Kannan Arunasalam

Documentary Filmmaker

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 to look out for at the exhibition at Summerhall, Edinburgh. Kannan Arunasalam is an award-winning filmmaker and narrative journalist based between London and Colombo, who uses documentary, photography and multimedia forms of storytelling. His work has been featured by BBC, Guardian and Al Jazeera. The Edinburgh exhibition presents some of his short films on diverse Sri Lankan identities.” ‘From Sri Lanka to Scotland: healing the wounds of war through art’, Clove Magazine, 30 August 2017