Top International Movies Shot in Beautiful Sri Lanka.
British film maker Carol Reed, who was among the first, is credited with the remark: “Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) is the most natural and complete outdoor set.”
“The island of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) is a small universe; it contains as many variations of culture, scenery, and climate as some countries a dozen times its size.” - Arthur C Clarke
wrote in The View from Serendip (1977)
Entire Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) Is a Movie Set - Don Boyd Director East of Elephant Rock (1977)
Sri Lanka’s pre-eminence as a film location for international feature films goes back to at least 1950, when world recognised British and American film directors arrived in quick succession to make acclaimed feature films that were either partly or wholly shot on the island.
All below films location in lustrous sri Lanka and some of the art director actors and asst, directors are sri lankan. not to forget some of the movies academy award wining and world greatest!
“The island of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) is a small universe; it contains as many variations of culture, scenery, and climate as some countries a dozen times its size.” - Arthur C Clarke
wrote in The View from Serendip (1977)
Entire Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) Is a Movie Set - Don Boyd Director East of Elephant Rock (1977)
Sri Lanka’s pre-eminence as a film location for international feature films goes back to at least 1950, when world recognised British and American film directors arrived in quick succession to make acclaimed feature films that were either partly or wholly shot on the island.
All below films location in lustrous sri Lanka and some of the art director actors and asst, directors are sri lankan. not to forget some of the movies academy award wining and world greatest!
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- DirectorDavid LeanStarsWilliam HoldenAlec GuinnessJack HawkinsBritish POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.Many directors were considered for the project, among them John Ford, William Wyler, Howard Hawks, Fred Zinnemann and Orson Welles. Producer Sam Spiegel later said that David Lean was chosen "in absence of anyone else."
Lean clashed with his cast members on multiple occasions, particularly Alec Guinness and James Donald, who thought the novel was anti-British. Lean had a lengthy row with Guinness over how to play the role of Nicholson; Guinness wanted to play the part with a sense of humour and sympathy, while Lean thought Nicholson should be "a bore". On another occasion, Lean and Guinness argued over the scene where Nicholson reflects on his career in the army. Lean filmed the scene from behind Guinness, and exploded in anger when Guinness asked him why he was doing this. After Guinness was done with the scene, Lean said "Now you can all *beep* off and go home, you English actors. Thank God that I'm starting work tomorrow with an American actor (William Holden)".
Alec Guinness later said that he subconsciously based his walk while emerging from "the Oven" on that of his son Matthew when he was recovering from polio. He called his walk from the Oven to Saito's hut while being saluted by his men the "finest work I'd ever done".
Lean nearly drowned when he was swept away by a river current during a break from filming; Geoffrey Horne saved his life.
The film was an international co-production between companies in the Britain and the United States. It is set in Thailand, but was filmed mostly near Kitulgala, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), with a few scenes shot in England.
The filming of the bridge explosion was to be done on March 10, 1957, in the presence of S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike, then Prime Minister of Ceylon, and a team of government dignitaries. However, cameraman Freddy Ford was unable to get out of the way of the explosion in time, and Lean had to stop filming. The train crashed into a generator on the other side of the bridge and was wrecked. It was repaired in time to be blown up the next morning, with Bandaranaike and his entourage present.[citation needed]
According to the supplemental material in the Blu-ray Digipak, a thousand tons of explosives were used to blow up the bridge. This is highly unlikely, as the film shows roughly 100 pounds of plastique being used simply to knock down the bridge's supports.
According to Turner Classic Movies, the producers nearly suffered a catastrophe following the filming of the bridge explosion. To ensure they captured the one-time event, multiple cameras from several angles were used. The film was shipped to London by air freight for processing. When the shipment failed to arrive, a worldwide search for the film was undertaken. To the producers' horror the film containers were found a week later on an airport tarmac in Cairo, sitting in the broiling Egyptian sun. Though it was not exposed to sunlight, the heat-sensitive color film stock should have been hopelessly ruined. However, when processed the shots were perfect and appeared in the film. - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordKate CapshawKe Huy QuanIn 1935, Indiana Jones is tasked by Indian villagers with reclaiming a rock stolen from them by a secret cult beneath the catacombs of an ancient palace.The filmmakers were denied permission to film in North India and Amber Fort due to the government finding the script racist and offensive. The government demanded many script changes, rewritings and final cut privilege. As a result, location work went to Kandy, Sri Lanka, with matte paintings and scale models applied for the village, temple, and Pankot Palace. Budgetary inflation also caused Temple of Doom to cost $28.17 million, $8 million more than Raiders of the Lost Ark. Filming began on 18 April 1983 in Kandy, and moved to Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire, England on May 5. Producer Frank Marshall recalled, "when filming the bug scenes, crew members would go home and find bugs in their hair, clothes and shoes." Eight out of the nine sound stages at Elstree housed the filming of Temple of Doom. Lucas biographer Marcus Hearn observed, "Douglas Slocombe's skillful lighting helped disguise the fact that about 80 percent of the film was shot with sound stages."
Danny Daniels choreographed the opening music number "Anything Goes". Capshaw learned to sing in Standard Mandarin and took tap dance lessons. However, when wearing her dress, which was too tight, Capshaw was not able to tap dance. One of her red dresses was eaten by an elephant during filming; a second was made by costume designer Anthony Powell. Production designer Norman Reynolds could not return for Temple of Doom because of his commitment to Return of the Jedi. Elliot Scott (Labyrinth, Who Framed Roger Rabbit), Reynolds' mentor, was hired. To build the rope bridge the filmmakers found a group of British engineers working on the nearby Balfour Beatty dam. Harrison Ford suffered a severe spinal disc herniation while riding elephants. A hospital bed was brought on set for Ford to rest between takes. Lucas stated, "He could barely stand up, yet he was there every day so shooting would not stop. He was in comprehensible pain, but he was still trying to make it happen." With no alternatives, Lucas shut down production while Ford was flown to Centinela Hospital on June 21 for recovery. Stunt double Vic Armstrong spent five weeks as a stand-in for various shots. Wendy Leach, Armstrong's wife, served as Capshaw's stunt double.
Macau was substituted for Shanghai, while cinematographer Douglas Slocombe caught fever from June 24 to July 7 and could not work. Ford returned on August 8. Despite the problems during filming, Spielberg was able to complete Temple of Doom on schedule and on budget, finishing on principal photography on August 26. Various pick-ups took place afterwards. This included Snake River Canyon in Idaho, Mammoth Mountain, Tuolumne and American River, Yosemite National Park, San Joaquin Valley, Hamilton Air Force Base and Arizona. Producer Frank Marshall directed a second unit in Florida in January 1984, using alligators to double as crocodiles. The mine chase was a combination of a roller coaster and scale models with dolls doubling for the actors. Minor stop motion was also used for the sequence. Visual effects supervisors Dennis Muren, Joe Johnston and a crew at Industrial Light & Magic provided the visual effects work, while Skywalker Sound, headed by Ben Burtt, commissioned the sound design. Burtt recorded roller coasters at Disneyland Park in Anaheim for the mine cart scene. - DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsElizabeth TaylorDana AndrewsPeter FinchThe young bride of a rich planter finds herself the only white woman at Elephant Walk tea plantation, British Ceylon.Elephant Walk is a 1954 Paramount Pictures film, directed by William Dieterle, and starring Elizabeth Taylor, Dana Andrews, Peter Finch and Abraham Sofaer.
It is based upon the novel Elephant Walk by "Robert Standish", the pseudonym of the English novelist Digby George Gerahty (1898-1981).
It was originally intended to star the husband and wife team of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh (with Olivier in the Finch role). However Olivier was already committed to the project The Beggar's Opera (1953). Leigh was enthusiastic about the role and continued in her husband's absence, but she was forced to withdraw from production shortly after filming began in Colombo, Ceylon (now sri lanka), as a result of bipolar disorder. According to Leonard Maltin's annual Movie Guide book, Leigh can be seen in some long shots that were not re-filmed after Elizabeth Taylor replaced her. - DirectorDee McLachlanStarsJamie WilliamsBilly CampbellRoddy McDowallThe story of Mowgli, a young boy abandoned in the wilds of India. Raised by a panther, an elephant and a bear, Mowgli must learn civilization's ways when his long-lost uncle and a circus scout from Barnum and Bailey come looking for him.he film opens with Mowgli being chased by two chimps sent by King Murphy. When Mowgli is breathless and can't run any further, his fiends, Baloo the bear, Bagheera the panther and Mowgli's wolf mother Raksha come to his defence. This scares off the banderlog.
