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Vimukthi in Documentary Film Festival jury
Vimukthi Jayasundara Sri Lankan director who deals with experimental filmmaking has been selected as a member for the International jury at the International Documentary Film Festival of Marseilles.

Vimukthi who had studied and gained experience in cinematography in France says that creating empathy with the audience should be by influencing their moods. Thus, for Vimukthi, in filmmaking priority must be given to produce the relevant “mood” by using film craft at its best.

His expertise will make a definite contribution to the Jury Panel at the Documentary Film Festival of Marseilles which will held from July 1 to 6 2005 at the National Theatre of Marseilles / La CriÈe.

Now recognized as the most important documentary film festival in Europe, International Documentary Film festival of Marseilles in France celebrates the power and artistry of documentary film. The festival is an essential art and champions the documentary filmmaker as an important witness in society.

The festival supports contemporary documentary creation and the accompanying work of the selected movies to form connections with French and international places of distribution. It reserves itself the choice to screen the films selected for the official selection and films selected for the parallel screens for FIDMARSEILLE programmation.

The international jury is appointed by the festival board of directors. It includes well-known personalities from the film and television and the artistic and cultural world, in France and abroad.

Vimukthi was also the first Sri Lankan filmmaker to participate at the competitive section of the 13th Marseilles Film Festival in 2002 with the film “The Land of Silence”.

The film received rave reviews from international critics. The Land of Silence, Vimukthi’s second short film dealt with ravages of war.

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