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Why make completely indie films every day?

Completely indie films are films that the filmmaker/director/auteur can launch, complete, and distribute on their own. Outside of Hollywood or streamers. The reasons to make these movies: 1 - Hollywood movies and shows, also streamers' movies and shows, are not very good. It's watered down formulaic content.  Real indie arthouse movies can be much better. 2 - It's art making. A way to live. A way to connect with the world. 3 - The full story of the world can be told. Diverse movies. Post-colonial and anti-colonial movies. Healthy movies - not insane ultra-capitalist maximalist nightmare movies :). Movies where positive aspects of life can be celebrated, enjoyed.

Sujewa Ekanayake Interview - Cosmic Disco Detective Rene

  * Links Bristol Fashion at Indie Discovery LA In Chicago film event on 11/29/23 at Facets, Chicago - 5 PM, with director for Q&A -  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bristol-fashion-screening-idla-in-chicago-event-at-facets-tickets-756643169087?aff=oddtdtcreator Only In Theaters at Indie Discovery LA In Chicago film event on 11/29/23 at Facets, Chicago - 7 PM, with director for Q&A -  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/only-in-theaters-screening-idla-in-chicago-event-at-facets-tickets-756643329567?aff=erelpanelorg Cosmic Disco Detective Rene And The Mystery Of Immortal Time Travelers at Indie Discovery LA In Chicago film event on 11/29/23 at Facets, Chicago - 9 PM, with director at Q&A -  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cosmic-disco-detective-rene-screening-idla-in-chicago-event-at-facets-tickets-756647010577?aff=erelpanelorg

‘Godard par Godard’ (2023) doc review link

From the review - "One of the grand paradoxes of Jean-Luc Godard is that he was a radical, an outlier, a filmmaker who guarded his purity and always looked askance at “the system,” yet because the nature of filmmaking is that it requires a lot of money, and is connected to fame, and produces images that can spread with iconic power, Godard was an outsider who was also an insider; a poet of cinema who made himself a celebrity; an artist who bridged the larger-than-life, old-school ethos of movies with the forbidding imperatives of the avant-garde." Read the review here - https://variety.com/2023/film/reviews/godard-par-godard-review-1235620696/ * Links Bristol Fashion at Indie Discovery LA In Chicago film event on 11/29/23 at Facets, Chicago - 5 PM, with director for Q&A -  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bristol-fashion-screening-idla-in-chicago-event-at-facets-tickets-756643169087?aff=oddtdtcreator Only In Theaters at Indie Discovery LA In Chicago film event on 11/29/23 at...

arthouse film news: new Godard movie trailer, Cosmic Disco Detective Rene trailer, VOD link

     ***********   ************   Cosmic Disco Detective Rene (2023) from Indie Discovery LA Film Series 2023 - limited VOD (8/20 - 10/1/23) from Sujewa Ekanayake on Vimeo . * Links Bristol Fashion at Indie Discovery LA In Chicago film event on 11/29/23 at Facets, Chicago - 5 PM, with director for Q&A -  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bristol-fashion-screening-idla-in-chicago-event-at-facets-tickets-756643169087?aff=oddtdtcreator Only In Theaters at Indie Discovery LA In Chicago film event on 11/29/23 at Facets, Chicago - 7 PM, with director for Q&A -  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/only-in-theaters-screening-idla-in-chicago-event-at-facets-tickets-756643329567?aff=erelpanelorg Cosmic Disco Detective Rene And The Mystery Of Immortal Time Travelers at Indie Discovery LA In Chicago film event on 11/29/23 at Facets, Chicago - 9 PM, with director at Q&A -  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cosmic-disco-detective-rene-screening-idla-in-chicago...

THREE WORLDS by Amir Motlagh screening at Indie Discovery LA Film Series 2023 at Laemmle Glendale 8/4 - 10

Three Worlds  is a psychological, genre-bending, experimental drama that explores the three lives, or 'worlds,' of a man who undergoes an experiment that triggers haunting memories and alternate life memories. “It’s rare to mix rawness with beauty.” — Pinnland Empire * Get all info on screenings here -  https://www.laemmle.com/film/three-worlds-0 Breaking News:  ACTRESS KEATON SHYLER, EDITOR BRYAN TUCK FROM THREE WORLDS AT LAEMMLE GLENDALE FOR SUN 8/6, 1:30 PM SCREENING -  https://www.indiediscoveryla.com/blog/actress-keaton-shyler-editor-bryan-tuck-from-three-worlds-at-laemmle-glendale-for-sun-86-130-pm-screening * Links Bristol Fashion at Indie Discovery LA In Chicago film event on 11/29/23 at Facets, Chicago - 5 PM, with director for Q&A -  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bristol-fashion-screening-idla-in-chicago-event-at-facets-tickets-756643169087?aff=oddtdtcreator Only In Theaters at Indie Discovery LA In Chicago film event on 11/29/23 at Facets, Chicago ...