One day, whilst by the river, Mowgli is chased off by the ferocious tiger, Shere Khan, who had killed the man cub's father. Mowgli ends up on a train track. When a train stops in front of Mowgli, he is spotted by Harrison, an explorer who works for a circus. He takes Mowgli onto the train. Mowgli escapes, however, with a small monkey named Timo. Harrison still wishes to capture Mowgli. To do this, he seeks out a wealthy man named Buldeo, who is, in fact, Mowgli's uncle. They team up with Timo's owner, Churchanda and Karait, who has Kaa the python as a pet.
Back at the jungle, Mowgli's family (the mother wolf and her cubs) learn that he has brought home a member of the banderlog family and turn against him. The banderlog kidnap Timo and Mowgli and Baloo tries to look for him, but Baloo is caged by the banderlog. The next day, the four men find Mowgli in the jungle and attempt to shoot him but fail. When he falls asleep in a tree, they use Kaa the python to tie him up and catch him in a net. They take him to their camp and put him in a cage. Shere Khan the tiger approaches their camp and Mowgli uses a stick with fire to scare him off and, in the process, escapes. Later, Buldeo finds him and attempts to kill him until Harrison arrives and puts Mowgli back in the cage. Mowgli howls for help and the next morning Baloo, who is now free, comes to his help. He gets the boy out and they escape.
They run off to Monkey City, where Mowgli encounters King Murphy.
film located on Kandy Mountain, Sri Lanka. - DirectorJohn DerekStarsBo DerekRichard HarrisMiles O'KeeffeWhile on an African expedition with her father, Jane Parker meets Tarzan, and the two become fascinated by each other.James Parker is a hunter in Africa, searching for a mythical "white ape." He is joined by his estranged daughter, Jane, after her mother's death. They discover the "white ape" is actually Tarzan, an uncivilized white man raised by apes living in the jungle. James continues to pursue Tarzan with the purpose of capturing him, dead or alive, and bringing him back to England.
Realizing that James is on his trail, Tarzan kidnaps Jane. Jane and Tarzan become fascinated by each other. Jane is then kidnapped by natives who intend to make her a wife of the tribe leader, forcing Tarzan into action.
film location, bahirawa kanda(hill), kandy, sri lanka. - DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsGlenn CloseFrances McDormandPauline CollinsA group of women who are imprisoned on the island of Sumatra by the Japanese during World War II use music to relieve their misery.Paradise Road is a 1997 film which tells the story of a group of women who are imprisoned in Sumatra during World War II. It was directed by Bruce Beresford and stars Glenn Close as beatific Adrienne Pargiter, Frances McDormand as the brash Dr. Verstak, Pauline Collins as missionary Margaret Drummond (based on missionary Margaret Dryburgh), Julianna Margulies as American socialite Topsy Merritt, Jennifer Ehle as British doyenne and model Rosemary Leighton Jones, Cate Blanchett as Australian nurse Susan McCarthy and Elizabeth Spriggs as dowager Imogene Roberts.
The film examines and explores how, in times of adverse danger and suffering, people have the capacity to make it through by means of moral support and strength. The film highlights the atrocities of war. One example of this is the woman doused in petrol, then set alight. The film also effectively explores the control of the Sumatran society and the disregard for the sanctity of Red Cross services.
The story is based on the testimonies of Helen Colijn and Betty Jeffrey written in their books Song of Survival and White Coolies. It represents an alternative take on female imprisonment by the Japanese during World War II compared with BBC's dramatic offering from the early 1980s, Tenko.
some of the location defiantly on sri lanka but on IMDb movie detail never mention, ref. http://www.filmlocationservices.lk/ - DirectorJohn MiliusStarsNick NolteNigel HaversFrank McRaeBorneo, 1942: An American soldier escapes WWII and becomes the king of the headhunters in the jungle. Two British soldiers are parachuted into the area to find local support for the battle against the Japanese.During World War II, American deserter Learoyd escapes a Japanese firing squad. Hiding himself in the wilds of Borneo, Learoyd is adopted by a head-hunting tribe of Dayaks, who consider him "divine" because of his blue eyes. Before long, Learoyd is the reigning king of the Dayaks. When British soldiers approach him to rejoin the war against the Japanese, Learoyd resists. When his own tribe is threatened by the invaders, however, the "king" deigns to fight for their rights.some of location on sri lanka ref. http://www.filmlocationservices.lk
- DirectorJohn BoormanStarsPatricia ArquetteU Aung KoFrances McDormandLaura is trying to pick up the pieces of her life after the murder of her husband and son, and goes on vacation with her sister to Burma. After losing her passport at a political rally, she is left on her own for a few days, during which time she falls in with students fighting for democracy. She and their leader, U Aung Ko, travel through Burma, whilst witnessing many bloody acts of repression by the dictatorship, in an attempt to escape to Thailand. Based on a true story.A distraught Laura Bowman travels to Burma with her sister after her son and husband are brutally murdered in a home invasion. There she discovers the brutal suppression of democracy under General Ne Win and receives her first glimpse of Aung San Suu Kyi, the embodiment of hope for a peaceful future in Burma.
When Laura loses her passport at a rally, she gets detained in Burma. While doing last minute sightseeing, she meets a former university professor and pro-democracy students, monks and others. This puts her on the junta's enemies list.
She spends most of the film evading soldiers while attempting to make her way out of the country with her group, which they eventually do. Laura, who is a doctor, decides to remain in Thailand treating refugees fleeing oppression. ref. http://www.filmlocationservices.lk - DirectorAlan MehrezStarsDaniel BernhardtJohn Rhys-DaviesAmber Kelleher-AndrewsAfter his trainer is murdered, Alex Cardo uses his martial arts skills and takes on the one responsible.Bloodsport III brings us back to the world of Alex Cardo (Daniel Bernhardt). This time he must battle in a fight to end all fights - The Kumite, the most vicious warrior alive - Beast. He must not only battle for his own honor, but also avenge the death of Sun, his mentor, teacher, and spiritual "father", when Sun (James Hong) is spitefully killed by crime boss Duvalier (John Rhys-Davies). In order to defeat Beast, destroy Duvalier, and avenge Sun's death, Alex turns to Leung (Pat Morita) to whom he was indebted in Bloodsport II: The Next Kumite. Leung directs him to the great shaman, Makato "the Judge", to whom Alex must turn for guidance. (The Judge is Sun's brother who developed his own technique variation of Sun's Iron Hand). The judge teaches him to fully channel the energy in his mind and body in order to rout the Beast in the Kumite.
filming location central province sri lanka. - DirectorGuy JenkinStarsJessica AlbaBrenda BlethynHugh DancyA young Englishman is sent to Malaysian Borneo in the 1930s to stay with a tribe as UK's colonial representative. A local woman (J.Alba) helps him understand local tradition and language. He falls in love with her etc. despite the taboo.All the locations for this production were found in Kuching; or within an hour's drive from the Sarawak state capital. The secondary location of the longhouse was specially constructed at great expense (RM125,000) at Batang Ai, about 15 minutes drive on the secondary road to the Hilton Batang Ai Resort (where the film cast and crew were based for 10 days).
Kuching locations included the Matang Recreation Park; Buntal fishing village and many smaller villages and country homesteads.
lagoon and some Buddhist ancient ruin and country side location in sri lanka. ref. http://www.filmlocationservices.lk
The local crew and cast numbered up to 600 on certain days, for a few crowd scenes. - DirectorDeepa MehtaStarsLisa RayJohn AbrahamSeema BiswasSet in colonial India against Gandhi's rise to power, it's the story of 8-year-old Chuyia, who is widowed and sent to a home to live in penitence; once there, Chuyia's feisty presence deeply affects the lives of the other residents.Mehta had originally intended to direct Water in February 2000, with the actors Shabana Azmi, Nandita Das and Akshay Kumar. Her earlier film, Fire, however, had previously attracted hostility from the right-wing elements of the Indian polity, which objected to her subject matter and portrayal of conservative households in a negative light. Protestors organized protests and attacks on cinemas that screened that film. The day before filming of Water was due to begin, the crew was informed that there were complications with their location permits for filming. The following day, they learned that 2,000 protesters had stormed the ghats, destroying and burning the main film set and throwing the remnants into the Ganges in protest of what ultimately were revealed to be false accusations regarding the subject matter of the film.
