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The concept of Individual Filmmaker Projects - a path to cinematic liberation

This is a new way of making and distributing movies that I am practicing with my new movie The Secret Society For Slow Romance - a comedy that had to be made in a very minimalist way during the pandemic of 2020.

What was caused by necessity may actually be an interesting and effective way to make and distribute a movie. I call it the Individual Filmmaker Project method.

Basically we bring the entire filmmaking and distribution, marketing, sales operation down to one person - primarily - the filmmaker.

So it is similar to an artist making and selling a painting, a writer writing and publishing a book - so on...

The method - the filmmaker produces, writes, shoots, edits, directs the movie.  And in my case I also acted in the movie - as one of the two actors.  And the filmmaker submits the movie to festivals, comes up with a distribution strategy - carries it out - working with interested festivals, indie theaters, getting the film on VOD, making and selling Blu-rays, and working with other distribution entities, if desired, to get the movie out worldwide.

Backed by a TON of advertising, marketing, promo carried out by the filmmaker for 1-2 years, using all available means possible.

Cost of the project spread out over two years - using money from whatever means available - from donations to money from day job work to any other means that can be used.

So it is an extremely DIY method.  But it can be very effective.

Perhaps it may work for you for a project.

Here is a part of the production results of this method - the teaser trailer for the movie:


New teaser trailer - The Secret Society For Slow Romance (2021) movie - from 3.6.21 from Sujewa Ekanayake on Vimeo.


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