Title of film : HOUSE OF MY FATHERS
Director Name : Suba Sivakumaran
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Producer : Suba Sivakumaran
Editor : Nse Asuquo
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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.
Director Bio : Suba Sivakumaran is a self-taught director who was born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Her first short film I TOO HAVE A NAME (Tamil/Sinhala, 11 min) was in competition at the 2012 Berlinale and was selected in competition at over 25 film festivals worldwide. Her second short film L’OISEAU BLEU (Arabic, 15 min) was shown out-of-competition at Director’s Fortnight, Cannes 2018 as part of the anthology TUNISIA FACTORY. HOUSE OF MY FATHERS (Tamil/Sinhala, 95 min) is her first feature film and received support from the Locarno Open Doors Hub Programme and was part of the Paris Coproduction Village. Suba also works in the area of international humanitarian aid and poverty reduction.
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