Laudable vision for the film industry

The Digital Film Academy of the Sri Lanka Foundation will hold the second Colombo International Student Film Festival (COINS) 2014 from April 4 to 6. It is an open competition for students who are involved with film studies and film-making and it is an exclusive opportunity for them to showcase their cinematic talents improved through their curriculum in Sri Lanka and abroad.

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How to grip readers’ attention

Novelists say they must write snappier first lines to grip today’s distracted readers. But the classics can teach us a thing or two about arresting openings, says John Walsh. Raymond Chandler had some good advice for writers: “When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand.”

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Lending her voice to millions around the world

Printed by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd. and brilliantly written form the heart, “At last’ Gwen Herat says, ‘the Shepherd has arrived’ But I say ‘At last such a book has seen the day that will gladden the hearts of millions around the world who collectively voiced this cause for years'.

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