The resulting tensions and economic setbacks led to several years of struggle as Mehta was eventually forced to film Water in Sri Lanka, rather than in India. Finally Mehta was able to make the film, but with a new cast and under a false title (River Moon) in 2003. The struggle to make the film was detailed by Mehta's daughter, Devyani Saltzman, in a non-fiction book, Shooting Water: A Mother-Daughter Journey and the Making of the Film. - DirectorRam Gopal VarmaStarsNithiinPriyanka KothariRasika DugalA film crew shooting in a remote forested location begins losing members one by one to a mysterious entity that they cannot see or hear.Taran Adarsh gave this movie a rating of 3/5 saying "Ramgopal Varma thinks differently. This time too, the maverick film-maker defies the stereotype and takes to the dense forests of Sri Lanka to meet an 'unknown' force" and explains further "But let's clear the misconception at the very start. Agyaat is no supernatural thriller (like Phoonk) or a horror fest (like Bhoot). This one's more of an adventure thriller that doesn't scare you at all, but makes you a participant in a pulse-pounding journey''
- DirectorChandran RutnamStarsSuranga RanawakaAshan DiasAthula PathiranaAt 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.A terrorist. A soldier. A journey.
Sri Lanka's official submission to 82nd Academy Award's Foreign Language in 2010. - DirectorMani RatnamStarsKeerthana ParthiepanSimranMadhavanA little girl is told by her parents that she is adopted. Determined to find her real mother, she begs to be taken to Sri Lanka, where her mother works with a militant group of activists.Kannathil Muthamittal (English: A Peck on the Cheek; Tamil: கன்னத்தில் முத்தமிட்டால்) is a critically-acclaimed 2002 Tamil Indian feature film directed by Mani Ratnam. It stars P. S. Keerthana, R. Madhavan, Simran Bagga, Nandita Das, Pasupathy, J. D. Chakravarthy and Prakash Raj. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by A. R. Rahman. The film's title is a famous phrase from a poem written by Subramanya Bharathi, which literally means a peck on the cheek. Mani Ratnam presents a glimpse of the Island of Sri Lanka at civil war, through the eyes of a child of Sri Lankan Tamil parentage, who desires to meet her biological mother.
The film premiered at the 2002 Toronto International Film Festival, and was selected as India's official entry to the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. It also received a strong reception when screened at the San Francisco International Film Festival in 2003. The film went on to win six Filmfare Awards South, six National Film Awards, and Best Film awards at six international film festivals. Film was also released in Telugu in the name "Amrutha" - DirectorSergio MartinoStarsUrsula AndressStacy KeachClaudio CassinelliA woman and her brother fly to New Guinea to look for a lost expedition, led by her husband, which has vanished in the jungle.The Mountain of the Cannibal God (Italian title: La montagna del dio cannibale) is an Italian cult movie starring Ursula Andress and Stacy Keach with English dialogue. The film was also widely released as Slave of the Cannibal God and released in the UK as Prisoner of the Cannibal God. The film was banned in the UK until 2001 for its graphic violence and considered a "video nasty". filming location central province sri lanka.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsRobert KermanJanet AgrenIvan RassimovA young woman teams up with a mercenary to find her missing sister in the jungles of New Guinea where they find that a deranged leader of a religious cult has located his commune in an area inhabited by cannibals.Mangiati vivi!, also known by its English title Eaten Alive!, is an Italian cannibal-rape film, directed by Umberto Lenzi, released in 1980. Alternative titles for the movie, include "The Emerald Jungle" and "Eaten Alive by Cannibals". It stars Robert Kerman, Janet Agren and Me Me Lai. In secondary roles, it stars Franco Fantasia, Mel Ferrer and Ivan Rassimov. It is one of the most notorious cannibal films, after Cannibal Ferox and Cannibal Holocaust. The film features scenes of graphic nudity, castration, rape, beheading, animal abuse and impalement. While the whole genre is defined by these elements, this film goes significantly above and beyond the formula. Most of the violent scenes from the film have been lifted from other movies in the genre (like the scene where a python swallows a live monkey, lifted from The Mountain of the Cannibal God), even from Lenzi's other cannibal film Man From Deep River. It was released on DVD by Shriek Show. It is regarded as equal to Cannibal Ferox by the director, who says Cannibal Ferox did well at the box office. The story is loosely based on the Jonestown Massacre of 1978.
- DirectorJohn SturgesStarsFrank SinatraGina LollobrigidaPeter LawfordDuring WW2, the American OSS mounts covert operations with the native Kachin against the Japanese army in the jungles of Burma.Shot on location in Burma, Thailand and Ceylon (now sri lanka), the film follows Captain Tom Reynolds (Sinatra) and his fellow OSS operatives, Captain Grey Travis (Lawford) and Corporal Bill Ringa (McQueen), leading Kachin natives in fighting the Japanese in Burma in World War II despite a lack of support from their commanders.
- StarsArt GilmoreAn exploitation pot-boiler, posing as an anthropology art-film, and supposedly filmed by seventeen different cameraman in Africa, Malaya, India, Ceylon, Bali, New Guinea and New Hebrides. It probably was over about that many different years, as it is stock-and-archive footage from front-to back, including the New Hebrides segment, where the males have to leap from tall trees (and towers) with a vine attached to their ankles that stops them just short of a grand splattering on hard New Hebrides ground. An early-day version of bungee-jumping that is a macho-virility proving exercise that delights the village maidens. The art-house aspects and come-on was that it depicted strange love-rites in strange lands, even if some of them were re-enactments in color, in places of the black-and-white stock footage that had been serving in several reincarnations over the years. Highlights include "The Dance of the Fertility Tree" and "The Peek-A-Boo Betrothal." A few National Geographic-type scenes of nudity, and that's the closest it gets to even PG movies. The keywords must have been added by the DVD distributors.film locations Africa
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Vanuatu - DirectorE.V.V. SatyanarayanaPranavanandStarsAmitabh BachchanSoundaryaJayasudhaHeera fails to live up to expectations of his father Thakur Bhanupratap Singh, a powerful and respected man of his community. Despite all odds Heera struggles to keep his father's pride.Sooryavansham is a 1999 Bollywood movie starring Amitabh Bachchan in a dual role, Soundarya, Rachana Banerjee, Anupam Kher and Kader Khan. Although the film was a box office flop critics hailed Amitabh Bachchan's performance as his best ever since his comeback in 1997. It is the Hindi remake of the Tamil film Suryavamsam, starring Sarath Kumar and Devayani.
- DirectorKen AnnakinStarsClaudette ColbertJack HawkinsAnthony SteelDuring the 1950s, in British-controlled Malaya, rubber-tree planters face many difficulties and dangers, including bandit attacks and nationalist guerrilla ambushes.The Planter's Wife is a 1952 film directed by Ken Annakin, and starring Claudette Colbert and Jack Hawkins. The film was retitled Outpost in Malaya in the USA.
film location sri lanka. - DirectorMuriel BoxStarsGlynis JohnsRobert NewtonDonald SindenIn the Indian Ocean, the new British Resident of the Welcome Islands tangles with loneliness, angry natives, a drunken troublemaker and a sudden outbreak of cholera.The Beachcomber is a 1954 British comedy drama film directed by Muriel Box starring Donald Sinden, Glynis Johns, Robert Newton, Paul Rogers, Donald Pleasence and Michael Hordern. The film is based on the story The Vessel of Wrath by W. Somerset Maugham and was adapted by Sydney Box. It was the second screen adaptation of the book following the 1938 film Vessel of Wrath. The film was shot in Ceylon (now sri lanka).
- DirectorDon BoydStarsJohn HurtJeremy KempJudi BowkerIn 1948, a new British Governor takes over a Far Eastern colony after his predecessor is murdered by terrorists.the film was shot in Ceylon (now sri lanka).
- DirectorFrançois JouffaStarsSylvie MattonBernard VerleyOlga ValéryLa bonzesse is a light soft porn erotic film, directed by Francois Jouffa and staring the gifted French film writer Sylvie Matton, who with her husband Charles Matton, wrote the excellent film "La lumiere des etoiles morteszzzz'. Filmed in Paris and Sri Lanka, the movie has a pleasant look that enhances the faux seriousness parodied. The highlight of the movie is Matton, then known as Sylvie Meyer playing a young woman on "a spiritual journey from sexual bohemia to Buddhist nun.Filming Locations: Gangodawila Temple, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Paris, France.
