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Saw Jim Jarmusch's vampire romance comedy Only Lovers Left Alive last night at Lincoln Center, at the start of the movie's theatrical run.  Got to speak w/ Jarmusch for a minute, always a blast :) Filmmakers Sujewa Ekanayake (L) and Jim Jarmusch (R), 4/11/14 * More info about the film & show times at Lincoln Center here . And here's the trailer for the movie: ::

Less than 20 hours to go on the Little Fishes Kickstarter campaign.  Go here to check out the trailer, donate, & become a part of this excellent project.

First, Little Fishes Kickstarter is down to it's final week/7 days of campaigning for finishing & release funding (to get to her most important & useful stretch goal of $8K, she needs to raise about $5K-$6K more).   Go check it out now & see if you want to become a part of that excellent indie art film project. Next, here's the latest on Alexia's projects, from a recent press release: Filmmaker Alexia Anastasio completes work on new film Little Fishes, crowdfunds for release, participates in a film finance panel discussion, and talks about her work in new interview Filmmaker Alexia Anastasio has completed major work on her new film Little Fishes. Little Fishes is a romantic drama about the relationship between two women. The film was inspired by the writings of D.H. Lawrence. The film will be submitted to film festivals in the coming days. Anastasio will attempt to screen the film at the Cannes Film Festival and Market in France later this yea...

Check out the recent post at Breakthrough Festival NYC blog here . Posters!  Links! All final info about the festival coming on 3/31! ::

I will keep a running list here.  New links will be added as they become alive.   Official festival website coming on 3/31. - Sujewa BREAKTHROUGH FESTIVAL LINKS 1 - Breakthrough Festival Blogger Blog -  http://breakthroughfestnyc.blogspot.com/ 2 - Breakthrough Festival Facebook page (for Likes) 3 - Breakthrough Festival Facebook Group page More coming soon... ::

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Little Fishes Trailer 2 from Alexia Anastasio on Vimeo . * For more on the film, go here, check out & support the project, join this exciting cinematic journey:

Check out the review here .  Sounds like an interesting movie. - Sujewa ::

By Sujewa Ekanayake   Filmmaker Alexia Anastasio While gender should not be an issue when it comes to making movies, unfortunately, at this point in time, women have a relatively more difficult time launching and sustaining their filmmaking careers (see here , here , here , also here ).  No doubt this situation will be corrected in the future and most likely that will happen with the help of the next wave of female filmmakers - as they figure out what works for each of them, what doesn't, and how to improve the overall situation. Alexia Anastasio is a female independent filmmaker who has made several films and is nearing completion on her new film Little Fishes . I spoke with her recently about her past projects, the current project, and future challenges. Sujewa - Alexia, thanks for taking the time out for this interview. Let's jump in to the subject that I mentioned at top, why do you think, at this point in time, it appears to be more difficult for female indepe...

By end of March we will have final posters, promo art, final trailers, final clips, and we will be launching an epic marketing campaign to spread the word about the June 12-18/one week long run of Breakthrough Weekend at Anthology Film Archives in NYC.  Also film festival news coming by the end of March.  In the meantime, enjoy the early notice promo image below :) - ::