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Film, VideoBuongiorno Italia
Mille soya Catalog Record Only A group of young but poor Bob Marley fans and rock musicians of Sri Lanka dream of becoming famous. Surrounded by poverty and violence at home, they decide to chase their dream outside their own country and relocate to Naples, Italy. However, the journey to Italy is both treacherous and illegal so their search for fame and fortune is soon exacting a heavy price....- Contributor: Keerthisena, Boodee - Torana Home Video (Firm) - Cinema Buddhi (Firm) - De Saram, Lakshman Joseph - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2006
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Film, VideoThe story of Methodism in Sri Lanka (1814-2014) Catalog Record Only Copyright notice on disc: The Methodist Church, Sri Lanka. English, Sinhalese, and Tamil. Purchase; 2017-02-28. Acquired for the requesting libraries only.
- Contributor: Swarga Tv (Firm : Sri Lanka) - Methodist Church (Sri Lanka)
- Date: 2014
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Film, VideoBilly Fernando live in concert Catalog Record Only Recording of a live concert of popular songs by Billy Fernando.
- Contributor: Fernando, Billy - Torana Home Video (Firm)
- Date: 2012
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Film, VideoAsvăsuma
Compensation Catalog Record Only An 80 year old man makes his way to the nearest police station after his wife's funeral and insists that he be arrested for a crime he had committed 50 years ago, in 1948, the year Sri Lanka gained its independance from Great Britain. Those days he was a poor carpenter and while burying his young daughter's dead body found a rare gemstone. But...- Contributor: Hēvāmanna, Samanmalī - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) - Torana Home Video (Firm) - Ratnāyaka, Bena - Mākalanda, Harṣa - Benn Films (Firm)
- Date: 2003
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Film, VideoIt's all calypso, 2007/08 : 25 years in music : live concert Catalog Record Only Recording of a live show by Chandimal Fernando, Sri Lankan musician.
- Contributor: Fernando, Chandimal - Torana Home Video (Firm)
- Date: 2008
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Film, VideoRhythms of Sri Lanka : an evening with Desmond De Silva Catalog Record Only Live recording of a popular music concert in Sri Lanka.
- Contributor: Marians (Musical Group) - De Silva, Desmond - Dk Promotions (Rājagiriya, Sri Lanka)
- Date: 2015
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Film, VideoLenārḍ Vūlphgē Băddēgama
Băddēgama | Leonard Woolf's The village in the jungle Catalog Record Only Sory of a village life in the deep south of Sri Lanka, it reveals the appalling misery of the villagers exploited by the village Head man and his associates.- Contributor: Cine Lanka (Firm) - Torana Home Video (Firm) - Woolf, Leonard - Pīris, Lesṭar Jēms
- Date: 2010
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Film, VideoTaṭai = Barrier
Barrier Catalog Record Only As the Sri Lankan government puts barricades at most of the places, the medicines to the hospital in Tamil populated areas fail to reach the hospital. As a result, Sinnarasu's son dies at the hospital due to lack of medicines in the hospital.- Contributor: Paulus, Albert - Digital Media Network - Reel Peace Project - Scriptnetsl (Organization : Colombo, Sri Lanka) - Thava
- Date: 2004
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Film, VideoAlimaṅkada
Road from Elephant Pass Catalog Record Only At the time of the Sri Lankan civil war, an army officer's routine assignment to pick up a woman informant near Jaffna turns into a nightmare when the LTTE launch a massive attack in the peninsula targeting the camp at Elephant Pass.- Contributor: C & S Home Movies (Firm) - Rutnam, Chandran
- Date: 2014
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Film, VideoVanni meheyuma Catalog Record Only Compilation of Civil War report footages by Rupavahini Corporation of Vanni Operation by the Sri Lankan Army in 2009 against LTTE.
- Contributor: Rupavahini Corporation
- Date: 2010
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Film, VideoThala 2008 : Sigiriya, the noble dance ballet
Sigiriya, the noble dance ballet Catalog Record Only Video recording of a Sinhalese dance production by Channa-Upuli Performing Arts Foundation.- Contributor: Channa-Upuli Performing Arts Foundation (Sri Lanka) - Rupavahini Corporation - Candrasiri, Jayanta
- Date: 2008
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Film, VideoThe art of forgetting Catalog Record Only Documentary with interviews of those who survived the civil war and ethnic conflict between Sinhalese and Tamils in Sri Lanka and features the stories of ordinary people caught in the cycles of political violence and war that have plagued Sri Lanka since they formed an independent country.
- Contributor: Jacob, Paul - International Centre for Ethnic Studies - Kois, Lisa M. - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2005
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Film, VideoSudu saha kaḷu
Black & white Catalog Record Only Kalu Mahattaya (Gamini Fonseka), a man who built a bloodstained empire in a post colonial Sri Lankan village is facing the hidden rage of the new generation. His daughter returns to the village with her friend after higher studies and join the staff of the village school. Both of them have great regard for Kalu Mahattaya, who has a larger than life image in...- Contributor: Muṇasiṃha, Dharma Śrī - Nihālsiṃha, Ḍī. Bī - Torana Home Video (Firm) - Telecine Productions (Firm)
- Date: 2010
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Film, VideoIt's all Calypso 2006 : Chandimal and the 2nd connection live in concert Catalog Record Only Recording of a live concert of calypso songs by Candimal Fernando and his troup.
