3rd i SFISAFF: Little Jaffna

Q&A with director Lawrence Valin! 

Lawrence Valin’s gripping crime thriller, layered with nuanced sociopolitical underpinnings, premiered at the Venice Film Festival and was nominated for the Best International Feature at the Zurich Film Festival. Set in the lively La Chapelle district in Paris, Valin portrays an undercover French police officer of Sri Lankan descent, assigned to infiltrate a local Tamil gang. Delving deeply into its operations, he confronts the cultural complexities of his dual identity, depicting the challenges faced by immigrants, who strive to preserve their roots and integrate into French society.