
A British-Sri Lankan man is forced to choose between pursuing his dream job abroad and taking care of his elderly grandmother who raised him.
Director Bio/Statement:
Rehan Mudannayake is an award-winning actor-writer-director, based in London. He stars as Shehan Soyza in Oscar-nominated director Deepa Mehta’s Netflix film Funny Boy, distributed by Ava DuVernay and ARRAY RELEASING. As director and writer, his shorts have screened at multiple international film festivals. His last short DIDI had its World Premiere at the Academy Award-Qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival in LA, as a part of the Official Selection. He is represented by Creative Artists Management in the UK.
- Year2023
- Runtime13 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Sinhala
- CountryUnited Kingdom
- PremiereWorld Premiere
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- Awards-
- Social Media
- DirectorRehan Mudannayake
- ScreenwriterRehan Mudannayake
- ProducerMax Barnes-Yallowley
- Executive ProducerTomisin Adepeju
- Co-ProducerEsme Lucas
- CastPradeep Jey, Anoma Wattaladeniya, Krystine Formon
- CinematographerToby Goodger
- EditorRehan Mudannayake
- Production DesignAngel Dust
- ComposerBen Stanbridge
- Sound DesignCalum Sample
- MusicBen Stanbridge
A British-Sri Lankan man is forced to choose between pursuing his dream job abroad and taking care of his elderly grandmother who raised him.
Director Bio/Statement:
Rehan Mudannayake is an award-winning actor-writer-director, based in London. He stars as Shehan Soyza in Oscar-nominated director Deepa Mehta’s Netflix film Funny Boy, distributed by Ava DuVernay and ARRAY RELEASING. As director and writer, his shorts have screened at multiple international film festivals. His last short DIDI had its World Premiere at the Academy Award-Qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival in LA, as a part of the Official Selection. He is represented by Creative Artists Management in the UK.
- Year2023
- Runtime13 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Sinhala
- CountryUnited Kingdom
- PremiereWorld Premiere
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- Awards-
- Social Media
- DirectorRehan Mudannayake
- ScreenwriterRehan Mudannayake
- ProducerMax Barnes-Yallowley
- Executive ProducerTomisin Adepeju
- Co-ProducerEsme Lucas
- CastPradeep Jey, Anoma Wattaladeniya, Krystine Formon
- CinematographerToby Goodger
- EditorRehan Mudannayake
- Production DesignAngel Dust
- ComposerBen Stanbridge
- Sound DesignCalum Sample
- MusicBen Stanbridge