Jaffna International Film Festival : Destroying self Tamil cinema by the digital era (original) (raw)

After the war came to an end, Projects utilizing arts to create reconciliation, and for the purpose of creating peace are being undertaken on a large scale. All these projects had been found to be plans prepared with an esteemed purpose of empowering the people affected by war and project designed for that purpose. But, if we ask the question whether this target was achieved?, the answer received will a firm " No ". It could be said that, neither any structured evaluation nor research had been undertaken to find out the reason for this failure. After war had ended, several National and international events are being held in the North, particularly in Kilinochchi and Jaffna in sectors such as Art, Sports, commerce and Education. Each of these projects are being undertaken at an expense of several hundred Millions. The affected people could become the owners and partners of the above said massive events, only if, more attention is paid on Reconstruction of an area affected by war and the ability and capacity of the affected community is increased. In this context, first of all efforts should be made for reconstruction and resurgence of the affected people. The activities for finding things lost in the war, preserving and developing them had to be undertaken. This will require Long time, dedication and expenditure of funds. Only when these are taken into consideration, we can secure opportunities for a society to get revived and develop. In this context, we present below our opinion, regarding the International Film Festival – Jaffna,Jaffna that is being held currently, on the basis of our observations of Art – Related National Festivals that were held in the Northern Area. Here we must mention here two large scale project that were undertaken in the Past.