Sri Lanka | 2018 | Color | Political - Road Movie - Fantasy | 95 min 

DCP | Tamil and Sinhala | 24 fps | 4:3 | DOLBY 5.1

 SYNOPSIS 

Two Sri Lankan villages – one Tamil, one Sinhala – have been at war with each other for decades. When, on both sides, villagers become infertile, they receive a message from the gods. A Sinhala man and a Tamil woman are to be sent to an isolated place where they will find the secret to renew life. But only one of them will return. In the Forest of the Dead, Asoka and Ahalya will have to confront the secrets of their villages and their personal pasts.

 FESTIVALS, selective list 

- Busan IFF 2018, New Currents Competition

- BFI London Film Festival, Debate Strand

- Hamburg Filmfest, Political Competition

- MAMI 2018, World Cinema Section 
- Rotterdam IFF 2019, Bright Future Section

- FIFDH International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights 2019, International Competition

- Seattle IFF 2019, New Directors Competition

 CAST & CREDITS 

Cast

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Director  

Screenwriter   

DOP        

Editing  
Sound Design 

On Location Sound      
Music     

Producer 

Associate Producer 

Production

International Sales

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Bimal JAYAKODI

Pradeepa

Steve DE LA ZILWA

Dharshen DHARMARAJ

Dasun PATHIRANA

Suba SIVAKUMARAN

Suba SIVAKUMARAN

Kalinga DESHAPRIYA

Nse ASUQUO

Phil LEE

Mahavir SABANNAVAR

Forest CHRISTENSON

Suba SIVAKUMARAN

Dominique WELINSKI

Palmyrah Talkies

Asian Shadows