- DirectorDhruv DhawanFilmed in Sri Lanka FROM DUST is a cinematic expose that takes an incisive look at a government's response to a natural disaster. Shot in the aftermath of the Asian tsunami this documentary brings us into close contact with three people and questions why survivors in Sri Lanka weren't allowed to rebuild their homes along Sri Lanka's coastline. This critically acclaimed film follows two survivors and an aid worker over the course of a year in Sri Lanka after the tsunami: Ravi is a young entrepreneur who lived near the coast in the city of Galle. He lost his father and sister in the tsunami and now has to support his remaining family. As he tries to rebuild his home, the Sri Lankan government declares a ban on building within 100 meters of the coastline. Ravi and his neighbors are promised new land on which to rebuild and from the confines of a tent, they begin to wait. Cyril saved his wife and child in the tsunami and now shelters them in a tent. He is a fisherman who lost his boat and now fishes from a wooden stilt wedged in the ocean. His home was within 100 meters of the ocean and he is told that he cannot rebuild but will be relocated to flats 10km away up in the hills. He tries to move on with life but contemplates the future. Cameron is an acupuncturist from Australia, who flew to Sri Lanka 2 weeks after the tsunami. Amidst treating people and trying to help them rebuild, he soon discovers that aid workers are also being prevented from rebuilding homes. Cameron begins to question the Sri Lankan government's response to this disaster and soon discovers the ulterior motives behind the 100 meter rule. Following a span of major natural disasters in 2005, this film reveals life in tents and ulterior motives that are stalling the rebuilding effort in Sri Lanka - revealing an untold story about a "100 meter rule" and the opportunities that arise in the wake of a natural disaster.Filming Locations: South West Coast, Sri Lanka.
- DirectorVeit HarlanStarsKristina SöderbaumWilly BirgelAdrian HovenFascinated by her beauty, the Maharajah Gowan kidnaps the Swedish circus rider Yrida to his palace. Once there, she wakes up from heavy feverish dreams of terrible events from her past.some of location in sri lanka.
- DirectorDavid KeithStarsDavid KeithKathy ShowerBrant von HoffmanA drunken, down-on-his-luck adventurer is hired by a wealthy man and his beautiful wife to take them on a hunting expedition in the jungle. After a while, though, the guide begins to suspect that there's more to the expedition than just hunting.film shot in sri lanka.
- DirectorJohn DerekStarsBo DerekAnthony QuinnDon MurrayElderly Scott kills himself after a heart attack wrecks his body, but then comes back as a ghost and convinces his loving young hot wife Katie to pick and kill a young man in order for Scott to possess his body and be with her again.Ghosts Can't Do It is a 1990 film starring Bo Derek and Anthony Quinn, directed by John Derek.
It was awarded Razzie Awards for worst picture (Tied with The Adventures of Ford Fairlane), worst actress (Bo Derek), worst director and worst supporting actor (Donald Trump who appears only in a small cameo). It was also nominated in five other categories. - DirectorRobert ParrishStarsGregory PeckBernard LeeWin Min ThanIn World War II Burma, a Canadian bomber pilot becomes reckless after losing his bride in a Luftwaffe air-raid.Filming Locations: Elephant Pass, Sigiriya Rock, Sri Lanka.
- DirectorKevin ConnorStarsGeraldine ChaplinKeene CurtisHelena CarrollA story of Mother Teresa, beginning in Calcutta, India, where she faces adversity from every direction and where she lays the foundation for her crusade to help the poorest of the poor.Filming Locations: Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- DirectorRudolf ZehetgruberGianfranco ParoliniStarsTony KendallBrad HarrisAnn Smyrner(1967) Tony Kendall, Brad Harris. Two Yanks are hired to protect a rich lady from a sinister underworld group. Lots of jungle thrills, martial arts, ancient temples, huge explosions, & even sci-fi elements. Watch for Harris' great karate fight inside a crumbling temple, surrounded by masked members of an ancient sect. A cross between James Bond and Indiana Jones. 16mm.Filming Locations: Katukurunda airfield, Sri Lanka.
- DirectorCarol ReedStarsRalph RichardsonTrevor HowardRobert MorleyA man occupies a position of trust with a merchant in an East Asian port. He's sacked after he's caught stealing, but he pretends to commit suicide, and a Captain he befriended agrees to take him to a secret trading post.Outcast of the Islands is a 1952 film directed by Carol Reed based on by Joseph Conrad's novel An Outcast of the Islands. The film features Robert Morley, Trevor Howard, Ralph Richardson, and Wendy Hiller.
- DirectorLester James PeriesStarsJoe AbeywickramaMano BreckenridgeVijaya KumaratungaThe God King is a 1975 Sri Lankan historical film directed by Lester James Peries. The film is based on the historical clash between brothers Kasyapa and Moggalana on Sigiriya Rock.
Jewish producer Dimitri de Grunwald financed the epic film as a dual project between England and Sri Lanka. He provided the three main actors, the script, the assistant director, the production Manager, makeup artist and money while the task of making the film was given to the Sri Lankans. - StarsRachel WardMichael WoodsArt MalikDramatisation of the story of notorious Indian serial killer Charles Sobhraj, who preyed on Western tourists throughout South East Asia during the 1970s.
- DirectorBasil WrightStarsLionel WendtA short film which documents the lives of the Sinhalese people.The Song of Ceylon is a 1934 British documentary film directed by Basil Wright and produced by John Grierson for the Ceylon Tea Propaganda Board.
The film was shot on location in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) at the start of 1934 and completed at the GPO film studios in Blackheath London.
Digitized versions of the film are available to watch online on youtube and via the Colonial Film: Moving Images of the British Empire website. See the links below.
The youtube version is low quality in comparison to the version on the Colonial Film site.
A DVD version of the film is available from the British Film Institute as part of their award winning GPO DVD series. - DirectorGiles WalkerStarsRyan ReynoldsGlenne HeadlyDavid FoxThe misadventures of a boy sent to live with his aunt in Canada, where he and a group of unlikely heroes take a stand against the ski resort infringing upon his new home.Ordinary Magic is a 1993 Canadian film about a boy who is raised in India by his father. The story is based on a novel by Malcolm Bosse.
- DirectorWinston HiblerStarsBen WrightJoe AbeywickramaEsrom JayasingheChandar is a black leopard who lives near the beach of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) together with his mother and his sister. When fishers arrive they have to leave and move to a temple in the jungle. When Chandra explores the new territory he falls into a river but the old Buddhist monk Sumana rescues him from the water. Three years later Chandar gets separated from his family during a forest fire and has to learn to live on his own. He meets Sumana again when the monk starts on a pilgrimage together with the young boy Dasa. They visit the old temples and statues of Ceylon and Sumana teaches him Buddhist philosophy and wisdom. Chandar follows them out of curiosity. During an elephant hunt Chandar saves the boy from the wild elephants but gets himself captured by the hunters and is sold to a circus. Some weeks later the boy frees the leopard from his cage in the circus. Meanwhile the police is searching for another leopard who killed a villager. When they see Chandar, they try to shoot him but he can escape by jumping down a cliff. Then Chandar meets a female leopard and they hunt together. The man-eating leopard attacks Chandar but he can defeat him. When Sumana and Dasa reach the end of their pilgrimage the man-eater attacks Dasa but Chandar kills him. When the police arrives the pilgrims convince them that Chandar is not the man-eater. The boy returns to his father and Sumana spends the rest of his life as a hermit in the jungle.
- StarsNicol WilliamsonJanet SuzmanIan RichardsonThe Story of the last viceroy of India, Lord Mountbatten
- DirectorFranz Josef GottliebStarsBirte BergSerge FalckAlbert FortellKuma Cunningham and Jane Lindström are a couple in love. By chance they find a strange stone. Kuma asks Jane to throw away this stone, the stone would be bad luck.Der Stein des Todes is a 1987 German-Sri-Lankan action film director by Franz Josef Gottlieb and starring Albert Fortell, Heather Thomas, Birte Berg and Elke Sommer. While in Sri Lanka attending the Esala Perahera festival, a man's girlfriend goes missing and is later found dead of a drug overdose. He then sets about going after the criminals who killed her. It was also released as Perahera, Death Stone and Jungle Fire.
- DirectorAnees BazmeeStarsSalman KhanAsin ThottumkalParesh RawalSet in Thailand and India, a case of mistaken identity leads to love, and a man and his family concoct a grand scheme to win over the hearts of a woman and her greedy, conniving uncles.Ready is a 2011 Indian romantic comedy film directed by Anees Bazmee, starring Salman Khan and Asin in the lead roles. It also features Paresh Rawal, Arya Babbar and Mahesh Manjrekar in supporting roles, while Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgan Kangana Ranaut, Zarine Khan and Arbaaz Khan make cameo appearances. The film is a remake of the 2008 Telugu film, Ready directed by Sreenu Vaitla starring Ram and Genelia. The music is given by Pritam. The first look of the film was unveiled on 5 April 2011, while the theatrical trailer was released on 15 April 2011. The film was released on 3 June 2011. Upon release, Ready became the second highest opening day grosser, as well as the second highest weekend grossing Bollywood film, after Dabangg, another Salman Khan-starrer. It also held records for the highest grossing Bollywood film of 2011 and the third highest grossing Bollywood film ever domestically. As of 2012, the film is the eight highest grossing Bollywood film ever worldwide.
