Ho Gaana Pokuna

Ho Gana Pokuna
හෝ ගානා පොකුණ
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Directed byIndika Ferdinando
Screenplay byIndika Ferdinando
Produced by
  • Sunil T. Fernando
  • Kusumsiri Liyanarachi
  • Yashodara Sarachchandra
  • Dayananda Liyanarachi
  • Shyama Athukorala
  • Bimal Fernando
  • Nirosha Fernando
  • Geetha Muthumala
Starring
CinematographyChanna Deshapriya
Music byDinesh Subasinghe
Production
company
Next Frame Studio & Production
Distributed bySunil T Films
Release date
  • 11 December 2015 (2015-12-11)
Running time
119 minutes[citation needed]
CountrySri Lanka
LanguageSinhala

Ho Gana Pokuna (The Singing Pond) (Sinhala: හෝ ගානා පොකුණ) is a 2015 Sri Lankan children's musical drama film written and directed by Indika Ferdinando.[1][2] It depicts a teacher in a remote village, Uma (Anasuya Subasinghe), teaching her students to focus on something they have never seen before.[3]

The film was awarded the Teacher's Choice Prize at the 31st Chicago International Children's Film Festival,[4] Best Feature Film at the 38th Lucas International Children's Festival,[5][6] and the City of Zlin Award at the 55th Zlín Film Festival.[7] It had its world premiere at the Shanghai International Film Festival and was designated as the official selection at the Hanoi International Film Festival.[5][8][9]

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  2. ^ "Ho Gana Pokuna: Inspiring and inspirational". Sundayobserver.lk. 21 February 2016. Archived from the original on 21 February 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  3. ^ "එන්න හීන දකින්න". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  4. ^ "31st Chicago International Children's Film Festival" (PDF). Facets. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Laurels". Next Frame Studio. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  6. ^ "The LUCAS Awards". Deutsches Film museum. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  7. ^ Emersion Software. "About film - 56th ZLIN FILM FESTIVAL - International film festival for children and youth". Zlinfest.cz. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  8. ^ "The Singing Pond". Haniff.vn. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  9. ^ "'The Singing pond' creates international ripples | The Sunday Times Sri Lanka". Sundaytimes.lk. 25 October 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2016.