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Burning Birds
2018 Sri Lankan film
Burning Birds (දැවෙන විහඟුන්) is a 2018 Sri Lankan adult drama film written and directed by Sanjeewa Pushpakumara and co-produced by Pushpakumara and Antonin Dedet. It stars Anoma Janadari and Samanalee Fonseka with Mahendra Perera and Shyam Fernando. The music was composed by R. Abaji and Philip David Sheppard.[1] The film was premiered in the main competition of the 21st Busan International Film Festival in 2016.
The film was released in Sri Lanka on 29 June 2018[2] by the National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka through its Rithma circuit cinemas.[3] The director's cut[4] was released from 26 July 2018 to 9 August 2018 only in three theaters - Regal Colombo, Lido Borella and Skylite Malabe, under the "Adults Only" banner.[5]
The film successfully passed 50 days in theaters.[6] It is the 1307th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.[7] With many awards at Derana Film Awards 2019, the film was re-screened in few theaters for a limited engagement including Savoy Premier at 1.30 pm.[8]