Sri Lankan comedy “Tentigo” (locally titled “Nelum Kuluna”) has become a box office phenomenon, grossing LKR450 million ($1.5 million) to become the country’s second-highest grossing film of all time, ...

For four decades, Donald Jayantha has remained one of the quiet forces powering Sinhala cinema, building a career defined not by celebrity but by discipline, endurance and an unwavering commitment to ...

Paradise, directed by Sri Lankan filmmaker Prasanna Vithanage, is playing in the Icons: South Asia section of Mumbai Film Festival, fresh from its world premiere at Busan International Film Festival ...

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 ...

Someetharan’s film Neelira describes itself as “a work of fiction based on the memories of a war child”. The 40-year-old Sri Lankan Tamil filmmaker’s childhood and adolescence were shaped by the ...

Ginimal Pokuru (Sinhala: ගිනිමල් පොකුරු, lit. 'Flowers of Fire') is a 2021 Sri Lankan Sinhala adult romantic film directed by Udayakantha Warnasuriya. The film is co-produced by Prasad Rodrigo, ...

Sri Lanka, April 17 -- Scope Cinemas has taken steps to screen old Sinhala films restored in 4K at its theatres through their 'Scope Classics' initiative.

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 ...