This Is My Moon
Directed by Asoka HandagamaIn a Northern border village during the Sri Lankan Civil War, a Sinhalese soldier meets a Tamil girl in the battlefield. The soldier leaves the army with the girl and returns to his village. The arrival of the Tamil girl into this predominantly Sinhala village causes a stir within the community, and they collectively decide to send her to a refugee camp. "This is My Moon" is a controversial examination of village life, where rural myths are shattered to reveal a deeper reality of a society torn apart by war.
