The list of the 25 best films of Sinhala cinema over the past 75 years (1947–2022), has been released. The centenary ...

An award-winning Sri Lankan filmmaker credits the Catholic Church’s media initiatives with having developed and improved the country’s film industry. Prasanna Vithanage, who won this year’s SIGNIS Sri ...

Authorities have announced a list of the 25 best Films from the 75-year history of Sinhala talkie cinema, spanning from 1947 to 2022.

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 ...

Colombo, Sri Lanka — As a girl, when Srimathi Mallika Kaluarachchi would go to the cinema with her family, and a man on the screen would hit the character played by superstar Malini Fonseka, ...

How did the first-ever Sri Lankan Film Festival organized outside of Sri Lanka end up in Santa Barbara? This island country in South Asia (formerly known as Ceylon) is the hometown of organizer Aruni ...

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, ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A film produced by Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels was released this week, becoming the first of their nearly 50 movies to be shown in government-controlled areas. The two-hour ...

The old president has fled, the new one is just as unpopular, and a state of emergency is in place as Sri Lanka weathers the worst economic crisis in its history. The island nation known as the pearl ...

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 ...

The Oscar-nominated director best known for her Elements Trilogy has made a queer coming-of-age tale that's equally poignant and joyous. From her groundbreaking Elements Trilogy to “Funny Boy,” her ...

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 ...