{"id":150063,"date":"2025-03-02T05:01:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T05:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=150063"},"modified":"2025-03-02T05:02:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T05:02:22","slug":"in-search-of-nihal-fernando-a-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/in-search-of-nihal-fernando-a-documentary\/","title":{"rendered":"In search of Nihal Fernando \u2026. A Documentary Film by Martin Pieris"},"content":{"rendered":"

In search of Nihal Fernando \u2026. A Documentary Film by Martin Pieris<\/span><\/h2>\n

Source:<\/span><\/strong>Thuppahis<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Your chance to support a 2024 a film on a great Sri Lankan artist, conservationist and visionary, Nihal Fernando (1927-2015).<\/span><\/p>\n

I<\/strong>n search of Nihal Fernando<\/strong>\u00a0\u2026.\u00a0<\/strong>A documentary film by Martin Pieris<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"elanka\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

I am seeking funds to complete the final postproduction stages of my documentary film\u00a0\u2026in search of Nihal Fernando<\/em>. Nihal Fernando was a talented and dedicated photographer in Sri Lanka. However, more than that, he championed the protection of the natural and wild places in Sri Lanka.<\/span><\/p>\n

As one of the interviewees in the film points out, \u201cthe artistic history of Sri Lanka will always remember Nihal Fernando because of his exquisite photography, but that would be a travesty, if he was only remembered for that, because\u00a0he was totally committed to conservation, the protection of wild places, wild creatures of Sri Lanka, and to the people.\u00a0<\/strong>Because conservation is primarily about people. When we fight for the environment, we fight to save our natural world, we are also fighting for ourselves\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The film highlights Nihal\u2019s breathtaking photography of Sri Lanka which he captured throughout his life with immense skill and dedication, promoting the natural wilderness.<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cThe Wild, The Free, The Beautiful\u201d is in fact the title of one of his several publications.\u00a0 The film includes interviews with those he influenced, not only with his photography, but also his love and attention to the wildlife and wild places and the people of Sri Lanka.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"elanka\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

This film has been, up to this stage, funded by me (Martin Pieris) and shot in Sri Lanka on two trips there in January and May 2024. I completed the shooting in May and am in the process of post-production. The film will be completed by December 2024 with plans to premiere in Colombo in January\/February 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n

The funds will be used for: employing a professional editor to complete the fine-tuning of my edit on the film and its audio soundscape, travel expenditure in January 2025, the venue-hire and projection equipment cost for the event.<\/span><\/p>\n

My self-funded film works so far:<\/span><\/p>\n

2021\u2013 Song of Lanka \u2013 presented as an addendum to my PhD thesis, The \u02d943 Group and its Legacy in Sri Lanka. Premiered September 2022 at the Lionel Wendt Art Centre, Colombo<\/span><\/p>\n