'No More - a documentary film directed by Anomaa Rajakaruna won the Satyajit Ray Bronze Award at the 8th South Asian Short Film Festival held in Kolkata, India from July 7 - 13.
The film focuses on the administrative district of Ampara and the land disputes which arose over time following the Gal Oya Project - Sri Lanka's first major resettlement and agricultural scheme following independence. 'No More Land' was commissioned by the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka in 2024.
Anomaa won the same award two years ago for her short documentary 'Cross of Justice' at the 6th edition of the festival and this is the fourth international award she has received during the last four years. Recently her short film 'Forward Drive' won a Special Jury Prize at the 3rd International Sports Film Festival of India as well.
Ampara, an administrative district in Sri Lanka was established in 1961 as a direct outcome of The Gal Oya project - Sri Lanka's first major resettlement and agricultural scheme following independence. The district was formed to host an influx of settlers from across the country, and to manage the rapid infrastructure development driven by the project. Over the last seven and a half decades, generations of these settlers belonging to all ethnicities, have shared the land with its original inhabitants, the indigenous Adivasi community. Together they have lived through testing circumstances which have shaped and strained their relationship with the land. No More Land tells their story - of displacement, of conflict and fear, of claim to land or lack thereof, through the voices of eleven women.
The film team includes Cinematographer Mahinda Abeysinghe, Editor Saman Alvitigala, Sound Recordist Aruna Sanjaya, Music by Heshan Kuruppu, Sound Designers Sasika Ruwan Marasinghe and Heshan Kuruppu, Colourist Dinindu Jagoda and the Research Team Samanthi Udagedara, Suminda Janaka and Dinuki Panditharatne.
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