- DirectorSergio MartinoStarsBarbara BachClaudio CassinelliMel FerrerTourists on a tropical island anger an island god, who turns himself into a giant alligator and stalks them.
- DirectorCharles Martin SmithStarsPeter WellerRobert HaysCharles Martin SmithTwo bickering mercenaries are hired by the CIA to overthrow a South East Asian dictator.Fifty/Fifty is a 1992 film directed by Charles Martin Smith.
- DirectorChandran RutnamStarsBen KingsleyBen CrossPatrick RutnamA terrorist plants several bombs throughout the city of Colombo, Sri Lanka and threatens to detonate them unless prisoners are released.A Common Man is an upcoming psychological thriller film starring Oscar Award winner Ben Kingsley and Ben Cross and directed by Sri Lankan film maker Chandran Rutnam.
The story is adapted from a concept that has been done before (in the movie A Wednesday!), but Rutnam has taken that concept and turned it around into a highly suspenseful thriller. - DirectorAlfredo CastiglioniAngelo CastiglioniGuido GuerrasioStarsRiccardo CucciollaMac Mauro SmithThis film is about tribes in Africa and South America who turn toward magic as a means of survival and way of life. The Mundari tribe in Africa herd cattle but do not slaughter them for meat. They make use of the cattle urine as an insect repellent and shower underneath their cows. They also use the dung as a body covering to further thwart insects and pest. The cattle are so prized to the Mundari that they are treated as a member of the family and a number of Mundari are shown puffing into the cattle's vagina to encourage an early birth. A hunt is then shown where the Mundari are able to bring down mighty Elephants and Giraffes with ease. Yet unlike sport hunters they hunt merely for survival and pay respect to the beast before eating them. The Dinka tribe is another group who praise their cattle but they bleed the cows and mix it in their milk to help sustain tribes during periods of hunger. They also migrate to different areas along the Nile as to not over consume their pastures. The camera then moves to the South American continent where The Yanawana people are shown in their full glory. They sleep in simple hammocks and allow their dogs every freedom. One woman is even shown suckling a puppy along with her own child. Hunters prepare to catch their meal and a feast of spiders, crab and tapir is enjoyed by all. The Yanawana hold a gathering each year where the shamans drink a mixture of the crushed skulls of their dead shamans to transfer the soul and release it to the heavens. Psychic healers in the Philippines are shown next, they appear to do surgery without leaving scars and impress those around them. Christians are then shown self inflicting wounds as a form of penance to their saints. The cameras move back to Africa where children in Ethiopia have their Uvula removed for no real reason known to us. An Arab woman takes her daughter to a woman called a Marabou and has her checked to insure she is still pure, others use her services to heal themselves with holy messages from the Koran. The final scene has a tribe which takes woman and uses them as fertility gods, they help insure fertility and a big family.
- DirectorPankaj ParasharStarsManoj BajpayeeIsha KoppikarNethra RaghuramanAssistant Commissioner of Police, Uday Dhirendra Thakur, is a rogue cop, known for his relentlessness in pursuing criminals, and bringing them to justice, failing which, killing them in false encounters. It is this reputation that gets him transferred to crime detection, and counseling at the hands of Dr. Mehak. Then a series of homicides take place, and the police feel that they are serial killings. Uday is assigned this case, and after a preliminary investigation, he knows that the suspect is author Avantika Suryavansh, as the killer is killing his victims in the same manner as described in her book "Inteqaam: The Perfect Game". Avantika is a poised, sophisticated, and intelligent young woman, and is not at all intimidated by Uday, and his persuasive methods. No previous information is available about Avantika, and her background cannot be verified. Then Uday comes to know that her mother was in an asylum for the insane, and when confronted Avantika loses her poise, and reveals a character that she may have been concealing from others, including herself.
- DirectorKaizad GustadStarsAmitabh BachchanJackie ShroffGulshan GroverThree female models are unwittingly thrown into the Bombay underworld when they accidentally stop a diamond delivery to the Middle East.Boom (Hindi: बूम) is a Bollywood film that was released on 19 September 2003. It stars Amitabh Bachchan, Jackie Shroff, Gulshan Grover, Padma Lakshmi, Madhu Sapre Zeenat Aman and Katrina Kaif. The film is directed by Kaizad Gustad and produced by Jackie Shroff's wife, Ayesha Shroff. It explores the involvement of the fashion world with underworld crime.
The film was later described as a "soft-porn venture masquerading as clever, outside-the-box cinema". - DirectorBerengar PfahlStarsSibel KekilliKen DukenFelicitas WollWhen their ship is sunk in the first world war, in the Indian ocean, 50 men have to cross infinite stretches of sea and desert, avoid enemies, find allies and finally make it home to Germany. A breathtaking real-live odyssey.
- DirectorRay J. MartenstynStarsKate LeinsterUdana FonsekaBrenden CarsonIn 2010, An unidentifiable life form began to appear in the central region of America. This phenomenon was soon linked to a NASA probe that was reportedly crashed somewhere in the Western Hemisphere. By 2018 what appeared as an unidentifiable life form had transformed into a devastating catastrophe. Many effected regions in the world got quarantined as "Contaminated Areas". Most of these areas are bordered by extremely large containment walls and explosive mines are placed on all patrolled waterways and bridges, Civilians are banned from entering these areas. The local and coalition military forces still struggle to wipe out the creatures around the world. The human civilization is facing extinction! 2018: Sri Lanka was among the first in Asia to face this situation. The local military has quarantined a region as an Infected Zone in Sri Lanka. A British Genetic-engineer (Kathy) arrives in Sri Lanka with intentions to re-enter the Contaminated Area to retrieve specimens of the species which she believes that will expose evidence to a cover-up the US is responsible for. The local government refuses to grant permission for Kathy to enter the Contaminated Area stating that it is too dangerous. After many attempts to convince the officials she decides to go on her own. While traveling through rural and shattered villages and towns, Kathy decides to rest in a little town very near to a Contaminated Area. She meets a young man (Gamunu) where she soon discovers that Gamunu is what the locals call "a monster slinger" who used to guide tourists illegally. Kathy convinces Gamunu to guide her through the difficult and hazardous expedition into the core of now whats known as "Contaminated Area".
- DirectorGavin MillarStarsJudi DenchIan HolmRachel GurneyEustace (Sir Ian Holm) and Dorrie Edgehill (Dame Judi Dench) have decided to leave Samola, a British protectorate in the Pacific. After the failure of his latest harebrained scheme no one is likely to give Eustace a job now. Or are they?
- DirectorJames F. CollierStarsJohn ShepherdAmerjit DeuAlex Tetteh-LarteyTim Devon was born out of wedlock and his mother never told his father about him. Overwhelmed, Tim leaves Los Angeles in search of his father--armed with only a name and the city of Amsterdam as clues. When funds run out, Tim begins the downward spiral into a life of crime and drug use until he is encountered by one caring person.
- DirectorAjit Pal MangatStarsHarman BawejaAmrita RaoAnupam KherAn over confident cricketer who ruins his career must prove his worth by starting all over againVictory is a 2009 Indian cricket-based sports film starring Harman Baweja, Amrita Rao and Anupam Kher. It is Harman Baweja's second release after his debut film Love Story 2050, which performed very badly at the box office. The movie was filmed in Australia and India, and is said to be one of Bollywood's most expensive movies to date.[not in citation given] Victory tells the story of a struggling cricketer who defies all odds to realize an almost impossible dream.
- StarsGary BuseyJohnny DelgadoRoy AlvarezHusband-and-wife journalists watch events leading to the overthrow of the Marcos government in 1986 Philippines.A Dangerous Life is a 1988 English-language Australian film about the final years of the Philippines under Ferdinand Marcos' rule, from the assassination of Benigno Aquino, Jr. in 1983 to the People Power EDSA Revolution in 1986 that ousted Marcos. The film focuses on American TV journalist Tony O'Neil (Gary Busey), who finds himself in the middle of key events that lead to the downfall of the Marcos regime. Originally airing on television as a mini-series that ran for a total of six hours, the film was edited to 162 minutes for the home video release.
The film was shot on location in Sri Lanka, mostly due to hostilities the producers experienced in Manila while filming The Year of Living Dangerously in 1982. - DirectorVelcrow RipperStarsKrishna AratnaJoan BaezSera BeakCaptures the exciting movement of Spiritual Activism that is exploding around the planet, and the powerful personalities who are igniting it.Fierce Light: When Spirit Meets Action is a 2008 documentary film written and directed by Velcrow Ripper that focuses on Spiritual Activism. Fueled by the belief that “another world” is possible, Ripper explores the stories of people who have turned to spiritual activism as a means to cope with personal and global crises. The film contains interviews from Daryl Hannah, Thich Nhat Hanh, Desmond Tutu, Julia Butterfly Hill, Van Jones, Alice Walker, Joanna Macy, Noah Levine and John Lewis. Others featured include Michael Beckwith, Sera Beak, Ralph Nader among many others such as the original inspiration for the film, Brad Will.
