Agenda 14 short film festival

Agenda 14 in partnership with European Film Academy and Goethe Institute in Colombo will present a short film festival for the third consecutive time. Other partners are The British Council, Swiss Embassy, Sarasavi Publishers and Asian Film Location Services.

Every year the festival offers:

Anomaa Rajakaruna

Best short film, jury prize, Tissa Abeysekara critic award, Human rights prize, Most gender sensitive film and most promising filmmaker which is awarded to a filmmaker under 24 years of age as well as the best animated short film.

Screening of films in competition

December 7 and 8 at 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. at the Goethe Institut

Award ceremony

December 8 at 7 p.m. at the NFC Cinema

The Agenda 14 short film festival has received nearly 100 short films produced during the past 12 months and 60 selected films will be screened during the weekend. The chief guest at the festival will be German documentary filmmaker Alexander Riedel. He will conduct a documentary workshop for 15 selected documentary filmmakers on December 10 and 11. There will be a public lecture delivered by Alexander Riedel on documentary at Goethe Institut on December 9 at 4.30 p.m. and one of his films will be screened afterwards.

Pitching session

In partnership with CEPA there will be a pitching session introduced by the festival director Anomaa Rajakaruna for the first time in Sri Lanka. The aim is to produce seven short films. Filmmakers under 35 years are eligible to apply. Winners will be given a grant to produce short films. The pitching session will be held at The Goethe Institut at 9.30 a.m. Prior registration is required for this session and applications will be available at the festival venue.