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The South Asia Center is a proud sponsor of the Seattle International Film Festival. This year the Center is sponsoring a film from Sri Lanka titled House of My Fathers<\/em><\/a>. In addition, two other South Asia films will screen at this year’s SIFF. They are The Sweet Requiem<\/em><\/a>, and Widow of Silence<\/em><\/a>. Find more details below and at the links.<\/p>\n

House of My Fathers<\/a><\/h2>\n

Director: Suba Sivakumaran
\nSri Lanka\/United Kingdom 2018, 95 min<\/p>\n

The tragic and bloody real-life ethnic conflict between Sinhalese and Tamils in Sri Lanka inspired this magical-realist fable, in which a man and a woman from antagonistic communities must meet to remove the curse that afflicts both sides.<\/p>\n

SAT, May 18 \u2022 8:30 PM \u2022 Lincoln Square
\nTUE, May 21 \u2022 4:00 PM \u2022 SIFF Cinema Uptown
\nTHU, June 6 \u2022 9:30 PM \u2022 Pacific Place<\/p>\n

The Sweet Requiem<\/a><\/h2>\n

Directors: Ritu Sarin, Tenzing Sonam
\nIndia\/USA 2018, 93 min<\/p>\n

The harsh but stunning Himalayan scenery is unforgettable in this story of a young Tibetan living in a refugee community in India who is forced to face again the trauma of her treacherous tramontane journey.<\/p>\n

SUN, May 19 \u2022 4:00 PM \u2022 SIFF Cinema Uptown
\nMON, May 20 \u2022 7:00 PM \u2022 SIFF Cinema Uptown<\/p>\n

Widow of Silence<\/a><\/h2>\n

Director: Praveen Morchhale
\nIndia 2018, 85 min<\/p>\n

Her husband arrested, his fate a mystery, a Muslim woman in war-ravaged Kashmir lives in a grueling legal limbo as a “half-widow,” battling a cruel bureaucracy while trying to care for her daughter and mother-in-law.<\/p>\n

THU, May 23 \u2022 8:30 PM \u2022 Lincoln Square
\nTHU, May 30 \u2022 9:30 PM \u2022 Pacific Place
\nFRI, May 31 \u2022 11:00 AM \u2022 Pacific Place<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  The South Asia Center is a proud sponsor of the Seattle International Film Festival. This year the Center is sponsoring a film from Sri Lanka titled House of My Fathers. In addition, two other South Asia films will screen at this year’s SIFF. They are The Sweet Requiem, and Widow of Silence. Find more<\/p>\n

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