Lanka’s Lakpathy’s comedy film ‘Free By Noon’ screens in LA

Los Angeles–based, Sri Lankan film maker, Lakpathy Wijesekara’s latest feature film ‘Free By Noon’ starring John Eisen, Raechel Wong, Justine Herron, Melissa Howell theatrically released in Los Angeles from October 15 to October 21 at the Laemmle Theatre in Glendale.

According to UCLA’s Hollywood Diversity Report 2020, only 14.4% of directors of theatrical films represent people of colour. Alarmingly, only 3.4% were directors of Asian origin in 2019.

Lakpathy Wijesekara’s last cinematic endeavour was a Virtual Reality film from a newborn’s perspective about Child Laundering. This film generated more than 1.5 million views worldwide.

‘Free By Noon’ movie has a truly diverse cast and a crew. Not one or two but seven different languages were spoken on the set. ‘Free By Noon’ is about a married man who tries to have some ‘extra’ fun in Las Vegas, where he gets locked up in a very unusual situation. He has to get himself out of this quirky situation to save his marriage before his wife gets home.

The film was shot on an Arri Alexa camera with a single Anamorphic lens.

Lakpathy, an old boy from Royal College Colombo was introduced to cinema world with his debut ‘Behind the screen’.

Once the film is screened at the Glendale Laemmle Theatre from Oct 15th -21st, filmmakers plan to take it over to New York, Texas, Atlanta and screen it in Sri Lanka as well.

Lakpathy Wijesekara at the location.