FILM LAUNCH  

Sengavunu Mitiyavatha on March 11

Nirmal Rajapaksha will launch his latest movie titled Sengavunu Mitiyavatha (hidden meadow) at the National Film Corporation at 10.00 a.m. on March 11.

Dubbed as a Sci-Fi movie, Sengavunu Mitiyavatha follows his work on Pitasakwala Abhirahasa (The Mystery of ET), extraterrestrials reaching out to humanity. Director Rajapaksha took an early interest in the challenging task of making 3-D animation films with his work on Pitasakwala Abhirahasa with the aid of studies at the Arthur C Clarke Foundation, and the Universities of Moratuwa, Kelaniya and Colombo.

Sengavunu Mitiyavatha is also Rajapaksha's attempt at introducing economical and revolutionary methods in creating local films by applying digital animation and computer-aided visuals in film direction.

Sengavunu Mitiyavatha is co-produced by Madhawa Marasinghe and is a production of Motion Cinema Film Team.