Sanjeewa Pushpakumara

Sanjeewa Pushpakumara

Sanjeewa Pushpakumara ,40th Rotterdam International Film Festival 2011
Born (1977-05-05) 5 May 1977
Trincomalee, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
Occupation Film director, screenwriter & producer

Sanjeewa Pushpakumara born on 5 May 1977 in the in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka, completed his Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura in 2005. In 2008, he obtained his Master's degree in Mass Communications from the University of Kelaniya. Sanjeewa, pursued a diploma in film making at the Sri Lanka National Film Corporation in 2006.[1] In 2007, Pushpakumara received a scholarship from the Korean Culture and Tourism Ministry under its Cultural Partnership Initiative (CPI), to study film-making in the Asian Young Film Forum and also to learn Korean language at Chonbuk National University (Korea).In 2014 he obtained his advanced degree (Master of Fine Arts) in film-making from the Chung-Ang University in South Korea as a Korean Government Scholarship Holder (KGSP).[2] In 2009, Sanjeewa was selected to the Asian Film Academy of Busan International Film Festival.He participated in Berlin Talent Campus in 2012.

Sanjeewa's first feature film, Flying Fish (Igillena Maluwo), received post production support from the Hubert Bals Fund of the International Film Festival Rotterdam. Subsequently Flying Fish world premiered at International Film Festival Rotterdam and was nominated for the Tiger Award. The film reflects the deep social and psychological trauma of the country's twenty-six-year-long civil war.[3] Flying Fish garnered many accolades and the film was invited to more than 30 international film festivals around the world. It was said by Tony Rayns at the 5th Cinema Digital Seoul Film Festival that "Sri Lankan Cinema has found its true modernist" and he has also said that "Flying Fish (Igillena Maluwo) is indecently beautiful".[4]

In 2012, Sanjeewa was invited to Paris by Cinéfondation of Cannes Film Festival to its Résidence programme to develop his second feature film, Burning Birds (Davena Vihagun). The film received production support from Doha Film Institute and post production support from Hubert Bals Fund and Cinema du Monde (CNC).[5]

In 2014,Biennale College – Cinema of Venice Film Festival invited Sanjeewa to Venice to develop his third film project Peacocks’ Lament. Currently Peacocks Lament is on advance script development.

Filmography

Feature films

Short films

Flying Fish

Touch

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ , Festival Scope Profile: Sanjeewa Pushpakumara, 2010
  2. ↑ "Profile: Sanjeewa Pushpakumara", Festival Scope, 2010
  3. ↑ International Film Festival Rotterdam, "Tiger Awards Spotlight: Sanjeewa Pushpakumara", YouTube, 31 January 2011
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  6. ↑ "Awards ceremony at the 2nd Saint Petersburg International Kinoforum", St.Pertersburg International Film Festival- KINOFORUM, 16 July 2011
  7. ↑ Martin Blaney, "Black Blood, A Separation triumph at Kinoforum", Screen Daily, 16 July 2011
  8. ↑ Susitha R. Fernando, "Sanjeewa wins Best Director", Daily Mirror, 17 July 2011
  9. ↑ "'New Territories' competition program will be a challenge for the audience", St. Petersburg International Film Festival "KINOFORUM", 24 June 2011
  10. ↑ Bryce J. Renninger, "Rotterdam Unleashes List of Fourteen Tiger Award Competition Films", indieWIRE, 10 January 2011
  11. ↑ Todd Brown, "Complete Tiger Awards Competition Announced For Rotterdam 2011", Twitch, 9 January 2011
  12. ↑ "SIFF Announces Film Competition Lineups For 2011 Festival", Seattle International Film Festival, 28 April 2011
  13. ↑ "Pesaro New Cinema Competition", 47a Mostra Internazionale del Nuovo Cinema, 19–27 June 2011
  14. ↑ "IFF Ars Independent", Ars Independent International Film Festival 2011 Katowice
  15. ↑ Susitha R. Fernando "'Flying Fish' take wings to Holland", Sunday Times, 30 January 2011

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