The film is produced by the Fiercelight Films Inc. and the National Film Board of Canada and is distributed by Alive Mind. The United Kingdom distributor is Dogwoof Pictures. - DirectorSanjeewa PushpakumaraStarsKaushalaya FernandoNilanka Sepala DahanayakeChaminda Sampath Jayaweera3 young characters experience painful personal journeys in a civil war trodden Sri Lankan village, surrounded by a backdrop of violence, sexual frustration and political hypocrisy.Flying Fish (Sinhala: Igillena Maluwo) is a 2011 anthology film directed by Sri Lankan filmmaker Sanjeewa Pushpakumara. The film was produced with the financial support of the Hubert Bals Fund of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).[1][2] The film made its world premiere on January 28, 2011, as part of the Rotterdam festival's Tiger Awards Competition. The film had its North American premiere at the 2011 Seattle International Film Festival on June 7, 2011, as an entry in the New Directors' Competition.[5] The film has been noted for its political value, beautiful cinematography, long takes, and shocking violence.
The film draws on stories from the director's life in his hometown of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, where the film was shot. - DirectorDeepa MehtaStarsRajat KapoorVansh BhardwajAnupam KherA pair of children born within moments of India gaining independence from Britain grow up in the country that is nothing like their parents' generation.Midnight's Children is an upcoming film adaptation of Salman Rushdie's 1981 novel of the same name. Written and directed by Deepa Mehta, the film features an ensemble cast of Shriya Saran, Satya Bhabha, Siddharth Narayan, Anupam Kher, Shabana Azmi, Seema Biswas, Shahana Goswami, Samrat Chakrabarti, Rahul Bose, Anita Majumdar and Darsheel Safary. It is scheduled to release in late 2012.
The film began principal photography in Colombo, Sri Lanka in February 2011 and wrapped in May 2011. Shooting was kept a secret as Mehta feared protests by Islamic fundamentalist groups. - DirectorFabrizio CostaStarsOlivia HusseySebastiano SommaIngrid RubioMother Teresa's life is portrayed from the beginning of her ministry to her death. She seeks to serve the poor by creating a new "congregation" in the Church, establishing refuges for the dying and orphaned, and providing some comfort and food. Obstacles abound and she pushes through them to the end.Mother Teresa of Calcutta is a 2003 biographical television film based on the life of Mother Teresa, the founder of the Missionaries of Charity religious order. The film stars Olivia Hussey in the title role and received a CAMIE award in 2007. The film was originally produced as the Italian television miniseries Madre Teresa.
- DirectorJacques OrthHubert FrankStarsChris MurphyVera FlouxDirke AltevogtYoung and sexy European fashion models are abducted to an isolated place (Ceylon), locked up, stripped, sexually abused and tortured by powerful, sadistic men.
- DirectorGerd OswaldGiovanni RoccardiStarsLex BarkerAnn SmyrnerMagali NoëlThe action takes place in India where the Maharanee is in big trouble: her husband died and nobody knows where his last wills are hidden. Lex Barker and two raiders want to double-cross the wicked Maharanee.The Death Eye of Ceylon is a German-Italian-French adventure film from the year 1963. The leading role is played by the actor Lex Barker, known from the Karl-May and Tarzan films. In Austria, the film ran under the title Das Geheimnis des goldenen Buddha.
- DirectorVeit HarlanStarsKristina SöderbaumWilly BirgelAdrian HovenThe Swedish Princess Yrida enchants the spectators of Germany with attractions of the Circus Busch and is discovered by Maharaja Gowan, who gives the circus an engagement in India in order to be closer to her.Stars Over Colombo (German: Sterne über Colombo) is a 1953 West German adventure film directed by Veit Harlan and starring Kristina Söderbaum, Willy Birgel and Adrian Hoven. It was made in two parts, with a sequel The Prisoner of the Maharaja released in early 1954.
- DirectorJohn MahendranStarsMadhumithaNandhaNeelima RaniDr Nandha works at a small makeshift hospital that serves as only option for wounded.Aanivaer is a independent Tamil-language war film directed by John Mahendran. Shot entirely in Sri Lanka, the film was initially released for screening in the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia only. It was later released in India as well.
- DirectorAnurag KashyapStarsRanbir KapoorAnushka SharmaKaran JoharAn ordinary man goes against all odds and forges his destiny to become a 'Big Shot'.Bombay Velvet is a 2015 Indian period crime-drama film directed and co-produced by Anurag Kashyap, based on historian Gyan Prakash's book Mumbai Fables. It stars Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma and Karan Johar in lead roles with Kay Kay Menon, Manish Choudhary, Vivaan Shah and Siddhartha Basu appearing in supporting roles. The film was released on 15 May 2015.
The film, made on a budget of ₹120 crore, only took ₹22.27 crore in the first week and was a commercial disaster. - DirectorJay.kStarsPrithviraj SukumaranPriya AnandTovino ThomasA newly married woman brings an antique Jewish box into her home, unaware that the box contains the ghost of Abraham Ezra.Ezra is a 2017 Indian Malayalam supernatural horror thriller film written and directed by Jay K, starring Prithviraj Sukumaran. Ezra is a film based on dybbuk box and the story is told in connection with Cochin Jews. Major filming locations were Fort Kochi and Sri Lanka. Principal photography began in late-June 2016. The music of the film features songs composed separately by Rahul Raj (Lailakame) and Sushin Shyam (Thambiran & Irul Neelum). The film grossed more than ₹50 crore at the box-office.
- DirectorMark LinfieldAlastair FothergillStarsTina FeyLife is an adventure for a young monkey and her son, living among ancient ruins in the jungle. But when her family is forced from their home, she must lead them to safety amidst strange new creatures and surroundings.Monkey Kingdom is a 2015 American nature documentary film directed by Mark Linfield and Alastair Fothergill and narrated by Tina Fey. The documentary is about a family of monkeys living in ancient ruins founded in the jungles of Polonnaruwa in Sri Lanka. The film was released by Disneynature on April 17, 2015.
- DirectorK. BalachanderStarsAthityaAvinashGopiValluvanar is an honest politician. When his son Kamban is arrested, he refuses to bail him out of jail. The opposition party takes advantage of the situation and thus helps Kamban escape from jail.Poi (English: The Lie) is a 2006 Tamil-language film, directed by K. Balachander. It was his 101st and final film as director.
- DirectorQaushiq MukherjeeStarsAnubrata BasuJoyraj BhattacharyaSoumyak Kanti DeBiswasA royal prince arrives on an island of fascist rule and inspires a rebellion among its women in this hallucinogenic adaptation of a classic play.Tasher Desh (English: The Land of Cards) is a 2012 Bengali fantasy film directed by Q. The film has been described as a "trippy adaptation" of the Rabindrath Tagore play by Indian media. It features Soumyak Kanti DeBiswas, Anubrata Basu, Tillotama Shome, Rii, Joyraj Bhattacharjee, Tinu Verghese, and Immaduddin Shah in the lead roles. Tasher Desh made its international premiere on 11 November 2012 at the 7th Rome International Film Festival. The film is having its release in India on 23 August 2013
- DirectorWard WingStarsNils AstherEve ShelleyGibson GowlandTea Leaves in the Wind is a 1938 British drama film directed by Ward Wing and starring Nils Asther, Eve Shelley and Gibson Gowland. It was shot on location in Ceylon.
- DirectorR. KrishnamurthyStarsRajinikanthSumanSowcar JanakiTwo brothers choose different career paths. The one becomes a smuggler and the other a policeman.Thee (English: Fire) is a 1981 Tamil-language Indian crime drama film directed R. Krishnamurthy, Rajinikanth plays the lead role and Suman plays the role of his brother. It is a remake of the classic Hindi film Deewar starring Bollywood Mega Star Amitabh Bachchan with Shashi Kapoor, Neetu Singh and Parveen Babi. The Hindi film was directed by Yash Chopra.
- DirectorAlison ThompsonStarsA.P. DarmedesaBruce FrenchOscar GubernatiFour volunteers travel to Peraliya, Sri Lanka after the devastating 2004 tsunami, and their planned two-week trip becomes a year of heartbreak and rebirth.The Third Wave film was shot in Sri Lanka following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. It was directed by Alison Thompson and produced by Oscar Gubernati.
