Title: Profiling Sri Lankan cinema
Author(s): Wimal Dissanayake , Ashley Ratnavibhushana
Publisher: Asian Film Centre 152 pagesProfiling Sri Lankan Cinema is an introductory essay aimed at the non specialist and general readers. Its objective is to present very concisely the growth of Sri Lankan cinema, and to map its high points and dominant trends, focusing on the more important filmmakers. The essay is primarily intended for foreign readers who wish to acquaint themselves with Sri Lankan cinema. However, it is hoped that local readers, too, would find it something to interest them.
Profiling Sri Lankan Cinema is written with a deep acquaintance with, an appreciation of, contemporary film theory. However, as the essay is intended for the general reader, the authors have restricted the technical vocabulary of analysis to the minimum. This essay, in its own modest way, will help to focus on a relatively neglected area of modern Asian Cinema.