Tradition (film)

Tradition[1] is a short film by Sri Lankan female director and actress Lanka Bandaranayake,[2][3] starring Irangani Serasinha.[4]

Tradition
Poster of the film
Directed byLanka Bandaranayake
Written byLanka Bandaranayake
Screenplay byLanka Bandaranayake
Produced byLanka Bandaranayake
Starring
  • Kalum Gamlath
  • Irangani Serasinhga
CinematographyVishwajith Karunarathna
Edited bySankha Malwaththa
Music bySumudu Guruge
Production
company
Lanka Cine
Distributed byLanka CIne
Release date
2016
Running time
11 minutes
CountrySri Lanka
LanguageSinhala

The short film was selected to more than 50 international film festivals all around the world and won best short film (Student Jury Award)[5] at 12th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival 2017 in Indonesia, Jury special award at 9th SAARC Film Festival, 2019, Sri Lanka, Best Cinematography at "Euro Kino" Czech International Independent Film Festival 2017 in Czech Republic and 2nd Best Film at National Youth Cinematic Harvest 2016 in Sri Lanka.

Story

An old woman decorates a bride with the traditional Sri Lankan jewellery. She describes the symbolic meaning of each jewellery piece. Those meanings carry the girl to her past relationships and their deep scars. The bride's destiny seems something illusive.

Cast
  • Kalum Gamlath as Girl
  • Irangani Serasinha as Woman
  • Sameera Lakmal as Boy 01
  • Nilanka Dahanayaka as Boy 02
  • Arunod Wijesinha as Boy 03
  • Kalana Jayanath as Boy 04
  • Anjana Premarathna as Boy 05
  • Rajeev Ananda as Man

Festival history

References
  1. Maubima news paper,23,06,2017
  2. Ravaya newspaper 09, 07, 2017
  3. Ada newspaper 02, 08, 2017,
  4. She is a well known senior actress in Sri Lankan
  5. Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival web site award winners page
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