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Film FestivalJaffna International Cinema Festival

The Jaffna International Cinema Festival is a non-partisan platform to explore contemporary forms of creative expression in cinema. It’s main aim is to celebrate independent cinema in the peninsula, whilst creating an understanding of other cultures, promote harmony and mutual understanding through cinema.

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Film SeriesArchitectural Films Series 1

The Goethe-Institut Sri Lanka is excited to begin a new partnership with the Atelier Kandy by bringing films on different culture related topics to the art & architecture eager audiences in Kandy. This new partnership begins with a screening or architectural documentaries from Germany.

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Three Language Bodies from one landscape

How are thoughts shaped by language ? How does one cultural heritage translate into different languages and social realities ? These questions arose during German, Jaffna-born author and philosopher Senthuran Varatharajah’s first visit to Jaffna in February 2018 in conversation with poets and writers Kirisanth,  Yatharthan and Brinthan of the magazine Puthiya Sol.