Inauguration of Sri Lanka Film Fest at CGV Myungdong Station Cine Library in Seoul on Friday 23 June with Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the Republic of Korea Manisha Gunasekera; Executive Vice President Korea Foundation Ms. Yoon Keum-jin; Film Director Asoka Handagama; Festival Curator Anomaa Rajakaruna; and Ms. Suganthi Kadirgamar, wife of former Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar and Chairperson of the Intellectual Property Advisory Committee of Sri Lanka who attended the event as a special guest. Chair of Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) Ambassador Lee Inho, Ambassador of Colombia Tito Saul Pinilla, Minister Counsellor/Commercial of the Sri Lanka Embassy Jagath Abeywarna are also in the picture.
A Sri Lanka Film Festival was held in Seoul, Korea from 23rd June to 25th June, 2017 at CGV Myungdong Station Cine Library. Five contemporary internationally acclaimed Sri Lanka films were screened at the festival, which was well received by Korean movie lovers.
The Film Festival was organized by the Sri Lanka Embassy in the Republic of Korea and the Korea Foundation, with the support of the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, Cathy Pacific Airlines as a series of promotional events launched to celebrate 40 years of diplomatic relations between Sri Lanka and the Republic of Korea. The festival provided an opportunity to introduce Sri Lankan art cinema to the Korean public as well as to enhance the image of Sri Lanka in the Republic of Korea.
Embassy of Sri Lanka
Seoul, Republic of Korea
29 June 2017
Introduction of Sri Lanka Film Fest by Film Director and Special Guest Asoka Handagama and Festival Curator Anomaa Rajakaruna.
Question & Answer session after the screening of Asoka Handagama’s ‘Let Her Cry’.
The audience writing comments after a film screening
