Big-city boy Pathum enjoys heading out to his family’s ancestral village in the Sri Lankan countryside for his annual hunting trip. He’s a bit callous about the unwritten rules of the hunt, though, and outright dismissive of the rumours about Kura Raaksha, the hoofed demon who enforces those rules. Let the hunt begin. – Rupert Bottenberg
A hearing-impaired taxi driver is exploiting a loophole in the law to make a living. But when he gets entangled with the criminal-political underworld of Sri Lanka after a fateful taxi ride, the next few hours will decide the rest of his life.
In the 1970s, in the Gampaha district, Desmond Gunasekara , a deeply religious young man from a very ordinary family, accidentally clashes with a crime gang led by a man named Gnane operating in the area.
Wassanaye Sanda (Moon of the Autumn) (Sinhalese: වස්සානයේ සඳ ) is a 2018 Sri Lankan Sinhala romantic drama film directed by Udayakantha Warnasuriya. It follows the story of two young lovers Mihiri & Sandesh and struggles they face.
Seya (Sinhala: සේයා) is a 2018 Sri Lankan Sinhala horror film written and directed by Kalyana Chandrasekara and co-produced by A. Parister and Tharanga Athuraliya for Niro Films. It stars an all-female cast of 36 actresses, including, Udari Perera, Dilhani Ekanayake and Menik Wijewardena in lead role along with Deepani Silva, Vishaka Siriwardena and Gayathri Dias. Music composed by Sarath Wickrama. This is Sri Lanka's first all-female featuring movie. It is the 1299th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.
Two young journalists fight against an evil spirit.
Story of two small girls, one Sinhala and the other Tamil, amidst war.
Set in Sri Lanka, where old colonial laws permit the imprisonment of gay and lesbian people, 'Frangipani' tells the story of two young men and one woman entangled in a lustful – and incredibly dangerous - love triangle.
Through the journey of three police officers escorting a suspect who has no grudges against them, this film explores their inner struggles and moral dilemmas when carrying out this "targeted elimination" mission.
"Loku Duwa" depicts an attractive and self-sacrificing daughter of the middle class in the city who is trapped in a family of traditional values.
A woman plots her revenge after being duped by a slick, ruthless man who impregnates her and tries to bail her out of marriage.
The story of Clarence Wijewardena, who rewrote the flow of Sinhala music with use of the electric guitar in the 60s.
Suran goes to town to spend the next vacation with Janith, and he takes demon (Gopalu Yaka) with him.They manage to hide Gopalu in the house but in town the demon hardly gets any place to hide from the sunlight which is unbearable to him.However at night, Gopalu become normal and active.
Two children discovered a rare power to see demons and spirits. They manage to communicate and befriend the demon which has a stick that gives anything you wish.
After getting in a car accident, a pregnant woman discovers a deadly secret about her life that begins to destroy everything and everyone she loves until she decides to escape her present and journey out digging deep hoping to find answers
A police officer, constable Punyasoma hunts an underworld gangster who is involved in a kidnapping of a rich woman.
Directed by Professor Sunil Ariyaratne, 'Gautama Buddha Matha' is a cinematic portrayal inspired by the life of Mahapajapati Gotami, the revered queen and one of the earliest followers of the Buddha.
Since her fish salesman husband was killed by militant thugs for his political affiliations, Kusum has been left alone to support her eight children and her mother-in-law. She does this by breaking rocks in a nearby quarry. But of course, things can get worse and they do in this heartfelt but gruelling litany of suffering.
Piyal is a handsome young teacher who is hired to teach English to Nanda, a member of a high class family. They fall in love, but can't elope because Piyal is of a lower class. Nanda's parents instead push her into a marriage with Jinadasa, who is of the same class as them. With economic downturn in Sri Lanka, both families lose their status and Jinadasa leaves to try to make a better life for himself; he never achieves his goal and dies penniless. Piyal and Nanda can now finally come together. They have changed however, and the earlier idylic nature of their relationship is not recaptured.
The story of a poor student from a village in Sri Lanka who was sent to a wealthy school in the country's capital city.
