Date Number One To Do 8 Screenings @ Art Gallery in Brooklyn

Blogger Sujewa Ekanayake, who often blogs about DIY filmmaking, made a film not long ago called Date Number One - a feature length comedy about four first dates. The film is being screened 8 times in NYC, in an experimental, self made promotional art gallery run, in conjunction with the DVD release of the film.

Ekanayake was the first blogger to write about Barry Jenkins' Medicine for Melancholy - a DIY film that made one of the biggest splashes a film of its kind has ever had. Barry himself credited Sujewa in this interview we read recently (you can read it HERE). He was also the first to write about Cookies & Cream, my first feature film. When it came to DIY filmmaking, you could rarely google or research any relative topic, and not come up with Ekanayake's writing. I have discovered a few interesting DVDs of films made by local artists thru his blog as well.



Sujewa's Date Number One art gallery run is began its fund raising campaign at kickstarter. Here is what his explanation is concerning his plan for the project:

"My goal is to show a movie I made - Date Number One (story 1 of 4 from the movie is emdedded above) - at an emerging art gallery in Brooklyn - Aeon Logic - throughout December (8 screenings planned, every Wed & Fri in December, except 12/25 Fri). Each screening will also have a different opening act (local artists or activists, full list by 12/1). On top of that, I want to make 1000 DVDs & make them available for sale through mail order or at the screenings. Support from the Kickstarter community will help make this project a success - as it would provide time & money for publicity & proper management of the project (plus a lot more, see below). Also, this project, if successful, could serve as a useful example to other indie filmmakers - approaching indie film distribution more like an arts exhibition project - working with a gallery or another accessible alternative space as a painter would, for a series of screenings spread out over a relatively long period of time, and producing the simple, not-requiring-a-lot-of-workers project for a relatively low budget - such an approach might be very useful to some indie filmmakers & projects when it comes to distribution."

For backstory, to read what gifts and perks you will receive with your support, and to support this project with a donation, please visit kickstarter.

Here is the first story in Date Number One, below:

Start Over - Date Number One Story 1 from Sujewa Ekanayake on Vimeo.

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