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  "Our monthly look at the fast-paced world of Slow Cinema returns! Ian and Sujewa welcome actress Alia Lorae to discuss progress on THE SECRET SOCIETY FOR SLOW ROMANCE, a COVID-era romantic comedy about two indie filmmakers who fall in love and end world poverty. It only SOUNDS absurd, until you realize that this is coming from the creator of WEREWOLF NINJA PHILOSOPHER--meaning the premise only tells half the story (at best). Sujewa talks about writing the film and preparing to shoot and star in it; Alia shares how she came to star in WEREWOLF and SLOW ROMANCE, and how she'll channel her artistic background to add realism to her first feature leading role."

 

  An introduction written by podcast host Art Shrian Tiwari - "In the latest episode of #ArtApproved ! #podcast by myNewYorkeye : I talk a little about #ChadwickBoseman first, since the episode was pre-recorded. Special guest, filmmaker and my dear friend Sujewa Ekanayake joins me for a great chat about being an indie filmmaker, filmmaking life & some pro-tips, underground filmmakers and an intro to slow cinema. Then we talk about his film Werewolf Ninja Philosopher (starring me!) and his upcoming project Slow Romance movie . We also talk about the state of diversity/inclusion and Hollywood and finally, Kamala Harris . A great episode with lost of great information. Listen to it on the link below, or find it wherever you listen to podcasts. Don't forget to like/share/follow/subscribe."

It's good.  Check it out here -  http://nobudge.com/main/build-the-wall Title is Build The Wall - but the wall in question does not have anything to do with the Mexican border wall political issue.  It's about a wall being built at a guy's yard - as a gift for his birthday. It's like a Slow Cinema movie - unfolds at its own pace.  Enjoyable.  Takes place in rural Vermont. NoBudge has an interview with Swanberg about going back to his minimalist filmmaking roots -  http://nobudge.com/members-main/joe-swanberg

 

More NHFFF Art Movement content starting early Sept. NHFFF - a new arts movement - Non-Hollywood Fiction Feature Films :) - celebrating fiction features made and (when possible) distributed outside the Hollywood system of big budgets, stars, historical Hollywood racism, unions and guilds limitations, & other Hollywood nonsense. See a Twitter thread about it here.

Legendary indie filmmaker and author Rick Schmidt - creator of over 25 feature films , and the great indie filmmaking book Feature Filmmaking At Used Car Prices and several other books , has a new book out. On New Dark Ages, from Amazon page - "NEW DARK AGES lets the reader participate in Rick's IMPROV decision-making process as he applies his stream-of-consciousness approach to solving moviemaking problems, where the filmmaker must battle his/her movie into existence, often with little money and little time to complete the task. Readers can learn from Rick's "open universe" approach, where he dares to proceed against all odds." More on the book here, and get the book at the link -  https://www.amazon.com/AGES-How-Movie-EMERALD-CITIES-IMPROV/dp/1715001117

Two Chicago film critics have a funny discussion about Werewolf Ninja Philosopher movie from Sujewa Ekanayake on Vimeo . From July, 2019. Chicago film critics Ian Simmons from Kicking the Seat podcast and David Fowlie from Keeping It Reel website discuss Sujewa Ekanayake's film Werewolf Ninja Philosopher. The movie had a one week engagement at Facets Cinematheque in Chicago in July, 2019. In this entertaining 24 minute discussion Fowlie is uncertain about various aspects of Werewolf, but Simmons thinks he is the biggest fan of the movie. See more from Kicking the Seat podcast here -  kickseat.com/podcast/2019/7/12/ep425-running-commentary-the-running-man.html And see more from Keeping It Reel here -  keeping-it-reel.com/ For more on film work by Suewa Ekanayake, and Werewolf Ninja Philosopher, visit here -  sujewa.com Audio segment courtesy of Ian Simmons/Kicking the Seat. Video copyright 2020 NYC Fantastic/Sujewa Ekanayake