Production
Production
Production
Sales & Festivals
Sri Lanka | 2018 | Color | Political - Road Movie - Fantasy | 95 min
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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
PRESS REVIEWS
CAST & CREDITS
Cast
Director
Screenwriter
DOP
Editing
Sound Design
On Location Sound
Music
Producer
Associate Producer
Production
International Sales
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
“What distinguishes Suba Sivakuraman’s feature-length debut (...) is its magical-realist narrative and equally mesmerizing imagery. Shifting constantly between damp darkness and tropical light, Sivakumaran and her DP Kalinga Deshapriya manage to convey the stuffy and sweaty physical environment, as well as the disorienting mental conditions in the characters’ minds. All considered, House of My Fathers celebrates the birth of a distinctive directorial voice."
-- Clarence TSUI, The Hollywood Reporter