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1 Career  





2 Filmography  



2.1  Feature films  





2.2  Short films  







3 Awards and nominations  



3.1  Flying Fish (Igillena Maluwo) (2011)  





3.2  Burning Birds (Davena Vihagun) (2018)  







4 Bibliography  





5 References  





6 External links  














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Sanjeewa Pushpakumara
Born (1977-05-05) 5 May 1977 (age 47)
Trincomalee, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
Alma mater
  • University of Sri Jayewardenepura
  • University of Kelaniya
  • Occupations
    • Director
  • screenwriter
  • producer
  • Sanjeewa Pushpakumara (born 5 May 1977) is a Sri Lankan film director, screenwriter and producer.

    Career

    [edit]

    Pushpakumara completed a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura in 2005. He pursued a diploma in filmmaking 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 filmmaking in the Asian Young Film Forum and also to learn KoreanatJeonbuk National University. In 2008, he obtained a Master's degree in Mass Communications from the University of Kelaniya.

    In 2009, Pushpakumara was selected to the Asian Film Academy of Busan International Film Festival. He participated in Berlinale Talent Campus in 2012. In 2014, he obtained an advanced degree (Master of Fine Arts) in filmmaking from the Chung-Ang University in South Korea as a Korean Government Scholarship Holder (KGSP).[2]

    Pushpakumara's first feature film, Flying Fish (Sinhala: Igillena Maluwo), received post-production support from the Hubert Bals Fund of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). Subsequently, Flying Fish world premiered at the IFFR and was nominated for the Festival's Tiger Award. The film reflects the deep social and psychological trauma of Sri Lanka's twenty-six-year-long civil war.[3] Flying Fish garnered many accolades and the film was invited to more than thirty international film festivals around the world. In a review for the 5th Cinema Digital Seoul Film Festival, film commentator Tony Rayns wrote that, in Pushpakumara, "Sri Lankan Cinema has found its true modernist" and he has also described Flying Fish as "scrupulously non-partisan, deeply humane, sexually candid, coolly modernist in style and almost indecently beautiful".[4]

    In 2012, Pushpakumara was invited by the Cinéfondation of Cannes Film Festival to its Résidence programme in Paris to develop his second feature film, Burning Birds (Sinhala: Davena Vihagun). The film received production support from Doha Film Institute and post-production support from the Hubert Bals Fund and Aide aux cinémas du monde (CNC and Institut français).[5]

    In 2014, the Biennale College of Venice Film Festival invited Pushpakumara to Venice to develop his third film project Peacock Lament. In 2019, Peacock Lament was also selected by the Nipkow Art Residence in Berlin for advance script development. In 2018, the film project Amma (Tamil: Mother) won Locarno Film Festival's Open Doors main prize. In 2019, the Amma project was also invited to Film Independent's Global Media Makers LA Residency in Los Angeles for advance script development.

    Currently, Pushpakumara is the designer of the course and the Course Director at Sri Lanka Film School, the country's first film school.

    Filmography

    [edit]

    Feature films

    [edit]

    Short films

    [edit]

    Awards and nominations

    [edit]

    Flying Fish (Igillena Maluwo) (2011)

    [edit]

    Burning Birds (Davena Vihagun) (2018)

    [edit]

    Bibliography

    [edit]

    References

    [edit]
    1. ^ [1], Festival Scope Profile: Sanjeewa Pushpakumara, 2010
  • ^ "Profile: Sanjeewa Pushpakumara", Festival Scope, 2010
  • ^ International Film Festival Rotterdam, "Tiger Awards Spotlight: Sanjeewa Pushpakumara", YouTube, 31 January 2011
  • ^ "Flying Fish - 2011 Vancouver International Film Festival". Archived from the original on 2 May 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
  • ^ "Festival de Cannes - du 15 au 26 mai 2013". Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  • ^ "Awards ceremony at the 2nd Saint Petersburg International Kinoforum"[permanent dead link], Saint Petersburg International Film Festival, 2011
  • ^ Martin Blaney, "Black Blood, A Separation triumph at Kinoforum", Screen Daily, 16 July 2011
  • ^ Susitha R. Fernando, "Sanjeewa wins Best Director", Daily Mirror, 17 July 2011
  • ^ "'New Territories' competition program will be a challenge for the audience" Archived 13 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Saint Petersburg International Film Festival "KINOFORUM", 24 June 2011
  • ^ Bryce J. Renninger, "Rotterdam Unleashes List of Fourteen Tiger Award Competition Films", indieWIRE, 10 January 2011
  • ^ Todd Brown, "Complete Tiger Awards Competition Announced For Rotterdam 2011" Archived 13 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Twitch, 9 January 2011
  • ^ "SIFF Announces Film Competition Lineups For 2011 Festival" Archived 16 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Seattle International Film Festival, 28 April 2011
  • ^ "Pesaro New Cinema Competition", 47a Mostra Internazionale del Nuovo Cinema, 19–27 June 2011
  • ^ "IFF Ars Independent", Ars Independent International Film Festival 2011 Katowice
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