Rajee Samarasinghe

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    Now Available: Rajee Samarasinghe’s Lotus-Eyed Girl

    Posted June 11th, 2024 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Digital Files, News / Events

    Lotus-Eyed Girl (2023, 6 minutes, color, sound, digital file or DCP) Loosely based on the erotic poem “Caurapañcasika” by Bilhana, which was written in prison upon discovery of the poet’s clandestine affair with Princess Yaminipurnatilaka. The verses were written while awaiting judgment, not knowing if he was to be executed or exiled — his fate […]

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    Now Available: Rajee Samarasinghe’s Agantukayan / Strangers

    Posted February 24th, 2023 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Digital Files, News / Events

    Agantukayan / Strangers (2022, 11 minutes, b&w, sound, digital file or DCP) As a child, my mother was sent away to live with other relatives for a number of years, away from her own parents and siblings. This footage was shot shortly after the civil war in Sri Lanka on the occasion of my mother’s […]

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    New Acquisition: Three New Films by Rajee Samarasinghe

    Posted April 7th, 2022 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Digital Files, New Films, News / Events

    Now available from Canyon Cinema: Three new films by Rajee Samarasinghe! Show Me Other Places (2021, 11.5 minutes, color, sound, digital file or DCP) At the center of this film is a Sri Lankan woman accessing other places in digital form, while situated in her own physical reality. Navigating through a multitude of spaces from […]

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