Animate Her( Animation shorts) and Other Films

Synopsis

Animate Her (4 short animation films/Sri Lanka/English/ 2022/25 mins) Dirs. Irushi Tennekoon & Yoshitha Perera.

Followed by screening of Our Mother, Grandmother, Prime Minister: Sirimavo (Sri Lanka/Sinhala with Eng. subtitles/ 2022/83 mins) Dir. Anomaa Rajakaruna. Story of Sri Lanka’s first female head of government and longest serving Prime Minister, Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike.The film juxtaposes the personal and official roles of this unparalleled trailblazer, as she steered the Bandaranaike political dynasty through forty years of active engagement.