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Tradition

An old woman decorates a bride with the traditional Sri Lankan jewelry. She describes the symbolic meaning of each jewelry piece. Those meanings carry the girl to her past relationships and their deep scars. The bride’s ultimate destiny seems something illusive.

  • Lanka Bandaranayake
    Writer
  • Lanka Bandaranayake
    Director
  • Lanka Bandaranayake
    Producer
  • Ransiri Perera
    Producer
  • Kalum Gamlath
    Key Cast
  • Irangani Serasinhe
    Key Cast
    Machan (2008), Be Safe or Be Sorry (1955) and Shades of Ash (2004).
  • Sameera lakmal
    Key Cast
  • Nilanka Dahanayaka
    Key Cast
    Igillena Maluwo (2011)
  • Arunod Wijesinha
    Key Cast
  • Kalana Jayanath
    Key Cast
  • Anjana Premarathna
    Key Cast
  • Rajeev Ananda
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    සම්ප්‍රදාය
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    10 minutes 42 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 6, 2016
  • Production Budget:
    7,500 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Sri Lanka
  • Country of Filming:
    Sri Lanka
  • Language:
    Other
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • 71st Locarno Festival 2018, Open Doors Screenings
    Locarno
    Swaziland
    August 3, 2018
    Switzerland Premiere
  • Cannes Corner - 70th Festival De Cannes 2017

    France
  • 21st Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival (Reel Asian) 2017

    Canada
  • 20th Mestre Film Fest 2017

    Italy
  • 14th VIS Vienna Shorts 2017

    Austria
  • 17th Imagineindia International film festival 2018

    Spain
  • 16th Ivy Film Festival 2017

    United States
  • 15th Filmfest Düsseldorf 2017

    Germany
  • 12th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival 2017

    Indonesia
    Best Short Film - Student Jury
  • 11th River Film Festival 2017

    Italy
  • 10th Cinetoro Film Festival 2017

    Colombia
  • 8th Jagran Film Festiva 2017

    India
  • 8th Sound & Image Challenge Inernational Festival 2017

    Macao
  • 7th Mujeres en Foco 2017

    Argentina
  • 6th Pachuca Film Festival 2017

    Mexico
  • 6th ODA Tetova International film festival

    Micronesia, Federated States of
  • 6th Chaktomuk Short Film Festival 2017

    Colombia
  • 5th National Youth Cinematic Harvest 2016

    Sri Lanka
    2nd Best Film award and cash prize
  • 5th GardenCity International Film Festival 2017

    India
  • 4th Film Egypt Festival 2017

    Egypt
  • 3rd Warsaw Avenue Film Festival 2017

    United States
  • 3rd Bajo Nuestra Piel Festival de Cine 2017

    Bolivia, Plurinational State of
  • 2nd St. Francis College Women's Film Festival 2017

    United States
  • 1st New York Academy of Film and Music film festival 2017

    United States
  • 1st Cardiff International Film Festival 2017

    United Kingdom
  • 1st Curtas do Acaso Film Festival 2017

    Portugal
  • 1st "Euro Kino" Czech International Independent Film Festival 2017

    Czech Republic
    Best Cinematography
Director Biography - Lanka Bandaranayake

Ms.Lanka Bandaranayake was born in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. She started her career as an actress in 1998. Since then she has won several acting and costume designing national awards. Later she also became a national award Winning Drama Producer and Director. Her first short film "Tradition” was produced in 2016.

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Director Statement

Based on my personal experience at a wedding ceremony, I fused some of my encounters with former partners to write the script. I was surprised the way joyful women suddenly becoming prisoners in their marriages. They become unknown unhappy creatures by being forced to accept norms within walls of strict traditions.