Agantukayan / Strangers
- Rajee Samarasinghe |
- 2022 |
- 11 minutes |
- B&W |
- SOUND
Rental Format(s): Digital File / Digital File - DCP
As a child, my mother was sent away to live with other relatives for a number of years, away from her own parents and siblings. This footage was shot shortly after the civil war in Sri Lanka on the occasion of my mother's long-delayed reunion with Kamala, the aunt she lived with during that time. Kamala was living a life of solitude at this point and has now since passed away - this film is dedicated to her.
DIRECTOR, WRITER, SOUND, CAMERA, EDIT
Rajee Samarasinghe
THE PHOTOGRAPH
Milani Samarasinghe
Kamala Ranatunga
STARRING
Shalani Dilasha
Kamala Ranatunga
Sarath Diyananda
PRODUCERS
Rajee Samarasinghe
Milani Samarasinghe
Screenings and Awards:
2022: Best Documentary Short, Honorable Mention - 17th Tacoma Film Festival
2022: University of Colorado Boulder - First Person Cinema
2022: 23rd San Diego Asian Film Festival
2022: 8th San Diego Underground Film Festival - Selections
2022: 3rd Lima Alterna International Film Festival
2022: 25th Antimatter [Media Art]
2022: AgX - The Short Films of Rajee Samarasinghe
2022: 29th Chicago Underground Film Festival
2022: Los Angeles Filmforum - A collection of films by Rajee Samarasinghe
2022: 2nd Prismatic Ground
2022: California Institute of the Arts - Cinematic Voices
2022: The Museum of Modern Art - MoMA Doc Fortnight 2022