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Arts and Theatre, Colombo, Jaffna, Kandy, Media and Communications, Moving Images, Photos

Watch Moving Images at Kandy International Film Festival (KIFF)

We are very pleased to announce that films from Moving Images will be part of the first Kandy International Film Festival (KIFF). Though the official schedule is still being finalised, we have…

Groundviews Groundviews on 06/10/201106/10/2011
Arts and Theatre, Colombo, Features, Media and Communications, Moving Images

Prawns and privations: Sugeeth’s life in Slave Island

At 27 years old, Sugeeth Kumar is part of a generation of Slave Island’s young entrepreneurs. Tiring of the long hours his previous job at Pizza Hut required, he decided that if…

Groundviews Groundviews on 04/20/201104/20/2011
Arts and Theatre, Colombo, Media and Communications, Moving Images

Recycling the plastic we throw to make a living: Nazaruddin’s work in Slave Island

On a walk down one of the many byroads of Slave Island during midday, we encountered a curious sight: a fairly elderly man wearing a sarong and a dusty green cap, sitting…

Sharni Jayawardena Sharni Jayawardena on 04/18/201104/19/2011
Arts and Theatre, Colombo, Media and Communications, Moving Images

Paper: The incredible story of Uthayan in Jaffna

How does a taxi driver take the sick to the hospital when there’s no fuel around? How does a newspaper publish news of bombs and deaths without newsprint? And how does a…

Kannan Arunasalam Kannan Arunasalam on 04/18/201104/19/2011
Arts and Theatre, Colombo, Media and Communications, Moving Images

Sharing a common god: The Sivasubramaniam Kovil in Slave Island

Munisekar has always been devout. From the age of nine, he began working at the Sivasubramaniam Kovil of Slave Island – the place of worship closest to where he lived with his…

Sharni Jayawardena Sharni Jayawardena on 04/17/201104/19/2011
Arts and Theatre, Colombo, Media and Communications, Moving Images

The education of a Muslim girl: Snapshots of Fatheema

15-year-old Fatheema Sulaika has lofty plans for her future. Study hard, become a psychologist, do her bit for mankind and hope that her example inspires oppressed women the world over. Needless to…

Sharni Jayawardena Sharni Jayawardena on 04/16/201104/19/2011
Arts and Theatre, Colombo, Media and Communications, Moving Images

Hotel Nippon: An icon of Colombo

Originally from Ragama, Chandrika Serasinghe believes it was her destiny to end up working at the Nippon Hotel – a place whose unusual façade always had a pull on her whenever she…

Groundviews Groundviews on 04/15/201104/15/2011
Colombo, Moving Images, Photos

Colombo’s iconic Castle Hotel: A photo portrait from Moving Images

Moving Images is a series of stunning short-form documentary and narrated photographic portraits on facets of life in post-war Sri Lanka. The latest addition looks at the iconic Castle Hotel in Slave…

Groundviews Groundviews on 04/11/201104/11/2011

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