Minarets

© International Centre for Ethnic Studies
  • event type:WOMEX 23 Film Library
  • date:26 Oct 2023 - 28 Oct 2023
  • time:11:00 - 17:00
  • city/area:A Coruña, Galicia
  • venue:Film Library (Palexco)
  • country:Spain
  • event posted by:Piranha Arts

Directed by Nadya Bhimani Perera
Duration 88’ | Sinhala, Tamil and English with English subtitles

Minarets is a conversation on sonic landscapes and forms of listening and performing; The universality of music and how it's perceived within different factions of a community; Ideas and beliefs on what is sanctioned sound-and cultural politics within the local music scene in Sri Lanka.

Born in 1981, Nadya Perera is an independent researcher and film maker from Colombo, Sri Lanka. Her fiction and documentary works have been showcased at local and international film festivals.

Production Country, Year Sri Lanka, 2023
Produced by International Centre for Ethnic Studies
Director of Photography Mahinda Abeysinghe
Sound Sasika Marasinghe
Editor Saman Alvitigala