Documentary Film Show

The Colombo Institute, in association with the German Cultural Institute, presented an initial screening of two documentary films produced by the institute on January 09th 2009. These films were produced by the Colombo Institute as part of a project of making three documentary films to explore themes of youth and multiculturalism in three selected locations in Sri [...]

Selecting photos that tell a story…..

first selection of photos

The second workshop was held on 10th and 11th of May 2008. By this time, the participants had already taken the photos. The photos themselves narrated multiple stories that depicted the different perspectives of the participants. A dominant theme was the natural beauty of their surroundings and their sense of cultural identity [...]

Basics in photography and script writing

After the sessions on photography by Jagath Pathirage, all the participants were given a package of literature consisting of the introduction to photography illustrated presentation that was used for the course compiled by Waruni Anuruddhika.

In addition, ten copies of extra reading material on photography compiled specially for the course and two copies of a book [...]

The group of young people…

Since these preliminary events and after an initial survey trip to Dambana in February 2008, Colombo Institute received permission from the Adi Vasi community leaders, particularly from its Chief Vanniyeletto to carry out the program in the community. The Colombo Institute organized its first full session on basics of photography and an introduction to scriptwriting [...]

Introduction to the community

 
The second site selected for making a documentary film is Dambana in the Uva Province. This particular village is mostly inhabited by Adi Vasis or Veddas, the indigenous people of Sri Lanka. Given the Institute’s interest in youth and multiculturalism within the film series, this endeavor is meant to focus on how youth in this [...]