Although it has existed for more than six decades now, the film industry in Sri Lanka is still struggling to find its footing. A particularly poor last decade has thrown Sri Lankan cinema on a downward spiral except for a few films that made their presence felt at international film festivals. Theatres recorded 5.5 million admissions in 2010 against 17 million in 2001.
Even though the Sri Lankan civil war ended in 2009, with only 168 theatres left in the country, the film industry is far from recovery.
Reasons behind this downfall range from government apathy to the absence of an organized film industry in the country. The National Film Corporation, which was instrumental in bringing about a boom in local cinema during the 70s by handing out no-interest loans to filmmakers, completely stopped funding films by 2010.
Even though the Sri Lankan civil war ended in 2009, with only 168 theatres left in the country, the film industry...
Even though the Sri Lankan civil war ended in 2009, with only 168 theatres left in the country, the film industry is far from recovery.
Reasons behind this downfall range from government apathy to the absence of an organized film industry in the country. The National Film Corporation, which was instrumental in bringing about a boom in local cinema during the 70s by handing out no-interest loans to filmmakers, completely stopped funding films by 2010.
Even though the Sri Lankan civil war ended in 2009, with only 168 theatres left in the country, the film industry...
- 6/16/2014
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
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