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Daily Financial Times
Daily Financial Times
When thinking about sectarian violence and the division of people, whether it is in Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Israel, Palestine or anywhere in the world the damage done is devastating, a world-renowned filmmaker said recently. The award-winning director of Funny Boy and Water, Deepa Mehta made these timely comments on 25 February at the launch of the Abhimani Queer Film Festival 2022 in Colombo, organised by EQUAL GROUND, together with the Canadian High Commission in Sri Lanka. The Abhimani Queer Film Festival 2022 – South Asia’s first and oldest Queer Film Festival – was launched with a scr…