Activities

The Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) conducted a series of workshops under the program of Strengthening Social Cohesion and Peace in Sri Lanka (SCOPE). On par with the above, SLPI organized the Workshop on ‘Sensitive Reporting in Digital Spaces’ on the 22nd of February 2025 (Saturday) at the J Hotel in Jaffna. The following students of the Department of Media Studies…

Newton Cinema is an international film production house tells ertaordinary stories that can change the world, hosted a special gathering powered by Tortil Inc. to explore the future of cinema in collaboration with internationally acclaimed Sri Lankan filmmaker Prasanna Vithanage on 15th of February 2025 at the Valampuri Hotel, Jaffna. Filmmaker Prasanna Vithanage, illustrated the smart budget preparing of making film…

In order to enhance the professional knowledge of the students, the opportunities have been utilized by the Department of Media Studies to invite different professionals from various industries for the ‘Sharing Sessions’ in addition to the academic inputs. On par with the above, one of our collaborators the Alcohol and Drug Information Centre (ADIC) arranged the following resource person Tobias Wallentinsson,…

The Sri Lanka Press Institute, in collaboration with the Embassy of the Netherlands in Colombo, conducted to World Press Photo Exhibition 2024 in Sri Lanka at the Jaffna Cultural Centre from January 24th to 27th, 2025. As per the request made by the Sri Lanka Press Institute, the following Students of Level III of the academic year 2022/2023 served as volunteers…

 The Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna conducted the 4th Undergraduate Symposium in Arts (URSA) on 22nd of January 2025. The Undergraduate symposium provides a platform for the students to disseminate their research findings to a wider audience. The URSA was held under the sphere of the Jaffna University International Research Conference (JUICe) and the theme for the year 2024 was…

Mr.Selvakumar Rinoshan, a fourth-year student of the Department of Media Studies submitted his Short film ‘Aasanam’ in the 14th Short Film Festival organized by ‘Agenda 14’. The Short film was awarded as the ‘Most Gender Sensitive Film’ in the above Competition. The awarding ceremony was held on the 09th of December 2024 in Colombo.Media Studies has given an opportunity to the…

Department of Media Studies and the Department of Drama and Theater Arts collaboratively organized the workshop on ‘Biographical Documentaries’ on the 22nd of October 2024 at the Arts Seminar Hall.Indian Documentary Filmmaker and writer Mr. Amshan Kumar who won a National Film Award for his documentary film ‘Yazhpanan Thedchanamoorthy : Music Beyond Boundaries’ in the year 2015 attended as a Resource…

The screening event of Short Films which are produced by the Media Studies students was held on the 11th of October 2024 at the Kailasapathy Auditorium, University of Jaffna as a part of the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the University of Jaffna. The short films were produced in a systematic way as an outcome of the course unit ‘Digital Storytelling: Short…