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Jun 16, 2021 · The restored version of Bambaru Avith, considered director Pathiraja's masterpiece and a key work of Sri Lanka's cinematic history, was selected in 2020 by Cannes Classics. It will screen in Singapore for the first time in June 2021 at Oldham Theatre as part of the Asian Film Archive's Restored programme, which highlights classic film works ...
Selected for the Classics section of Cannes International Film Festival in 2020, Bambaru Avith is acknowledged to be director Pathiraja’s masterpiece and a p...
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Restoration NotesThe restoration of Bambaru Avith (The Wasps Are Here) was made possible using the sole-surviving 35mm release print. It is the fourth featur...
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Jun 18, 2021 · The restoration of Bambaru Avith (The Wasps Are Here) was made possible using the sole-surviving 35mm release print. It is the fourth feature-length film by the late Sri Lankan director Dr. Dharmasena Pathiraja (1943-2018) and is the first South Asian film title restored by the Asian Film Archive. Due to inadequate storage and handling, the ...
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Sinhala. Bambaru Avith (The Wasps are Here) ( Sinhala: බඹරු ඇවිත්) is a 1978 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama film directed by Dharmasena Pathiraja and produced by director himself with Thilak Godamanne for Saranga Salaroo. It explores tradition and exploitation following the introduction of capitalism to a tiny fishing village and ...
May 21, 2019 · Restored by the Asian Film Archive along with L'Immagine Ritrovata, it was digitised from the sole-surviving print of 35mm. Influential in terms of its cultural and political significance, Bambaru Avith remains a landmark and important work in the history of Sri Lankan cinema.
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Jan 21, 2020 · For a British reviewer coming to Pathiraja’s work for the first time now, making a just assessment of The Wasps Are Here is far from easy. Shot in black and white and in an old-fashioned ratio, it smacks of a past age of cinema, not so much that of its own time but of a period earlier still. However, that adds to the character of the piece ...
