The critically acclaimed Sinhala film Mother Lanka, currently being screened locally, is set to reach new audiences in South India after being dubbed into a Dravidian language. This marks a ...

The Sinhala version of Beena Sarwar’s international documentary ‘Democracy in Debt: Sri Lanka – Beyond the Headlines’, which was produced and translated into Sinhala by Priyantha Pradeep Ranasinghe, ...

In a serious attack on freedom of speech, Sri Lanka’s United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) government has banned screenings of Aksharaya (Letter of Fire) and threatened legal action against the ...

For Deepa Mehta, Sri Lanka has been a creative sanctuary – one where she could easily recreate rural India by the sacred Ganges in Water, or the setting for Funny Boy – a land on the cusp of conflict ...

In a move to bolster film preservation across borders, India‘s Film Heritage Foundation (FHF) is teaming with French diplomatic missions in India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives on a two-year project ...

After more than 20 years of war, in February 2002 the government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam signed a ceasefire agreement. Barriers to travel, dialogue, and understanding ...

Sri Lankans are mourning the death of a Catholic film director, producer and screenwriter who carved a pioneering role in bringing worldwide recognition to Sinhala cinema. Dr. Lester James Peiris ...

Sri Lanka is among the closest foreign countries we have, and historically, we have been very involved with it. If the Cholas conquered it, the Lankan kings aligned with the Pandyas and later joined ...