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Goodbye To Language on Vimeo VOD

Experimental film by Jean-Luc Godard.  2014 Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize winner.  A story of a dog, wrapped in an essay film about philosophical questions, and questions about history, also a story about one or more couples, with nudity, filmed in multiple video formats, with beautiful shots of several places in Europe - specially one of a ship on a body of water.  A challenging and interesting movie.  Filmed by a crew of 3 (including the director). Goodbye To Language from kinolorber on Vimeo .

2 New Videos - SLOW ROMANCE Color Test Video, New Ep Kicking the Seat Podcast - Scary Season with Sujewa!

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WAVELENGTHS 1: WLS19 Directors Q&A | TIFF 2019

From TIFF YouTube page: "Featuring films by Philipp Fleischmann, Charlotte Prodger, Mike Gibisser, and Pedro Neves Marques.Structures of display and containment, both physical and figurative, form the core of this programme, whose works — by turns fluid, cryptic, coded, and diaristic — refute many binaries: interior/exterior, personal/public, lion/lioness." Read the rest here -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_MRkZymXK0

WAVELENGTHS 1: EARTH, WIND & FIRE DIRECTORS Q&A | TIFF 2018

 * From TIFF YouTube page - "Bookended by stunning astral compositions, this programme explores the elemental as informed by myths, legends, dreams, and cosmic forces. With films by Kevin Jerome Everson, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Sky Hopinka, Britany Gavelly & Ken Linehan, Jodie Mack, Lina Rodriguez, and Malena Szlam."

Sujewa Ekanayake on Kicking the Seat podcast x2 - On SLOW ROMANCE, and on Werewolf Ninja Philosopher + life in general

 

Pedro Costa - VITALINA VARELA Director Q&A | TIFF 2019

Life, The Universe, and Everything Movies with Sujewa Ekanayake! - at Kicking the Seat podcast

Ian Simmons/Kicking the Seat podcast announces moderating 7/19 - 7 PM Werewolf show Q&A at Facets - Ep07: Facets of the Werewolf Ninja Philosopher!

Werewolf Ninja Philosopher screening at Facets in Chicago - CHICAGO PREMIERE and run - 7/19-25!

Get all info, tickets here -  https://www.facets.org/cinematheque/films/july2019/werewolf.php From the page - " Werewolf Ninja Philosopher   is a deadpan minimalist, underground noir comedy which succeeds by its stylistic audacity and peculiar rhythms that recall the early work of Jim Jarmusch. Since the werewolf ninja philosopher is also an expert martial artist, his philosophical outlook makes it clear that there is much that is strange, but nothing that surpasses man in strangeness.   Werewolf Ninja Philosopher   is sardonic and witty as well as an affectionate homage of the detective genre, with easily identifiable visual and narrative conventions that any gumshoe would enjoy, even if he is a werewolf. Directed by Sujewa Ekanayake, U.S.A., 2018, 72 mins. FACETS FILM DIALOGUE: Filmmaker Sujewa Ekanayake will be here for Q&A after all of the screenings Friday, July 19–Monday, July 22. Lead actor Art Shrian Tiwari will be here for Q&A after all of the screenings F

Bill Arceneaux is creating a new website for New Orleans area film screenings and filmmakers from around the world

By Sujewa Ekanayake I discovered Bill Arceneaux 's work after reading two reviews (at Letterboxd , at Neaux Reel Idea ) he wrote about my new movie Werewolf Ninja Philosopher .  Werewolf is a movie for art/indie - real indie/foreign movie fans - and takes a good understanding of noir movies, art house cinema, NYC underground movies for someone to fully enjoy it - and by reading his writing it was obvious that Arceneaux knew the references in Werewolf.  Plus Arceneaux is a relatively accessible film reviewer ( @billreviews on Twitter ) and he seeks out new films and filmmakers that interest him - qualities that are useful for real indie/DIY filmmakers who often do their own distribution and publicity work.  Arceneaux is deep into art films, mainstream films, Jim Jarmusch movies (with a book on Down By Law on the way) and he is an enthusiastic supporter of the New Orleans film scene.  He is working on starting a website that will cover film screenings happening in New Orlean

Tickets for Werewolf Ninja Philosopher screenings 6/21-27 on sale now at Cinema Village

Buy tickets here . Filmmaker officially In-Person for the 6/21 - 7 PM show, 6/22 - 7 PM show, 6/23 - 5 PM show - for Intros and Q & As after the shows.  Filmmaker may also be at the theater for various other shows.  Informal discussions about the film and filmmaking, after shows, may be possible - at the theater or nearby. Trailer - Werewolf Ninja Philosopher 2018 trailer from Sujewa Ekanayake on Vimeo . About the film - from  https://www.sujewa.com/werewolf.html  - About the Movie ​In WEREWOLF NINJA PHILOSOPHER someone is killing art house filmmakers in NYC. The City calls on Werewolf Ninja Philosopher - a werewolf who is a ninja, a philosopher, and a private detective - to help stop the killings. A deadpan, slow cinema, minimalist, black & white, NYC art/indie/DIY/underground werewolf noir comedy by Sujewa Ekanayake (Director, Writer, Cinematographer, Editor). Starring Art Shrian Tiwari as Werewolf. Also featuring Kirsten Dwyer, Alia Lorae, Rachel Dixon and

Full Movie - SNEAK PREVIEW - Cosmic Disco Detective Rene And The Mystery Of Immortal Time Travelers

NEW - COSMIC DISCO DETECTIVE RENE (2023) - TRAILER!

The Secret Society For Slow Romance (2022) - available to rent as a new release starting January 1

Werewolf Ninja Philosopher at Vimeo VOD

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