Independence Lane (12:45/2021/Sri Lanka)
Director : Anomaa Rajakaruna
Screenwriter: Thisara Mangala Bandara
DOP: Sameera Weerasekera
Editor: Saman Alvitigala
Sound Recordist: Priyantha Perera
Music: Chinthaka Jayakody
Colourist: Dinindu Jagoda
Make up : Madara Godage
Cast : Chandani Senevirathne, Ramani Damyanthi, Randi Pavithra Kaluarachchi, Vasanthi Senaratne, Yamuna Guruge, Thenuki Sanseya, Lakma Weerasekara, Keerthi Ranjith, Dilini Senanayake, Hiruni Savindhya
Synopsis: A group of housewives from the same neighbourhood engaged in a WhatsApp group chat are curious about a new young female tenant in a house nearby and her interaction with a young Muslim woman. In the backdrop of Easter Sunday bombing in Sri Lanka, members of the WhatsApp group are very suspicious about the young Muslim woman but they finally realize the nature of the relationship between the two young women and their sexual orientation.
To celebrate Pride Month we will present
an LGBTQI+ KZread Film Festival from 27-30 June 2024.
From the film series 'Somewhere in Sri Lanka...' presented by
the Westminster Foundation for Democracy, we will release a film everyday at 6.00p.m. on the Agenda 14 KZread channel.
'Before it's too late...' on 27 June,
'Independence Lane' on 28 June,
'The Outcast' on 29 June and
'Forward Drive' on 30 June.
It's only a short run of these film during the festival.