E hōʻike ana ʻo Sri Lanka Tourism a me ka National Film Corporation o Sri Lanka i ka ʻelua Galle Film Festival mai Kēkēmapa 2-6, 2009 ma ke kaona kahakai ʻo Galle. E wehe ʻia ka ʻaha me ka luna ʻo Sri Lankan ʻo Vimukthi Jayasundera's "Ahasin Wetei," i hoʻokūkū ʻia ma ka Venice Film Festival o kēia makahiki.
Ma waho aʻe o ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi a me nā manawa kiʻi ʻoniʻoni i ka ʻāina, ʻo ka nui o ka hoʻolauleʻa ma Sri Lankan a me ka hale kiʻi ʻĀkia hema me nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni e komo pū ana, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe, ʻo "Firaaq" ʻo India mai ka mea hana keaka a me ke alakaʻi ʻo Nandita Das.
Ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kāna papa hana o nā waihona kālā, nā hanana hanana, a me nā papa hana, e hoʻokomo ʻia ka ʻaha i ka "Shooting for Change," kahi e hōʻike ai i nā palapala i hoʻolālā ʻia e hoʻoulu ai i ka loli kaiaulu.
Hōʻike pū ʻia he ʻewalu mau kiʻi ʻoniʻoni i hana ʻia i ʻAukake i ka manawa o kahi hoʻomoana kiʻi 10 mau lā no nā keiki, i mālama ʻia e ka US Embassy ma Sri Lanka a holo ʻia e ka mea hoʻokele hana ʻAmelika ʻo Constance Tillotsonm me nā alakaʻi o Lankanaka ʻo Anoma Rajakaruna a me Kasinathar Gnanadas. ʻO nā keiki e komo ana he 40 ma hope mai o ke kaua ma waena o ka lāhui ʻokoʻa o Sri Lanka.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Ma waho aʻe o ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā manawa mākaʻikaʻi a me nā manawa kiʻiʻoniʻoni ma ka ʻāina, ʻo ka manaʻo nui o ka ʻahaʻaina e pili ana i ka hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni ʻo Sri Lankan a me ʻAsia Hema me nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni e komo pū ana me nā mea ʻē aʻe, ʻo "Firaaq" o India mai ka mea hoʻokani a me ke alakaʻi ʻo Nandita Das.
- E hōʻike pū ʻia ana ʻewalu mau kiʻiʻoniʻoni pōkole i hana ʻia ma ʻAukake ma kahi hoʻomoana kiʻiʻoniʻoni he 10 lā no nā keiki, i mālama ʻia e ka US Embassy ma Sri Lanka a holo ʻia e ka mea hoʻokani pila ʻAmelika ʻo Constance Tillotsonm me nā alakaʻi Sri Lanka ʻo Anoma Rajakaruna a me Kasinathar Gnanadas.
- E hōʻike ana ʻo Sri Lanka Tourism a me ka National Film Corporation o Sri Lanka i ka ʻelua Galle Film Festival mai Kēkēmapa 2-6, 2009 ma ke kaona kahakai ʻo Galle.