Trailers - 2 summer movies about nuclear weapons: the comedy COSMIC DISCO DETECTIVE RENE from Indie Discovery LA Film Series, and OPPENHEIMER

  COSMIC DISCO DETECTIVE RENE (2023) NYC indie sci-fi comedy main trailer 7.19.23 from Sujewa Ekanayake on Vimeo . More on Rene screenings here -  https://www.laemmle.com/film/cosmic-disco-detective-rene-secret-society-slow-romance-2 *

ONLY IN THEATERS doc interview with director Raphael Sbarge, film reviewer Jamie Toth, filmmaker Sujewa Ekanayake, VOD links, other links

  * Links Bristol Fashion at Indie Discovery LA In Chicago film event on 11/29/23 at Facets, Chicago - 5 PM, with director for Q&A -  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bristol-fashion-screening-idla-in-chicago-event-at-facets-tickets-756643169087?aff=oddtdtcreator Only In Theaters at Indie Discovery LA In Chicago film event on 11/29/23 at Facets, Chicago - 7 PM, with director for Q&A -  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/only-in-theaters-screening-idla-in-chicago-event-at-facets-tickets-756643329567?aff=erelpanelorg Cosmic Disco Detective Rene And The Mystery Of Immortal Time Travelers at Indie Discovery LA In Chicago film event on 11/29/23 at Facets, Chicago - 9 PM, with director at Q&A -  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cosmic-disco-detective-rene-screening-idla-in-chicago-event-at-facets-tickets-756647010577?aff=erelpanelorg * VOD links -  https://diyfilmmaker.blogspot.com/2023/05/only-in-theaters-doc-trailer-more-vod.html More VOD links -  https://diyfi...

Press page for Only in Theaters doc, VOD links, other links

Check out the Press page for Only in Theaters doc here -  https://onlyintheaters.com/press/   * VOD links -  https://diyfilmmaker.blogspot.com/2023/05/only-in-theaters-doc-trailer-more-vod.html More VOD links -  https://diyfilmmaker.blogspot.com/2023/05/variety-article-on-only-in-theaters.html * * 11 links for Only In Theaters doc - LA arthouse theaters history   Only in Theaters Review – The Daily Free Press, VOD links https://diyfilmmaker.blogspot.com/2023/05/only-in-theaters-review-daily-free.html VOD links -  https://diyfilmmaker.blogspot.com/2023/05/only-in-theaters-doc-trailer-more-vod.html More VOD links -  https://diyfilmmaker.blogspot.com/2023/05/variety-article-on-only-in-theaters.html * Only in Theaters upcoming screenings schedule, VOD links https://diyfilmmaker.blogspot.com/2023/05/only-in-theaters-upcoming-screenings.html * Link - LA Daily News article on Only In Theaters, VOD links https://diyfilmmaker.blogspot.com/2023/05/link-la-daily-...

Photo gallery from Only in Theaters screenings

Check out photo gallery from Only in Theaters screenings here -  https://onlyintheaters.com/gallery/ * VOD links -  https://diyfilmmaker.blogspot.com/2023/05/only-in-theaters-doc-trailer-more-vod.html More VOD links -  https://diyfilmmaker.blogspot.com/2023/05/variety-article-on-only-in-theaters.html * * 11 links for Only In Theaters doc - LA arthouse theaters history   Only in Theaters Review – The Daily Free Press, VOD links https://diyfilmmaker.blogspot.com/2023/05/only-in-theaters-review-daily-free.html VOD links -  https://diyfilmmaker.blogspot.com/2023/05/only-in-theaters-doc-trailer-more-vod.html More VOD links -  https://diyfilmmaker.blogspot.com/2023/05/variety-article-on-only-in-theaters.html * Only in Theaters upcoming screenings schedule, VOD links https://diyfilmmaker.blogspot.com/2023/05/only-in-theaters-upcoming-screenings.html * Link - LA Daily News article on Only In Theaters, VOD links https://diyfilmmaker.blogspot.com/2023/05/link-la-dail...

Upcoming screenings - Only in Theaters doc

Check out schedule for upcoming screenings for Only in Theaters doc -  https://onlyintheaters.com/schedule/   * VOD links -  https://diyfilmmaker.blogspot.com/2023/05/only-in-theaters-doc-trailer-more-vod.html More VOD links -  https://diyfilmmaker.blogspot.com/2023/05/variety-article-on-only-in-theaters.html * * 11 links for Only In Theaters doc - LA arthouse theaters history   Only in Theaters Review – The Daily Free Press, VOD links https://diyfilmmaker.blogspot.com/2023/05/only-in-theaters-review-daily-free.html VOD links -  https://diyfilmmaker.blogspot.com/2023/05/only-in-theaters-doc-trailer-more-vod.html More VOD links -  https://diyfilmmaker.blogspot.com/2023/05/variety-article-on-only-in-theaters.html * Only in Theaters upcoming screenings schedule, VOD links https://diyfilmmaker.blogspot.com/2023/05/only-in-theaters-upcoming-screenings.html * Link - LA Daily News article on Only In Theaters, VOD links https://diyfilmmaker.blogspot.com/2023/0...

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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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