Tradition (film)
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| Tradition | |
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| Directed by | Lanka Bandaranayake |
| Written by | Lanka Bandaranayake |
| Screenplay by | Lanka Bandaranayake |
| Produced by | Lanka Bandaranayake |
| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Vishwajith Karunarathna |
| Edited by | Sankha Malwaththa |
| Music by | Sumudu Guruge |
Production company | Lanka Cine |
| Distributed by | Lanka CIne |
Release date |
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Running time | 11 minutes |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Language | Sinhala |
Tradition[1] is a short film by Sri Lankan female director and actress Lanka Bandaranayake,[2][3] starring Irangani Serasinha.
The short film was selected to more than 50 international film festivals all around the world and won best short film (Student Jury Award)[4] 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 the National Youth Cinematic Harvest 2016 in Sri Lanka.
Story[edit]
An old woman decorates a bride with 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[edit]
- Kalum Gamlath as Girl
- Irangani Serasinha as Woman
- Sameera Lakmal as Boy 01
- Nilanka Dahanayaka as Boy 02
- Arunod Wijesinha as Boy 03
- Kalana Gunasekara as Boy 04
- Anjana Premarathna as Boy 05
- Rajeev Ananda as Man
Awards[edit]
Special Jury Recognition at 9th SAARC Film Festival 2019, Sri Lanka[5]
Best Short film (Film student award) at 12th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival 2017, Indonesia[6]
Best Cinematography at Euro Kino Czech IIFF 2017, Czech Republic[7]
2nd Best Film at 5th National Youth Cinematic Harvest 2016, Sri Lanka[8]
Festival history[edit]
- 9th SAARC Film Festival 2019, Sri Lanka[5]
- 71st Locarno Film Festival 2018, Open Doors, Locarno, Switzerland[9]
- 17th Imagineindia International film festival 2018, Spain
- 14th IAWRT Asian Women's Film Festival 2018, New Delhi
- Cannes Corner, 70th Festival De Cannes 2017 , France[10]
- 21st Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival 2017, Canada
- 20th Mestre Film Fest 2017, Italy.
- 16th Ivy Film Festival 2017, United States
- 15th jubilee of Filmfest Düsseldorf 2017, Germany
- 14th VIS Vienna Shorts 2017, Austria[11]
- 12th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival 2017, Indonesia
- 11th River Film Festival 2017, Italy[12]
- 8th Jagran Film Festiva 2017, India
- 7th Macau International Short Film Festival, Macau
- 6th Chaktomuk Short Film Festival 2017, Cambodia
- 6th Pachuca Film Festival 2017, Mexico
- 6th ODA Tetova International film festival 2017, Macedonia
- 6th FakeFleshFilmFest 2017, Canada
- 6th Festival of Nations 2018, Austria
- 5th Garden City International Film Festival 2017-Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- 4th Film Egypt Festival 2017, Cairo, Egypt
- 3rd Warsaw Avenue Film Festival 2017, United States
- 3rd Equality Festival 2016, Ukraine
- 3rd Cefalù film festival 2018, Italy
- 2nd Fiffen Film Festival 2018, Norway
- 2nd St. Francis College Women's Film Festival 2017—Brooklyn Heights, United States[13]
- 1st New York Academy of Film and Music film festival 2017, New York, United States
- 1st Cardiff International Film Festival 2017—Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
- 1st The Film Bunch 2017, England, United Kingdom
- 1st GEOFILMFESTIVAL 2017, Italy
- 1st Curtas do Acaso Film Festival 2017, Portugal.
- "Euro Kino" Czech International Independent Film Festival 2017, Czech Republic – Best Cinematography[14]
- 5th National Youth Cinematic Harvest 2016, Sri Lanka, 2nd Best Film[15]
References[edit]
- ^ Maubima news paper,23,06,2017
- ^ Ravaya newspaper 09, 07, 2017
- ^ Ada newspaper 02, 08, 2017,
- ^ Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival web site award winners page https://jaff-filmfest.org/award-winners/
- ^ a b "Ninth SAARC Film Festival Award Winners |". Retrieved 2023-11-23.
- ^ "EXPOSING PATRIARCHAL PRACTICES: Lanka Bandaranayake". ARTRA: 8. December 2020 – via Artra's Emerging Artists Best of 2020.
- ^ "Tradition: Survival Of A Soul With Scars". asianmirror.lk. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
- ^ "ලොවවටා ගිය ලංකාගේ "සම්ප්රදාය" YouTube අවකාශයට". Cinema.lk. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
- ^ Locarno. "Tradition". Locarno Open Doors. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ^ Cannes Corner 2017. "Tradition". Festival catalogue. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ VIS Vienna Shorts 2017. "Tradition". Festival catalogue. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ River Film Festival. "Tradition". Festival catalogue 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ^ Women Film Festival. "Tradition". Festival catalogue 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ^ MirrorArts. "Tradition Won Best Cinematography". Festival catalogue 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ^ "ලොවවටා ගිය ලංකාගේ "සම්ප්රදාය" YouTube අවකාශයට". Cinema.lk. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
External links[edit]
- Tradition at IMDb
- Valentina, Vitali (2020). "Interview with Lanka Bandaranayake". BioScope: South Asian Screen Studies. 11 (1): 101–104. doi:10.1177/0974927620935762. S2CID 227249733. Archived from the original on 2021-11-28. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
- Film Festival: Contemporary South Asian Films by Women
- Ravaya news paper
- Tradition: Survival Of A Soul With Scars
- සම්ප්රදාය ගැන සම්ප්රදායික නොවූ කතාබහක්
- 70th Festival de Cannes and the Sri Lankan cinema | Facebook
- Exclusive: 'Not So Traditional' Interview With Lanka Bandaranayake
- සම්ප්රදායට අලුත් කතාවක් ගෙනා ලංකා (video)
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