3rd I SFISAFF: Your Touch Makes Others Invisible

Q&A with director Rajee Samarasinghe!

A Tamil woman loses her son to a supernatural entity plaguing her community in a war torn village in Northern Sri Lanka. Intertwining with her journey are real-life testimonies with women whose family members vanished at the hands of military forces. Fusing allegorical magical realism and investigative documentary, Samarasinghe’s feature is an examination of thousands of missing persons during the 26-year civil war.

Runtime
1h 10m
Year
2025
Director
Rajee Samarasinghe
Format
DCP
Country
Sri Lanka, USA
Language
Russian, Sinhala, Tamil with English subtitles
First Showing
October 12, 2025