IFTA win for Lankan-Irish Shauna
By Namali Premawardhana “Dembaya,” an Irish short animated film produced by Sri Lankan-Irish Shauna Cullen won Best Short Film (Animation) at the IFTA (Irish Film and Television Academy) Awards in February 2025. “It has been such an amazing experience!” Shauna wrote in an email to the Sunday Times. “The room was bursting with the biggest [...]
Telling their stories, being themselves
An IRIS Sisters’ initiative gives 18 young women the opportunity to make documentary films By Arrenga Nadaraja The IRIS Sisters began in October 2017, the brainchild of Dishani Jayaweera, director of Centre for Peace Building and Reconciliation (cpbr) in Sri Lanka and her team. “Working with young women to produce films to tell their stories [...]
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‘Ice Cream’ a movie on lives that melts soon
By Susitha Fernando Award winning tele and cinema actor, television producer and teledrama director, Pradeep Dharmadasa’s debut film ‘Ice Cream’ is now being screened at MPI Circuit Cinemas including Lite cinemas around the country. Set in an urban lower class shanty dwelling backdrop, the film revolves around one character ‘Dudu’, a young man caught up [...]
Sun Siyam Passikudah celebrates Women’s Day
Sun Siyam Resort in Passikudah celebrated International Women’s Day on 8 March with a heartfelt celebration honouring the invaluable contributions of its female colleagues. The day was filled with gratitude and festivities including a cake-cutting ceremony and conversations that highlighted the resort’s efforts to encourage female participation. Despite women constituting well over half of the [...]
A man turns his inability to pain as a weapon to save his dream girl
Movie ‘Novocaine’ Hollywood action comedy drama film ‘Novocaine’, revolving around a mild-mannered introvert with a rare disorder, congenital insensitivity to pain (CIP) is now being screened in Cinema in and around Colombo. Directed by Dan Berk and Robert Olsen, the film stars Jack Quaid, Amber Midthunder, Ray Nicholson, Jacob Batalon, Betty Gabriel, and Matt Walsh. [...]
Fred James Koch of Sri Lankan origin smashes his way into the UK Charts
By Sanath Weerasuriya Sri Lankan born Fredrick James Koch has been recognised in the United Kingdom with major music chart success. The song ‘Paralysed’ sung by Fred Koch with the legendary Australian Dance/Pop producer Geoff Sturre has breaks into the UK Club Charts Commercial Top Pop 30 last week. Fredrick James Koch was born to iconic Sri [...]
‘Mr. Burger’ opens fourth outlet in Dehiwala
‘Mr. Burger’, one of Sri Lanka’s homegrown fast-food brands, has launched its fourth outlet in Dehiwala, strengthening its presence across Colombo’s bustling food scene. Since its inception in 2017, the brand has rapidly expanded, now serving customers in Bambalapitiya, Rajagiriya, Wattala, and Dehiwala with its signature range of bold, flavourful burgers. The new Dehiwala outlet [...]