Twelve classic Sri Lankan films will be showcased at the Festival des 3 Continents in Nantes, France, from Nov. 21–29, as part of the “France India Sri Lanka Cinema Heritage” project, the French Embassy in Colombo said.
Supported by the French Embassy in Colombo, the program, titled “On the Roads of the Golden Age of Sri Lankan Cinema,” celebrates the island’s cinematic legacy on an international stage.
The Festival explores Sri Lankan cinema with an exceptional programme of rare works, some of which have been restored, from one of South Asia’s least known film industries.
This retrospective is the result of a collaboration initiated in April with the National Film Corporation (NFC) and the Sri Lanka National Archives (SLNA) as an extension of the France – India – Sri Lanka Cine Heritage (FISCH) project on the occasion of the restoration of Sumitra Peries’ masterpiece Gehenu Lamai by the Film Heritage Foundation.
The Festival des 3 Continents is a film event offering a different perspective on cinema and the world through a unique selection of films from Africa, Latin America and Asia. It has been held every year since 1979 in the city of Nantes and the Loire-Atlantique region in France. (Newswire)