Finalist: ‘Sri Lanka’s Rebel Wife’ shortlisted for best documentary film, DIG Awards, Modena, Italy
“This documentary by British-Sri Lankan filmmaker Kannan Arunasalam follows Tamil politician and human rights activist Ananthy Sasitharan as she continues her fight to seek justice for her forcibly disappeared husband. The Tamil Tigers surrendered to ...
Press release, Edinburgh Fringe group exhibition, Clove Magazine
“An exhibition in Edinburgh by the Colombo Art Biennale sits poignantly with the Fringe Festival’s founding principle of ‘healing the wounds of war through the language of the arts’. Here are some of the works ...
Interview with BBC World Service, 5th Floor about Oral Histories: “by listening to the people who have known the country longest”
“Kannan Arunasalam is a Sri Lankan-born British journalist and filmmaker. He’s created an oral history project to preserve the memories and stories of Sri Lanka’s elderly from different regions, communities and walks of life. He ...
Interview with American Journalism Review: “Sometimes, you’ve just got to get in there”
“By pairing investigative journalists with documentary filmmakers, “post-print” startup Stateless Media is discovering and sharing complex stories through video that used to be told exclusively through print outlets. Savodnik, Perkins and filmmaker Kannan Arunasalam — ...
Review of ‘The Story of One’: “Kannan bears witness on our behalf reminding us yet again of the power of not only the moving voice, but of the moving picture” Manuel Rivera-Ortiz, November 2013
“Rooted in reportage and traditional documentary filmmaking, Kannan's film doesn't try to tone down these atrocities. Instead, he treats the viewer to the very voices of those that had been there and lost loved ones," ...