Tradition (film)

Tradition is a short film by Sri Lankan female director and actress Lanka Bandaranayake, 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) 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

Best Short film (Film student award) at 12th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival 2017, Indonesia

Best Cinematography at Euro Kino Czech IIFF 2017, Czech Republic

2nd Best Film at 5th National Youth Cinematic Harvest 2016, Sri Lanka

Festival history

 * 9th SAARC Film Festival 2019, Sri Lanka
 * 71st Locarno Film Festival 2018, Open Doors, Locarno, Switzerland
 * 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
 * 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
 * 12th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival 2017, Indonesia
 * 11th River Film Festival 2017, Italy
 * 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
 * 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
 * 5th National Youth Cinematic Harvest 2016, Sri Lanka, 2nd Best Film