- DirectorGerardine WurzburgStarsLarry BissonnetteTracy ThresherIn 'Wretches & Jabberers and Stories from the Road', two men with autism embark on a global quest to change prevailing attitudes about disability and intelligence. With limited speech, Tracy Thresher, 42, and Larry Bissonnette, 52, both faced lives of mute isolation in mental institutions or adult disability centers. When they learned as adults to communicate by typing, their lives changed dramatically. Their world tour message is that the same possibility exists for others like themselves. At each stop, they dissect public attitudes about autism and issue a hopeful challenge to reconsider competency and the future. Along the way, they reunite with old friends from the USA, expand the isolated world of a talented young painter and make new allies in their cause.Wretches & Jabberers is a 2010 American documentary film directed by Gerardine Wurzburg and produced by Wurzburg and Douglas Biklen. The film is about two autistic men who travel the world helping other autistic people break out of their isolation. It opened in theaters in New York and California on July 30, 2010.
- DirectorKarim TraïdiaPankaj SehgalStarsStephen LangLuke PasqualinoJoseph K. BevilacquaThis is a conspiracy theory period movie based on true events, that led to the eventual assassination of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. The movie demonstrates a violent India, at the backdrop of a non-violent Gandhi, and hard-line fanatic mindsets beginning to grow roots in an India divided on the basis of religion. This movie is a story of three police officers in different parts of India, who, well aware of the intelligence that Gandhi's life is under threat, must take key decisions that would eventually either save the Mahatma, or the country.
- DirectorChandran RutnamSaman WeeramanStarsGagan MalikAnchal SinghRanjan RamanayakeThis is an extraordinary tale from over 2600 years ago, of a Prince who is endowed with everything he needs and more. Luxury, palaces, and all heart's-desires are provided to him by his father, a warrior King of the kingdom of Sakya. The story unfolds dramatically with the Prince leaving all his luxuries and possessions as well as his caring parents, loving wife, and newborn son, to embark on a journey through the unknown to find the end to human sorrow and suffering.Sri Siddhartha Gautama is a 2013 Sinhalese epic biographical film directed by Saman Weeraman and starring Gagan Malik, Achal Sing, Ranjan Ramanayake, Anjani Perera, Roshan Ranawana, Gautam Gulati, Saranga Disasekara, Dilhani Ekanayake, and Wilson Gooneratne. The film was released in Sri Lanka on 24 January 2013 on EAP theaters. The film has been dubbed into many languages such as in Mandarin, Thai, Vietnamese and Hindi. It has also been subtitled in French, Japanese, Vietnamese, Mandarin and Hindi.
The film received five of the eight awards presented at 2014 UN Vesak Buddhist Film festival in Hanoi, Vietnam including the Best Featured film, Best Actor award, Best Director award, Best Editor award and Best Music award. - DirectorBerengar PfahlStarsSibel KekilliKen DukenFelicitas WollWhen their ship is sunk in the first world war, in the Indian ocean, 50 men have to cross infinite stretches of sea and desert, avoid enemies, find allies and finally make it home to Germany. A breathtaking real-live odyssey.Die Männer der Emden is a 2012 German film directed and co-written by Berengar Pfahl that is an account of members of the crew of SMS Emden making their way back to Germany after the Battle of Cocos. The film was shot in Greece, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Malta and Germany and appeared as both a miniseries and a feature film.
- DirectorFranz Josef GottliebStarsRoy BlackZienia MertonAngelica OttFlight captain Schneider and his crew are given the assignment in Munich to take over a repaired aircraft in Bangkok, Thailand, and fly back to Germany.
- StarsJames A. FitzPatrickIn this travelogue of Ceylon, the first stop is Colombo, the capital and chief seaport of this island nation. A lighthouse at the end of the main street is the chief landmark. The port is filled with a mixture of modern vessels and traditional man propelled vessels. A short train ride from Colombo is Mount Lavinia, one of the country's most popular pleasure resorts. The next stop is the Peradeniya Gardens, the highlight of which is a magnificent avenue of majestic royal palms. Another botanical item of interest in Ceylon is the manufacture of rubber and the abundance of rubber trees in cultivation. The final stop is the city of Kandy. Its primary attraction is the Temple of the Tooth. Traditional island ways dominate life in this city, including the sight of bathing elephants after their afternoon work shift.
- DirectorMike HillStarsBaroness Ilora FinlayFilmed in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Myanmar, Life Asked Death tells the story of how the development of palliative care in Asia is driving a revolution in healthcare throughout the region.
- DirectorDave MalkoffStarsDave MalkoffThere is a deadly connection between snakes and the weather. After a big storm, venomous snakes come out of their hiding places, killing around 100,000 people every year.
- StarsWilliam HoldenJack HawkinsSam SpiegelA behind-the-scenes look at the building of the bridge in the film The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and the preparations for its destruction.
- DirectorPooja BhattStarsRandeep HoodaArunoday SinghArif ZakariaIzna, a porn star, is tasked by an Indian Intelligence Agency to seduce her ex-boyfriend Kabir, a dreaded assassin, in order to steal vital information relating to his sleeper cell contacts.Jism 2 (English: Body 2) is a 2012 Indian erotic thriller film produced and directed by Pooja Bhatt and written by Mahesh Bhatt . It is the sequel to the 2003 film Jism and marks the debut of Indo-Canadian former pornographic actress Sunny Leone in Bollywood. Jism 2 was launched on 1 December 2011, on popular Indian television show Bigg Boss, making the launch a first time ever in the history of Indian Cinema. Mahesh Bhatt compared Jism 2 to Italian romance drama Last Tango in Paris. Jism 2 has been passed with an A-certificate by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) for strong sexual content. Jism 2 had paid previews on 2 August 2012, one day prior to its worldwide release.
- DirectorNavaneethStarsThilak ShekarDevarajAnisha AmbroseIt is a two dimensional story, one trying to unveil an age old unknown mystery, and another experiencing the existence of the unknown. Do these stories meet? What happens to the fate of those involved with the unknown ?
- DirectorZefrey ThrowellJosephine DeckerStarsJosephine DeckerZefrey ThrowellHollis WitherspoonA real romance filmed over five years. Josephine and Zefrey simmer in the white hot apocalypse of first love until the throw of a dart finds them on a spontaneous trip to the Maldives and cracks open the question -- is their love true or just a performance?
- DirectorPeter GimbelJames LipscombStarsTom ChapinPhil ClarksonStuart CodyDocumentary focusing on great white sharks.Blue Water, White Death is a 1971 American documentary about sharks which was produced by Peter Gimbel and James Lipscomb.
- DirectorJude RatnamSri Lanka 1983, Jude Ratman is five years old. On a red train, he flees the massacre of the Tamils instigated by the liberal majoritarian government. Now a filmmaker, he takes the same train from South to North. As he advances, the traces of the violence of the 26-year-old war and the one which turned the Tamil's fight for freedom into a self-destructive terrorism pass before his eyes. Reminiscing the hidden souvenirs of fighters and Tamil Tigers, he unveils the repressed memories of his compatriots, opening the door to a new era and making peace possible again.
- DirectorAntony ThomasStarsBrian KerwinAlice KrigeRobert LoggiaSpies from different nationalities stationed in a small Asian island work out a plot to create an international incident taking profit from it. Defrauding CIA through fake reports and running a front company using operating funds, they control the island and use the skills acquired in the service of their countries to pursue their personal dreams of wealth and happiness.
- DirectorRam Gopal VarmaStarsNagarjuna AkkineniUrmila MatondkarDanny DenzongpaA ruthless contract killer Raghav (Nagarjuna) an orphan, falls for an Ornithologist - Bhavna (Urmila Matondkar). Raghav hides his identity to Bhavana. Bhavana's brother, Inspector Krishna (Salim Ghouse) is assigned to solve a murder case (committed by Raghav). The story ends with Bhavana's shocking discovery of Raghav's true identity. A violent, but touching drama about an unusual Love story.
- DirectorBoodee KeerthisenaStarsMahendra PereraSangeetha WeeraratneJackson AnthonyMille Soya, is a film depicting a dangerous and hazardous journey by a young Sri Lankan group to rich Europe. They are subject to deceptions by the intermediaries, betrayals by friends, arrests while crossing the borders and even death.Mille Soya (Buongiorno Italia), is a 2004 Sri Lankan Sinhala romantic musical film, written, produced and directed by Boodee Keerthisena. The film stars Mahendra Perera, Jackson Anthony, Sanath Gunathilake, Kamal Addararachchi, and Sangeetha Weeraratne. The film portrays a story of a group of young Sri Lankan musicians who illegally immigrate to Italy in the baggage compartment of a bus and about the lost dreams of Sri Lankan youth living in during the Sri Lankan civil war. The film was released on 21 October 2004. The film received mostly positive reviews from critics.
