“Bullet Proof Children “ – Sri Lankan Film

Australian Premiere Screening is proudly presented by the Sinhalese Cultural Forum in association with Lanka Events.

It's the 17th of March 1996. Wills Cricket World Cup Final between Australia and Sri Lanka is about to commence at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. Meanwhile, in Colombo, a man and his wife board a bus carrying a strange cardboard box. Joined by an eloping young couple, several other interesting passengers aboard, they take off on a long night's journey. The seemingly peaceful bus ride shifts its pace when it enters a chase with a Defender jeep. An accident unexpectedly reveals the contents of the cardboard box promising the passengers a journey unlike any they have taken before.

Acclaimed for his debut feature direction ‘Ho Gaana Pokuna’ or ‘The Singing Pond’, Indika Ferdinando has returned with this thriller story titled ‘Bulletproof Children’ (‘Wedi Nowadina Lamai’).

Film starring a cast with a number of children (Like his maiden film ‘Ho Gaana Pokuna’, Indika’s story narrates throughout the night when Sri Lanka defeated Australia to clinch the 1996 Cricket World Cup.

Film is produced by Mrs. Deepa Edirisinghe for Deep films