Forward Drive
Feature film/sri Lanka/ 20 mins and 40 seconds/ 2021
Director: Anomaa Rajakruna
Screenwriter: Kaushalya Pathirana
Cinematographer: Sameera Weerasekera
Music: Chinthaka Jayakody
Art designer: Anomaa Rajakaruna
Cast: Poojana Dandeniya
Synopsis:
A well-known cricketer’s sexual orientation becomes a hot topic in social media and he tries to isolate from his teammates, friends and family. He becomes suspicious of his partner and a popular singer who lives next-door tries to reconcile them. Finally the cricketer’s mother arrives at his home and meets his partner for the first time.
Director’s biography:
Anomaa Rajakaruna holds an MA from the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. She is a self taught photographer and has exhibited the photographic work in solo and group exhibitions locally and internationally. She uses different mediums – poetry, film and
photography – to express herself. Some of her films which have won awards have been screened at film festivals around the world.