Vikaari
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Screens with Thirst and the following short films: Warm Blood | The Last Leaf | Metavision | My Mother Mary | Miniature | Vikaari | You Wouldn't Understand
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Synopsis
The widespread birth of babies with similar deformities triggers a worldwide panic. Disease is ruled out but the actual cause could be something more terrifying. The children, nicknamed Vikaari, all share remarkable set of characteristics and may even possess, if rumors are to be believed, paranormal abilities.
In Sri Lanka, a multicultural island nation, their arrival creates an atmosphere of political and cultural unrest. Some factions want to eliminate the Vikaari while others want to use them for their own purposes.
Among them three key individuals, a professor of evolutionary biology, a social activist and the leader of an extremist right wing group try to take control of the destiny of these remarkable children.
In Sanskrit Vikaari means 'change' or an 'entity that can change'. The Vikaari are here and the world is about to change.
In Sri Lanka, a multicultural island nation, their arrival creates an atmosphere of political and cultural unrest. Some factions want to eliminate the Vikaari while others want to use them for their own purposes.
Among them three key individuals, a professor of evolutionary biology, a social activist and the leader of an extremist right wing group try to take control of the destiny of these remarkable children.
In Sanskrit Vikaari means 'change' or an 'entity that can change'. The Vikaari are here and the world is about to change.
About the Director
Director(s)
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Sandun Seneviratne
Charlie Bray
Director
Sandun seneviratne
Born and raised in Sri Lanka, Sandun first studied film making under Internationally acclaimed director Sammy Pavel. His first short film 'Opinion' was about the devastation caused by the Tsunami in Sri Lanka....Read more
Sandun seneviratne
Born and raised in Sri Lanka, Sandun first studied film making under Internationally acclaimed director Sammy Pavel. His first short film 'Opinion' was about the devastation caused by the Tsunami in Sri Lanka. He then came to London Film Academy to further develop his skills in film making where he made several Short films in Super 16 and HD.
One of the short films he wrote and directed called 'The Seer', a post-apocalyptic sci/fi action film starring Joey Ansah from the hit Hollywood film 'The Bourne Ultimatum', was selected to be screened at several international genre film festivals including the Phoenix Comicon Film Festival. The Seer was released on Facebook with added footage as a web series called Seer: Death Sight and has become a viral sensation in Sri Lanka.
Sandun returned to Sri Lanka to found his production company Synhedrion Studios, in order to write, direct and produce Hollywood style genre pictures, against the contrasting and beautiful backdrop of Sri Lanka.
His goal is to produce films that can compete with Hollywood in the international market in terms of storytelling and production value.
Charlie Bray
British-born director Charlie began making films aged 7, using his father's Hi-8 camcorder. This passion eventually led him to film school where he studied directing and editing.
Working as a self-shooting director he continued to hone his craft in a hands-on approach to filmmaking; writing, lighting, camera operating and editing himself and even qualifying as a drone pilot.
He now directs commercial content for major brands such as Ford Motor Company as well as continuing to pursue fiction filmmaking. His short films have screened in international festivals as well as on online
including the extremely popular sci-fi channel DUST. In total, his work has received millions of views online.
He continues to be in love with the sci-fi genre and is developing his first feature film.
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