Thursday, July 18, 2013

French film festival sparks Sri Lanka protests...

A film shown by France's embassy in Sri Lanka on Bastille Day, and set during the country's civil war has sparked protests, with crowds accusing France of supporting Tamil rebels. The embassy said authorities cleared the screening.

Hundreds of government supporters protested outside the French embassy in Colombo Wednesday over a film festival which included a local movie considered by Sri Lanka's military to be insulting.

Demonstrators chanted anti-French slogans, denouncing the Sinhalese-language movie "Flying Fish" and the embassy for showing it at the French film festival organised to coincide with Bastille Day celebrations.

 "If you sleep with dogs, you will wake up with fleas," said posters in faulty French. Others carried signs saying "This is Sri Lanka, not Mali" and "Before you sweep your neighbour's doorstep, sweep your own," in French. Full story...

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