Vanni Mouse

  • Mice: Thimpu & Thulani
  • Coach: Raj
  • Voice: Lurthumary Fernando

Vanni Mouse is a short film from the year 2009. The screenplay was written by the living in the Diaspora Tamils ​​" Tamiliam " Suba, who also directed.

Action

The film shows the path of two mice who have come out of the forest to an internment camp in Vavuniya district on the island of Sri Lanka. The mice run past the tents of the camp and witness the human tragedies that take place there and which are indicated in dialogs. The internment camps were established by the Government of Sri Lanka after the end of the Civil War. At times, up to 300,000 Tamils ​​were held captive there.

Awards

  • Best Fiction Award 11th International Short and Independent Film Festival ( ISIFF ) in Dhaka 2010
  • Second Prize Makkal TV Ten Minute Stories India 2010
  • Best Short film Ulagayutha 4th International Tamil Film Festival India 2011
  • Special Prize - Tamil Film Festival 2010, Norway
  • Special Prize - Periyar Short Film Festival 2009, India

Festivals

  • Vibgyor International Film Festival 2010
  • The European Independent Film Festival 2010
  • 9th Dokufest Prizren, Kosovo 2010
  • Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival 2010
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