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?The Summoning? ? An independent horror film by High School Junkies

The upcoming independent horror filmby High School Junkies, ?The Summoning?, will make its premiere in Sri Lankaat the National Film Corporation, Colombo on 26th October 2018 at 6:30pm. Conceived late last year as a quick skit for Halloween 2017, the film has become one of the most challenging projects undertaken by the team to date. The Summoning revolves around a group of four friends who discover an ancient s?ance table and inadvertently summon an entity that seeks its own vengeance.The shor

23 Oct, 2018

Sircar’s “Madras Cafe” recreates Sri Lanka war

Filmmaker Shoojit Sircar wowed Bollywood moviegoers in 2012 with a light-hearted take on infertility and sperm donation. This year, he hopes to repeat the success of “Vicky Donor” with an espionage thriller set in Sri Lanka. “Madras Cafe” stars John Abraham and Nargis Fakhri in a film that has attracted some controversy over its alleged portrayal of Tamil Tiger separatists during the civil war in Sri Lanka. Sircar spoke to Reuters about the perils of making a film on a sensitive subject. Q: You

09 Aug, 2013

Tamil thriller takes refugee crisis to Cannes

A former Tamil Tiger fighter fleeing the mayhem of his native Sri Lanka must do battle on the mean streets of a French housing estate in a movie shown Thursday at Cannes spotlighting Europe’s refugee crisis. “Dheepan” by one of France’s most acclaimed film directors, Jacques Audiard, tells the story of the war-scarred title character meeting a young woman and a nine-year-old girl in a refugee camp. In order to win passage to France, they assume the identities of a dead family to use their trav

21 May, 2015