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Film experts on tour
Ashley Ratnavibhushana has left the island to participate at the Festival of Cinemas of Asia Vesoul, France.
Ashley is the President of Asian Film Centre affiliated to Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) and a Board Member and the Jury Coordinator of the NETPAC. He is also the President of the Sri Lanka Film Critics' Forum the Sri Lanka Branch of the FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics) and the Sri Lanka Federation of Film Societies affiliated to International Federation of Film Societies (IFFS/FICC).

He will function as the Chairperson of the NETPAC Jury in Vesoul Film Festival scheduled to be held in Vesoul, France from 31st January to 08th February.
Vesoul is a very important festival in Europe for Asian Cinema. It is a unique occasion that several Asian countries with less recognition but producing outstanding cinematic creations participate at this festival. Ashley has participated and served in the juries in several international film festivals in Asia, Europe and the States.

From Vesoul Ashley Ratnavibhushana will proceed to Berlin International Film Festival on a special invitation extended by Goethe Institute on behalf of the Federal Foreign Office of the Germany.

They have invited 25 film experts around the world for an information tour and have selected Ashley Ratnavibhushana as one of them. The 56th Berlin International Film Festival will be held from 09th to 18th February.

Ashley Ratnavibhushana is the Co-author of Profiling Sri Lankan Cinema (with Professor Wimal Dissanayake) and Co-editor (with Robert Crusz) of L. JP Lester James Peries Life and Work written by late Professor A.J. Gunawardena. He is a film journalist/critic, film society activist and editor of the Cinesith Film Quarterly. Ashley is the correspondent for Cinemaya, the official film journal of NETPAC.

Ashley Ratnavibhushana is an employee of the People's Bank since 1972 and at present he is the Manager of the Welfare Department.

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