastasio.tumblr.com 7 - Alexia on Twitter -  https://twitter.com/alexiaanastasio 8 - Alexia on Instagram -  http://ink361.com/app/users/230123693/photos 9 - Alexia interviews actress Vivian Kane -  http://www.frequency.com/video/alexia-interviews-actress-vivian-kane/148862717/-/5-20048288

Looks like a great new project.  Check it out here & support & spread the word -  http://igg.me/at/little-fishes-movie/x/1133575 Little Fishes Crowdfunding campaign from Alexia Anastasio on Vimeo .

L-R - Eric (with daughter) from Vamp Bikers, Jane from Warhol's Cars video, Jeanine (seated) from Vamp Bikers, Sujewa from Breakthrough Weekend, Manuel from Vamp Bikers, Adrian from Sex, Love & Salsa, not pictured - James from Brooklyn Unemployed. The filmmakers plan on working together on distributing & marketing their current projects and on making new films. Links to the films: Breakthrough Weekend - Facebook , website Brooklyn Unemployed - Facebook Sex, Love & Salsa - Facebook , website Vamp Bikers - Facebook More from this group soon… ::

They are going to pay their filmmakers!  Something that many filmmakers requested from film festivals for a long time.  Way to lead on positive change there T/F.  Get all the info at this Filmmaker mag blog article . - Sujewa ::

Check out Brooklyn Fitness blog by Sharissa Reichert -  http://brooklynfitnesssharissa.blogspot.com ::

More info here . - Sujewa ::

From mid-2013.  Still great.  From the interview : "S&A: If not a movement, are there any specific filmmakers that you find are doing interesting work? HG: Well you know, they start and they disappear, and the reason is because they don't enter into joint relationships. Most, especially the young filmmakers, do not see strength in communal or collective existence. They just think they're going to conquer the world as individuals. There is no world like that. In cinema it's always, even in Hollywood, a collective surge.  A group of filmmakers enter and take over power. And so individual efforts do exist, which I've seen left and right, but they do not understand the collective, the communal, the importance of working together. And when you don't work together you can't emerge as a force. It becomes what some call a “lonely struggle” and individual self-destruction." Read the rest of the interview at Shadow & Act . - Sujewa ::

Indie Film Blogger Road Trip from Sujewa Ekanayake on Vimeo .

Those plus whatever other methods you can think of will work for meeting the expenses of your indie art films.  Or your indie genre film or just indie film or film/movie - if one wants to be very simple about identifying the product or work being made. Or one can try to work for a studio, work with other producers, work for a TV network, etc to get the movie or TV show made & out.  You might not fully own your work through this route however. The important thing is, with digital video & the web where it is, it is now possible to make & distribute movies for $0 if you had to (grab your iPhone, grab 2 volunteer actors, shoot a short, upload to Vimeo or YouTube, promote it through social media, etc).  Also, if you want to take the time to do so, you can spend a few years and raise a couple of million $s to make & release a movie w/ known actors, etc. Making a good movie is always a challenge.  Making money from movies is always a challenge.  But, if you want to make

... 2014 will be a breakthrough year for a new thing in indie film. Details coming to this blog in the coming days and weeks. Yes, indie film will transform the world for the better this year. It will be EPIC :) - Sujewa ::

:: Check out a New York Times review of the movie here . More on Chantal Ackerman on Wikipedia . - Sujewa :: ADVERTISEMENT Brooklyn Fitness, Brooklyn Personal Trainer - Sharissa Reichert - A Brooklyn Fitness Blog -  http://brooklynfitnesssharissa.blogspot.com ::

Sue Gardner, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, writes at length about a lot of interesting topics at her blog. From her post about what's wrong with non-profits - " Preface! I’ve always been irritated by people who assume nonprofitland is self-evidently suckier than forprofitland. I’m particularly irritated by people who say that nonprofits “should be more businesslike,” with businesslike as a kind of confused stand-in for “better.” That just seems dumb to me — I feel like it’s obvious that nonprofits function in a specific context including challenges unique to the sector, and that solutions aimed at increasing our effectiveness needed to be designed to respond specifically to those actual, real circumstances. That’s what this post is about: my goal is to describe a serious problem, and point to where I believe we’re beginning to see solutions emerge." Read the full article here -  http://suegardner.org/2013/10/20/whats-really-wrong-with-nonprofits-and