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'Wind Bird' flies to Japan In addition 'Sulang Kirilli' was also selected for four other festivals and it was chosen as one of the best five films in the Competitive section at the 33rd New Delhi International Film Festival. In addition
'Sulang Kirilli' became the official entry to the 26th Cairo IFF
in Egypt, 29th Flenders IFF in Belgium and official entry to the
final competitive section at 26th Sao Paulo IFF in Brazil. Tokyo film festival organizers had laid down a condition that a film screened at any other international festival in the same year should not be entered for this film festival. Hence Inoka had to get her film away from all other competitions. However the film had already been chosen for representation in the competitive sections of both Belgium and New Delhi festivals next year. "Sulang Kirilli" based on a true event unfolds the story of Rathie a young girl from a remote village working in a suburban garment factory. She befriends a young soldier and falls in love. They start enjoying each other's youthful warmth quite freely and most unexpectedly, Rathie realises she has conceived. Grappling with this unexpected new realisation, she gets carried away into a world of her own. A simple and beautiful dream of a world that any young woman would want to build for her with a marriage and then a family with children. She immerses herself quite happily in this elusive world, but is made to face the realities of the world that is around her which are harsh and cruel. Speaking on the novel experience of film directing Inoka said it was not an easy task specially in a country like ours where there is so much inferiority complex, party politics and ignorance have become major hindrances to the younger generation who are dreaming cinema as a career. When Inoka first showed her film to the authority that was responsible for the sending of local films to international film festivals she found the experience frustrating. Having watched the film his response was that " 'Sulang Kirilli' was not suitable to be entered for any foreign film festival,". But being a courageous film maker she proved her talent by getting the world's recognition for her work. She questioned " If this was the way that new film makers were being treated what would happen to our future generation who are waiting to enter the cinema scene". Describing other difficulties Inoka said "we have to compete with the international films which have been made using the latest technologically developed equipment while we use the camera which Lester James Peiris used to direct "Rekawa" more than half century ago,". Responding to a question as to why some of the films which have been internationally acclaimed become failures financially here Inoka said 'watching a film and reading a film are two things. We don't have a culture of discussing about films and there are no places here to teach the subject;". Joining the talented music director, Navaratne Gamage, Inoka had experimented with creating a novel score in the film. Apart from the two human voices no musical instruments have been used in the entire work. Music director who is a singer has teamed up with Indika Upamali have shared voices for the background music and to sing a song. The cast included Linton Semage, Damitha Abeyratne, Jayani Senanayake, Liyoni Kotalawela, Buddadasa Vithanarachchi, Rada De Silva, Bandula Vithanage, Senaka Wijesinghe and child actress Pramudi Karunaratne. Channa Deshapriya handles the camera, Ravindra Guruge is editor, Kumara Karawdeniya is art direction and Saman Wickremaratne is the production executive. "Get
Carter": story of porn industry After box office
action thriller "Cliffhanger" screened in 1993 the movie
starring the blockbuster actor together with Michael Cain is released
by Cinema Entertainment (Pvt.) Limited. Looking into the death of his brother, Jack Carter (Sylvester Stallone) uncovers a conspiracy that runs through the darker side the porn industry. Here Jack is a successful New York bookie whose brother, Frank has been murdered during an apparent car jacking in Los Angeles. Afraid to fly, Jack takes the train to Los Angeles to attend the funeral and confront Frank's wife and daughter. The luggage he takes is filled with some meaningful weapons. When Frank's vintage Mustang is found semi-stripped in a junkyard, something that greatly decreased its value, Jack becomes suspicious that perhaps his brother's death was not a random act after all. With the LAPD dismissing the incident as gang-related, Jack decides to do a little investigating by himself. He goes to the bar that his brother managed in hope that he will pick up some clues. Jack's investigations take him into the dark underworld of the L. A. gambling and porn scene. He encounters old enemy, Jermy Kinnear. Kinnear runs a particularly nasty porn game where unsuspecting victims are drugged and videotapes of the crimes are sold to valued customers. Much to his horror, Jack discovers that his niece has been one of the victims, recruited from a club by a porn star. Jack discovers that his brother, having been given a DVD of his daughter's rape, had gone to the wrong police officers, Jermy had two key detectives on the payroll. In an explosive showdown, Jack takes out Jermy, his insidious partner and exposes the crooked police. In a surprising ending, Jack with the encouragement of his niece, boards a plane for the trip back to New York.
For the first time in the history of The Fukuoka Film Festival the executive committee had invited 10 Sri Lankan film directors and artistes, namely Lester James Peiris, Sumithra Peiris, Vasantha Obeysekera, Ashely Ratnavibushana, Dr. Sunil Ariyaratne, Bennet Ratnayake, Linton Semage, Malini Fonseka, Vasanthi Chaturani and Jackson Anthony. Also a Sri Lankan Film Festival organized under the 50th Anniversary celebrations by the Japan Foundation and the Sri Lankan Embassy in collaboration with the National Film Corporation in Sri Lanka was inaugurated on September 25 at the Japan Foundation Forum Stadium in Tokyo, Tourism Minister Gamini Lokuge, Suranimala Rajapaksa, Minister of School Education; Dr. P. Ramanujan, Secretary, Ministry of Tourism; Paddy Withana, Chairman, Sri Lanka Tourist Board; Karunatilleka Amunugama, Ambassador of Sri Lanka in Tokyo, Tadao Sato, Vice President of the Japan Foundation and Mrs. Isako Sato, Dr. Lester James Peiris; Sumithra Peiris and Wasanthi Chathurani attended the ceremony as special guests. The film "Wekande Walawwa" of Dr. Lester James Peiris was screened as the first film of the festival. Other films screened at the festival were , 'Kaliyugaya', 'Sudu Sevaneli' 'Loku Duwa,' 'Aswesuma,' 'Mage Wam Atha, 'Theertha Yaatra', 'Viragaya' and 'Pawuru Walalu.' Following the screening of the film 'Wekanda Walawwa', a talk show was orgnized for the Director of the film Dr. Peiris and Mrs. Peiris to interact with the audience. A reception was also held at the Foundation Forum where Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan Matsunami and Ambassador Amunugama addressed the gathering. The Japan Foundation along with the Asia Focus Centre in Fukuoka honoured Dr. Lester James Peiris for his lifetime contribution to the film industry with a special plaque at the functon. The Sri Lankan Film Festival ended on October 2 and the well-known Film Director Tissa Abeysekera was invited as a special guest to attend the closing ceremony by the Foundation Forum. |
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