House of My Fathers

House of My Fathers (Sinhala: නොමියෙන මතකය) is a 2019 Sri Lankan multilingual drama thriller film directed by Suba Sivakumaran as her debut film and co-produced by director himself with Dominique Welinski and Santi Pathak for Palmyrah Talkies.^[1] It stars Steve De La Zilwa and Darshan Dharmaraj along with Bimal Jayakodi and Dasun Pathirana.^[2] Music composed by Forest Christenson.^[3] The film was premiered in New Currents competition at Busan International Film Festival.^[1] It has received mostly positive reviews from critics.^[4] The film is the first Sri Lankan film acquired international rights by Asian Shadows, a Hong Kong–based sales agency.

House of My Fathers
Sinhala	නොමියෙන මතකය
Directed by	Suba Sivakumaran
Written by	Suba Sivakumaran
Produced by	Suba Sivakumaran Dominique Welinski Santi Pathak
Starring	Steve De La Zilwa Darshan Dharmaraj Bimal Jayakodi Dasun Pathirana
Cinematography	Kalinga Deshapriya Vithanage
Edited by	Nse Asuquo
Music by	Forest Christenson
Production company	Palmyrah Talkies
Release date	18 May 2019 (2019-05-18) (United States)
Running time	95 minutes[1]
Country	Sri Lanka
Languages	Sinhala Tamil English

Plot

Cast

• Bimal Jayakodi as Asoka
• Pradeepa as Ahalya
• Steve De La Zilwa
• Darshan Dharmaraj
• Dasun Pathirana
• Deepa Seevaratnam

International screening

The film has screened internationally in many film festivals.^[5][1]

• Busan International Film Festival – New Currents competition
• Mumbai Film Festival – World Cinema Section
• BFI London Film Festival – Debate Strand
• Filmfest Hamburg – Political Competition
• Rotterdam International Film Festival 2019 – Bright Future Section
• Geneva International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) 2019 – International Competition
• Seattle International Film Festival 2019 – New Directors Competition