Projects
Reel Peace
The REEL PEACE project grew out of an existing creative media training project undertaken in southern Sri Lanka. This project was financed by the Commonwealth Media Development Fund working with the Sri Lanka Television Training Institute.
When the REEL PEACE project was designed it was to complement the work already done in Colombo and Kandy and provide a means by which media practitioners in the north and south of Sri Lanka could collaborate and find a common forum for expression concerning the war and the peace process. The end product was envisaged as the production of four films with an exhibition programme touring the island and the forging of long-lasting creative partnerships between north and south which would bring the media closer together. For the peace process to last, opportunities for building communication and understanding between communities is key and film and the visual media is one means of achieving this in an immediate and engaging way.
For this to be possible, ScriptNet was reliant on the continuing peace process, access to the Jaffna peninsula and support from both the Sri Lankan government for the project and the LTTE in the Vanni. Both groups were supportive of the project from the outset and despite some stalling in the peace talks, and a recent change in government, the ceasefire held throughout the period and access to the north was possible. In fact for the productions themselves, the level of collaboration was extraordinary with Sinhalese crew, directors and artists working deep in the LTTE controlled territories, a first for the media industry.
For this to be possible, ScriptNet was reliant on the continuing peace process, access to the Jaffna peninsula and support from both the Sri Lankan government for the project and the LTTE in the Vanni. Both groups were supportive of the project from the outset and despite some stalling in the peace talks, and a recent change in government, the ceasefire held throughout the period and access to the north was possible. In fact for the productions themselves, the level of collaboration was extraordinary with Sinhalese crew, directors and artists working deep in the LTTE controlled territories, a first for the media industry.
| Project Document | REEL PEACE Report-Word.doc |
