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 ...
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. — The historic Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara hosted the first-ever Sri Lankan Ceylon International Film Festival on Friday. The three day event showcased films ranging ...
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 ...
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, ...
The 1970s and 1980s are remembered as the “Swarna Yugaya” — the Golden Era of Sinhala cinema, a period that produced some of the country’s most memorable films, legendary performances, and culturally ...
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 ...
A priest famed for his contributions to Sri Lankan cinema and Catholic communications died on June 16. Father Ernest Poruthota, 88, was born on Aug. 31, 1931, in Marawila and was ordained on Feb. 2, ...