- Contributor: Fernando, Chandimal - Torana Home Video (Firm)
- Date: 2007
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Film, VideoVīra Puran Appu
Rebellion Catalog Record Only Film based on the 1848 Matalle rebellion against the British power in Sri Lanka and its leader Puran Appu, 1812-1848.- Contributor: LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) - Kēmadāsa, Prēmasiri - Torana Home Video (Firm) - Pīris, Lesṭar Jēms - Shalanka Films (Firm)
- Date: 2004
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Film, VideoEvolution of music in Sinhala theatre Catalog Record Only Copyright notice on disc: The National Trust-Sri Lanka. Video production, PROimage. Nisshanka Diddeniya, Rathna Lalani Jayakody & Rodney Warnakula. In Sinhalese. Disc 1-2 together in one container. Purchase; 2017-02-28. Acquired for requesting libraries only.
- Contributor: Sri Lanka - Manōratna, Jayalat - Proimage (Firm) - Wickramasinghe, Mahanama - National Trust
- Date: 2013
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Film, VideoTaraṇaya
Crossing Catalog Record Only Story of a poor Sinhalese village woman tormented by existing social conditions and values.- Contributor: Vīrasiṃha, Rōhaṇa - Paradise Isle Films (Firm) - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) - Dēvapriya, Sudat - Raṇasiṃha, Ṭōni - Torana Home Video (Firm) - Amarasēna, Śriyāni
- Date: 2004
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Film, VideoLiving in shadow : military widows in Sri Lanka Catalog Record Only The documentary on military widows reveals the struggles faced by female heads of households as a result of laws and government procedures which discriminate women, sociological problems, physical security, violence, access to housing and land, loans, other benifits, education for children and underage marriage.
- Contributor: Jayawardena, Sharni - Fokus Women (Colombo, Sri Lanka)
- Date: 2016
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Film, VideoKālu sudu mal
Colourless flowers Catalog Record Only The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (L.T.T.E.) plan to assassinate a foreign dignitary visiting Sri Lanka, using volunteers Nirmala and Dilip, two suicide bombers of the organization. They begin living in a beautiful house provided by the organization and live as husband and wife as they plan the assassination. Conflict arises when the suicide bombers become lovers. They resist intimacy at first, adhering to...- Contributor: Niyas, Mohamaḍ Mohan - Sinamanganee Films (Firm) - Torana Home Video (Firm) - Vikrama, Sarat - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2008
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Film, VideoIra mădiyama
August sun Catalog Record Only With the Sri Lankan civil war as its background, the film looks at three separate lives: a Muslim family fleeing from the Tamil Tigers, focusing mainly on a young boy and his dog; a Sinhalese woman whose fighter pilot husband crashed in the north of the island and was captured by the Tigers; and a young man who, on a trip with friends to...- Contributor: Liyanage, Priyath - Vitānagē, Prasanna - Eap Films (Firm) - Torana Home Video (Firm) - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2007
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Film, VideoSelvam Catalog Record Only Movie depicting the cruelty of LTTE and the good conduct of the Sri Lankan government forces in Sri Lankan Civil War.
- Contributor: Mujāhiḍ, Mohoma - Nimsara Entertainment (Firm : Gampaha, Sri Lanka) - Līlāratna, Sañjaya
- Date: 2016
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Film, VideoṬavar Hōl Nurti gī : karaoke
Tower Hall drama musical pagent karaoke Catalog Record Only Video recording of 20 Sinhalese Nurthi drama song scenes featuring Vikṭar Vikramagē with other artists; compiled from Nurthi shows held at Tower Hall, a theater house in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Released to mark fifty years of his life in Nurthi drama.- Contributor: Ṭavar Hōl (Colombo, Sri Lanka) - Vikramagē, Vikṭar - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) - Torana Home Video (Firm) - Perērā, Sirituṅga
- Date: 2008
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Film, VideoHide & seek
Hide and seek Catalog Record Only Film on ethnic conflicts in Bindunuwewa.- Contributor: Weerasinghe, Delon - Axis Lanka Productions - De Silva, Ainsley - Reel Peace Project
- Date: 2004
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Film, VideoAgnidāhaya
Fire & water | Fire and water Catalog Record Only In 1664, the Kandyan king is threatened both by the Dutch and the rebels. An exorcist takes advantage of the political chaos to impose his power on a village population. The only free spirit of the village, a young woman, resists him. Period drama depicting the customs and rituals of medieval Sinhalese life.- Contributor: National Film Development Fund (Sri Lanka) - Kēmadāsa, Prēmasiri - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) - Soyanno Films (Firm) - Candrasiri, Jayanta - Torana Home Video (Firm)
- Date: 2003
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Film, VideoHimavu araṇa : tribute to Amaradeba.
Tribute to Amaradeva Catalog Record Only Recording of a live show of Sinhalese music and dance to celebrate the 80th birthday of Amaradeva, Sri Lankan musician.- Contributor: Amaradēva - Rupavahini Corporation
- Date: 2012