The first salvo against the pandemic

At a time cinema is still struggling to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, Colombo City Centre and the Scope Cinema have organised a film festival with the latest Sri Lankan films to be screened from September 4 to 8 in Colombo. The Pleasure of Cinema Film Festival with five films that were awaiting release will be screened at Liberty cinema, Colombo 3 with three shows daily at 10.30 am, 2.30 pm and 7 pm. The festival with some of the much awaited films of talented directors will be a glamour-filled event where the stars and filmmakers too will participate at the screenings. The film lovers will be able to meet them at the Liberty cinemas after the film screenings. With a reasonable price of Rs 350 for a ticket, all arrangements have been made to have the screenings with necessary health guidelines. The Pleasure of cinema Film Festival will consist of a collection of films made by popular and award winning film directors like, Jayantha chandrasiri, Udayakantha Warnasooriya, Giriraj Kaushalya, Channa Perera and Susirinda Silva. The carefully chosen collection of films are of great variety in theme and style, promising a diverse and entertaining cinematic experience as a whole. The festival begins with Jayantha Chandrasiri’s ‘Midunu Wishvaya’ (Frozen Cosmos) on

September 4 and it will be followed by Giriraj Kaushalya’s ‘Kathuru Mithuru’ (on Sept 5), Channa Perera’s ‘Yugathra’ (On Sept 6), award winning teledrama director Susirin de Silva’s comedy film ‘Miss. Jenis’ in which the late actor Jayalath Manoratne plays a female role. The festival will come to an end with Udayakantha Warnasooriya’s ‘Gindaree 3’.

CINEMA WILL BE THE FASTEST INDUSTRY TO RECOVER- THUSHAN