- DirectorEddie GranemannStarsCliff HowellTeetoMintaCeylonese natives are forced to flee into the dangerous jungle after an attack by swarms of vicious vampire bats.
- DirectorKweon Joong-MokStarsKweon Joong-MokKim Min-cheMin-seo LeeOne construction company man manage their life well with his family until he diagnosed to be sick to death, and then he took a journey to the Sri Lanka where Ceylon serendipity named place. There he welcome his death peacefully.
- DirectorHarold MonfilsA musical, visual journey. Recorded and filmed on location, it resurrects ancient and forgotten folk music from Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia, Maldives, India and Myanmar. The experience is brought to life for a contemporary audience through a minimalist orchestration of modern electronic waves and flows, thereby preserving the integrity of the music. The musicians come primarily from the coastal communities, towns and villages practically wiped of the world map by the Tsunami of December 26, 2004. It's beauty lies in it's purity and simplicity, a non-judgmental point of view. For the international team who came together, Laya Project is a personal and collective tribute to the resilience of the human spirit.Laya Project is a world music documentary produced by EarthSync, a world music audio-visual production company based in South India. The project is a "personal and collective musical tribute to the resilience of the human spirit", and is dedicated to the survivors of the December 26 2004 Asian tsunami.
A team of sound engineers and camera men took a two-year journey through six countries, including India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Maldives and Myanmar, and recorded film footage and music with the local musicians. The material was mastered at the Clementine studio in Chennai. The film was directed by Harold Monfils. The music was produced by Patrick Sebag.
Laya Project won various awards (Founder's Choice Award at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival, Best Film Award at the Byron Bay Film Festival, Special Juror's Choice Award at Zanzibar International Film Festival in Tanzania and the Audience Award at Imaginaria Film Festival in Italy) and is being screened at international film festivals in places such as Los Angeles, St. Petersburg, Tel Aviv, Mumbai and Kuala Lumpur. It has also been broadcast worldwide on the National Geographic Channel. - DirectorVeit HarlanStarsKristina SöderbaumWilly BirgelAdrian HovenMaharaj Gowan is in love with the blonde circus rider Yrida. However, the son of the Maharaj also have strong feelings for her.
- DirectorErling BorgenTom HeinemannStarsTisra BasantiParthima BiviRitt BjerregaardPoor rewards and toxic work conditions plague worldwide tea production despite fair trade brands and good intentions.
- DirectorCarl StreckerStarsDavid CaoBob ConnollyKushil GunasekeraAn inspiring true story of tsunami relief, filmed on location in Sri Lanka.
- DirectorChristopher Ryan PaulStarsGogan AndradoDyso DelimaRosanna Flamer-CalderaA film shot entirely by tsunami survivors, first as kids then as adolescents found by photograph 6 years later. Zen tragedy, organic verite, situational PTSD, displaying the artist, resilience and triumph in us all. A camera is set in a Batticaloa refugee camp in rebel territory Sri Lanka post tsunami and is picked up by children who film a routine food distribution making 15 minutes of beauty that any other filmmaker could not. Six years later, we are at Heaven's house sending them off, once again, professional film crew in toe, to complete 'their' movie - in Tamil - a world anew. Heaven's trauma to Heaven's dance. A unique look at the everyday worlds of the affected and triumphant.
- DirectorOtto LangStarsRobert MerrillJames S. ParkerLowell Thomas"Join Lowell Thomas and follow in the footsteps of Marco Polo" in this new, digital restoration of SEARCH FOR PARADISE, the fourth of the original, three-panel Cinerama travelogues. Released in 1957, the motion picture takes you to the "Roof of the World," the Himalayas and Karakoram mountains of Central Asia, the highest region in the world. You'll become part of the adventure as explorer Lowell Thomas searches for paradise in the ancient cities, wild waters and lush gardens of the mountaintops. Your first stop is the Forbidden Kingdom of Hunza, a hidden valley bordered by China, Russia, India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, home to a legendary warrior tribe. Next, you'll challenge the rapids of the Mighty Indus River, fed from a fantastic galaxy of great glaciers draining from some of the greatest heights known to man. From there, find respite in the romantic Shalimar Gardens in the Vale of Kashmir, then fly to Katmandu for the coronation ceremony of King Mahendra of Nepal. The adventure concludes with a trip to a U.S. Air Force base, where Thunderbird jet planes cut across the sapphire blue sky overhead at supersonic speed. The film captures the imagination and paradise would be, beauty or adventure or peace.Search for Paradise is a 1957 American documentary film shot in Cinerama.
- DirectorHans AlbinPaolo BianchiniStarsGeorge NaderGordon MitchellCarl MöhnerSteve Weston, cercatore di diamanti a Ceylon, viene derubato delle sue preziose pietre. Rimasto senza denaro si fa assumere in una miniera dove ritrova nelle vesti dello spietato sorvegliante proprio Alfred, l'uomo che gli ha sottratto i diamanti. Costui, riconosciuta la sua vittima, cerca di liberarsene incolpandola a sua volta di furto. Sventato il tentativo, Steve organizza con la complicità di altri bianchi e l'aiuto di una guardia, che ha con lui un debito di gratitudine, la fuga dalla miniera. Avvertito da una spia, Alfred reagisce deportando Steve e gli altri in una piccola isola dalla quale è molto difficile evadere. Impadronitosi di alcuni candelotti di dinamite, Weston e gli altri minatori si sollevano contro i sorveglianti, costringendo Alfred a un precipitoso ritorno a Ceylon. Steve, che nella rivolta ha perduto tutti i suoi amici, lo raggiunge e ingaggia una furiosa lotta con lui durante la quale Alfred sta per avere la meglio. L'intervento di un'indigena, però, pone fine per sempre alla sua esistenza.
- DirectorAlfred VohrerStarsThomas HunterHannes MessemerGlauco OnoratoCeylon: One of the richest plantation owners is found dead in his car, a knife through his heart. All proof points to his young wife Anne. Inspector San is convinced she's guilty and wants to take her to the Indian mainland for trial. However their plane crashes and they end up on a small island, where the only other person is a shipwrecked man, who soon befriends Anne, believes in her innocence. Inspector San starts to fear for his life.
- DirectorDeepa MehtaStarsAgam DarshiNimmi HarasgamaAli KazmiExplores Arjie's sexual awakening from a young boy to a teenager who falls in love with a male classmate, just as political tensions escalate between the Sinhalese and Tamils in the years leading up to the 1983 uprisings.Funny Boy is a 2020 drama film, directed by Deepa Mehta. An adaptation of Shyam Selvadurai's 1994 novel of the same name, the film centres on the coming of age of Arjie Chelvaratnam, a young Tamil boy in Sri Lanka who is coming to terms with his homosexuality against the backdrop of the increased tensions between Tamil and Sinhalese people before the breakout of the Sri Lankan Civil War.
Shot on location in Chennai and Colombo, the film stars Arush Nand as Arjie in childhood and Brandon Ingram as Arjie in his teenage years, as well as Nimmi Harasgama, Ali Kazmi, Agam Darshi, Seema Biswas, Rehan Mudannayake and Shivantha Wijesinha. Its production was first announced in 2018. The film will have a theatrical release in Canada and selected cities in the United States, and will be distributed internationally via Netflix. The movie rights for the United States have been acquired by Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Releasing who will handle worldwide distribution.
It was broadcast December 4, 2020, on CBC Television and was released for streaming on CBC Gem the same day. It was selected as the Canadian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but was disqualified from that category by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences due to not meeting the Academy's requirement that fifty percent of the dialogue be in a language other than English. - DirectorSuresh Chandra MenonStarsSuresh Chandra MenonNirmalaRevathiA man's heroic acts land him in the Indian army. He gets married and eventually reaches a high-ranking post. Unbeknownst to his wife and son, he was once an assassin linked to Sri Lankan terrorists.Pudhiya Mugam (transl. New Face) is a 1993 Indian Tamil-language thriller film directed by Suresh Chandra Menon. It stars Revathi, Menon, Vineeth and Kasthuri. The film featured music by A. R. Rahman. This marked the debut film of Menon and remained his only film until he acted in Solo (2017), 24 years later.
Pudhiya Mugam is an adaptation of the television miniseries Twist of Fate, which tells the story of an assassin who undergoes plastic surgery and becomes a member of the army, and a hero for them while revisiting his past. It was released on 28 May 1993. The film was loosely remade in Hindi as Vishwavidhaata.