SQIFF Frangipani

Frangipani depicts a love triangle between three young people in a small village in Sri Lanka. Chamath is trying to avoid a traditional marriage and is drawn to free-spirited Sarasi. When newcomer Nalin arrives in their village, Sarasi falls for him but so, in the end, does Chamath. Social pressures weigh on all three, increasing the tensions and strain of the love triangle.

Screening with short film Eden, a bisexual tale of eating the forbidden fruit from Portugal.

Content note: depiction of homophobia.