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Comic story comes to miniscreen

The famous comic story of the 1970s 'Itin Eeta Passa' drawn by Balangoda Sarath Madhu will be directed into a serial miniplay by Chandika Wijesinghe.

Produced by Upul Jayasinghe and ITN channel, the story is about two young star-crossed lovers who became household names among the Sri Lankans for nearly two decades.

'Machan marks debut in Venice'

Oscar nominated Italian film producer, Uberto Pasolini debut direction based on Sri Lankan story 'Machan' and produced by Prasanna Vithanage will be premiered at the world renowned Venice Film Festival starting on August 27. The film based on a true story about how 23 young Sri Lankans created a national handball team as a ploy to get visas to Europe will be screened among 12 world premiers set for non-competitive section, 'Venice Days' at 65th Venice International Film Festival.

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