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

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

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

  • 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

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

References

  1. ↑ Maubima news paper,23,06,2017
  2. ↑ Ravaya newspaper 09, 07, 2017
  3. ↑ Ada newspaper 02, 08, 2017,
  4. ↑ Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival web site award winners page https://jaff-filmfest.org/award-winners/
  5. 1 2 "Ninth SAARC Film Festival Award Winners |". Retrieved 2023-11-23.
  6. ↑ "EXPOSING PATRIARCHAL PRACTICES: Lanka Bandaranayake". ARTRA: 8. December 2020 – via Artra's Emerging Artists Best of 2020.
  7. ↑ "Tradition: Survival Of A Soul With Scars". asianmirror.lk. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  8. ↑ "ලොවවටා ගිය ලංකාගේ "සම්ප්‍රදාය" YouTube අවකාශයට". Cinema.lk. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
  9. ↑ Locarno. "Tradition". Locarno Open Doors. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  10. ↑ Cannes Corner 2017. "Tradition". Festival catalogue. Retrieved 6 August 2018.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ↑ VIS Vienna Shorts 2017. "Tradition". Festival catalogue. Retrieved 6 August 2018.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ↑ River Film Festival. "Tradition". Festival catalogue 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  13. ↑ Women Film Festival. "Tradition". Festival catalogue 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  14. ↑ MirrorArts. "Tradition Won Best Cinematography". Festival catalogue 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  15. ↑ "ලොවවටා ගිය ලංකාගේ "සම්ප්‍රදාය" YouTube අවකාශයට". Cinema.lk. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
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