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WMC Short Film Competition 2012 | Winners and Shortlist

The WMC Short FIlm Competition is back! With cash prizes for the winners and a chance to screen their films at WMC events next year! The Application Form can be accessed by clicking the links below. Please note that failure to submit Application Form will disqualify entries. English – http://www.scribd.com/doc/105881138/Wmc-Short-Film-Competition-2012-Application-Form-English Sinhala – http://www.scribd.com/doc/105881103/Wmc-Short-Film-Competition-2012-Application-Form-Sinhala Tamil – http://www.scribd.com/doc/105881166/Wmc-Short-Film-Competition-2012-Application-Form-Tamil DEADLINE – … Continue reading WMC Short Film Competition 2012 | Winners and Shortlist

Letter to the Sunday Lakbima – Request for Apology

2012 සැප්තැම්බර් 09 වන ඉරිදා ලක්බිම නිව්ස් විද්්‍යුත් පුවත්පතේ දේශපාලන පිටුවේ හසන්ත විජේනායක විසින්, ඉන්දීය තමිල්නාඩු මහඇමතිනී ජයලලිතා සම්බන්‍ධයෙන් අඳින ලද කාටූනයට කාන්තාව හා මාධ්‍ය සාමූහිකයේ දැඩි අප‍්‍රසාදය හා විරෝධය මෙයින් පළකරමු.

Women protest against the current spate of rape and child abuse

A demonstration was held on the 20th of July 2012 at Lipton Circus, Town Hall, Colombo. It was convened by Kamini M. Vitarana and women gathered to protest the current spate of incidents of violence against women and children, remarks by the police that this is “the fault of the parents” and the inability of … Continue reading Women protest against the current spate of rape and child abuse

Media Statement on the Incidence of Sexual Violence against Women and Children

පසුගිය කාලය පුරාම පළ වූ මාධ්‍ය වා3⁄4තාවලට අනුව කාන්තාවන්ට හා ළමුන්ට එරෙහිව සිදුවන ස්තී්‍ර දුෂණ හා ළමා අපචාර සිදුවීම් දිනෙන් දින ඉහල යමින් පවතින තත්ත්වයක් අපට පෙනේ. මෙය කාන්තාවන්ට හා දරුවන්ට පමණක් බලපාන ප්‍රශ්නයක් ලෙස නොසලකන අපි, මෙය මුළු මහත් සමාජයේම ප්‍රශ්නයක් බව දැඩිව අවධාරණය කරමු. මෙවැනි තත්ත්වයන් ඇති වීමට බලපාන හේතු සාධක සොයා බලා, … Continue reading Media Statement on the Incidence of Sexual Violence against Women and Children

WMC Short Film Competition 2011 | Winners and Shortlist

WMC Short Film Competition was adjudicated in November 2011 and the winning entries were screened during the WMC Film Festival in March 2012. The awarding ceremony was also held during this event. The winners and shortlisted entries have been uploaded to the WMC YouTube channel. There’s also a video clip featuring the film festival and … Continue reading WMC Short Film Competition 2011 | Winners and Shortlist