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on November 7, 2009
Sujewa Ekanayake
backed a project
My Tween Indie-Rock Novel Is Complete: Help Me Fund The Soundtrack by Josh Farrar
I'm recording a music soundtrack to my tween novel, Rules to Rock By. Help me introduce THE POWER OF ROCK 'N' ROLL to a new musical generation
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101% funded $5,065 pledged
- 93 backers
- Funded Dec 30, 2009
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on November 7, 2009
Sujewa Ekanayake
Posted project update #6Story 1 clip is up on the main page
Post CommentCheck it out here:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/Sujewa/date-number-one-december-2009-distribution-projeDate Number One is made up of 4 stories, and you'll get to see Story 1 through the above link - it's a 10 minute story - the other stories are longer (entire film is 90 minutes long).
So I think I'll make that clip the video for this project's page, with the pitch video being shown here:
http://diyfilmmaker.blogspot.com/2009/11/dno-kickstarter-project-for-december.html
- Sujewa
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on November 7, 2009
Sujewa Ekanayake
Posted project update #5Check out pitch video
Post CommentUntil I figure out how to get the pitch video over here (or maybe we'll just go with a clip from the movie on this site), here it is, filmed at Aeon Logic - the venue for the December screenings of Date Number One (scroll down to the YouTube clip when you get to my blog):
http://diyfilmmaker.blogspot.com/2009/11/dno-kickstarter-project-for-december.html
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on November 6, 2009
Sujewa Ekanayake
Posted project update #4Description of film, cast, previous screenings, review & other audience quotes
Post CommentAll the info you ever wanted to know about Date Number One :)
About Date Number One:
A writer,
A ninja,
A woman who is working on saving the world,
and a guy who works at a bookstore
searching for love in
DATE NUMBER ONE
http://datenumberone08.blogspot.com/
A movie by Sujewa EkanayakeDate Number One, a comedy about several first dates, is made up of 4 different stories: Story 1 - Start Over, about a writer who tries to get back together with his ex-girlfriend, Story 2 - Just Another Ninja Searching For Love, about a ninja who goes on a blind date (ninja is played by John Stabb Schroeder from the DC punk band G.I.), Story 3 - A Romantic Dinner For 3, about a woman attempting to add a third partner to a romantic relationship, and Story 4 - The Superdelicious French Lesson, about a first date where a character learns a little bit of French in an unusual way. The movie has been discovered to be: "Witty" (GreenCine Daily), "Funny" (The Chutry Experiment), and "Sexy, Sexy, Sexy" (Hollywood Is Talking).
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Starring John Stabb Schroeder, Julia Stemper, Jennifer Blakemore, Shervin Boloorian, Dele Butler (formerly Dele Williams), Steve Lee, Kelly Ham AKA Kelly Ryan, Subodh Samudre, Jewel Greenberg
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Not Rated * 90 Minutes * yummy
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SCREENED AT: Goethe-Institut - Washington, DC (World Premiere, May 2006), Northwest Film Forum - Seattle (May 2006), Capital City Microcinema - Kensington, MD (June, October 2006 & March 2007), Sangha - Takoma Park, MD (July 2006), Pioneer Theater, New York City (August 2006), Warehouse Screening Room - Washington, DC (November 2006), The Armory - Kensinton, MD - 1 week run (July 2007), Jackie's - Silver Spring, MD (May 2008), Aeon Logic Art Gallery - Brooklyn, NY (February 2009)
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"Date Number One is quite funny...twentysomethings and occasional thirtysomethings looking for romance recall Richard Linklater's philosopher slackers and Jim Jarmusch's minimalist attention to conversation...also a subtle, thoughtful film...might be understood as the anti-Crash depiction of life in the city...depicts a comfortably multi-ethnic community...I'd happily recommend it."- Chuck Tryon, media professor & blogger,The Chutry Experiment blog http://chutry.wordherders.net/archives/005873.html
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"I found the characters and the premise sexy, sexy, sexy."- Jerry Brewington, Hollywood Is Talking blog, on Story 3 of Date Number One http://hollywoodistalking.com/Blog/508/
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"...witty...often inventive...and, even better, airy: characters are given time and space to spell out their views...views that never bear the artificial markings of a Hollywood screenwriter's compulsion to reduce them to sound-bites."- David Hudson, Editor, GreenCine Daily blog http://daily.greencine.com/archives/002353.html
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"FIVE really entertaining, fully realized romantic interludes...a shamefully rare achievement"- Tom Kipp, Seattle audience member,former film reviewer for Seattle alternative weekly The Stranger http://diyfilmmaker.blogspot.com/2006/05/interview-with-seattle-audience-member.html
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"Heartfelt...poignant...I loved it!"- Jon Moritsugu, award winning filmmaker
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"...somehow, someway, in the end, the love of the characters, the positiveness of the film, and Sujewa’s disregard for conventions wins you over. The act of making this film wins you over. There is only a positive through line in this film, and that is rare to see, especially when dealing with characters in their late to early thirties."- Amir Motlagh, director of the popular '04 Atom Films' short Still Lover & upcoming feature Whale
http://stilllover.blogspot.com/2006/10/date-number-one-review.html
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Date Number One website & blog:
http://datenumberone08.blogspot.com/
Wild Diner Films: http://www.wilddiner.com/
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on November 6, 2009
Sujewa Ekanayake
Posted project update #32 backers already - woo hoo!
Post CommentAlright, 1% down, only 99% to go :) Very exciting. Thanks Rumur & Amanda for your support!
- Sujewa
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on November 6, 2009
Sujewa Ekanayake
Posted project update #2Went to see Spanish Artists in New York exhibit at Aeon Logic gallery last night
Post CommentThat's the gallery that will host the 8 screenings of Date Number One in December. For more about the exhibit, go here:
http://aeonlogicartgallery.site90.net/1_5_Coming-Soon.html
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on November 6, 2009
Sujewa Ekanayake
backed a project
Battle of Brooklyn by Rumur
Battle of Brooklyn chronicles a six year community fight against a massive real estate development that uses eminent domain to take people's homes.
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102% funded $25,506 pledged
- 373 backers
- Funded Dec 01, 2009
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on November 5, 2009
Sujewa Ekanayake
Posted project update #1Project is ALIVE on Kickstarter! - here's a link to a clip from Date Number One
Post CommentSo, welcome to the project everyone - goal is to not just hold 8 screenings of Date Number One in December & to make 1000 DVDs (more if we go over the $3K goal) & make them available for sale BUT to do it well - well publicized/promoted (and that's where the $s from Kickstarter will make the big difference). I won't have the pitch video ready until Mon 11/9 or so (& that's why this project's got 33 more days to go, not just 30), but, to make up for it for now, here is the link to a 10 min. clip from the movie - Story 1 of 4 in the movie - title of this story is Start Over:
Check it out, & let me know if you have any Qs re: the film or the Dec screenings/distribution project or the Rewards. Thanks!!!
- Sujewa
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on November 5, 2009
Sujewa Ekanayake launched a project
"Date Number One" December 2009 Distribution Project by Sujewa Ekanayake
8 screenings of an indie movie at a Brooklyn art gallery in December, 1000 DVDs, & a whole lotta fun (& just maybe helping w/ Re-Birth of Indie Film!)
Funding Unsuccessful (12/09/2009)
Sujewa Ekanayake
Brooklyn, NY
I am a Brooklyn based filmmaker, blogger & web marketer. Prior residencies of Earth include the Washington , DC/Maryland area, Chicago (briefly), & Sri Lanka (the very early years). Completed films: Fresh Coffee (fiction short, 1992), Wild Diner... view more
