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Sponsored by the American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies, this preconference calls attention to a group of films largely concerned with the Sri Lankan armed conflict. This event will feature the most recent manifestations of a film movement called the “third revolution” whose concerns have revolved around the socio-political transformations brought about by three decades of civil war. Together this new wave of filmmakers represented by Pradeepan Raveendran, Suba Sivakumaran, and Sanjeewa Pushpakumara capture a complex profile of contemporary cinema from Sri Lanka and the diaspora.Tentative Schedule1:00-1:05Introduction by Jeanne Marecek (Swarthmore College)1:05-1:20Opening Remarks by Nalin Jayasena (Miami University)1:20-1:35Pradeepan Ravindran, A Mango Tree in the Front Yard (11 min.)Set in war-ravaged Sri Lanka and filmed in South India, this short film centers on a group of Tamil schoolchildren for whom violence is an everyday reality.1:35-1:45Pradeepan Raveendran, Shadows of Silence (11 min.)A middle-aged Tamil man living in exile with his young family contemplates numerous ways to commit suicide.1:45-2:00Suba Sivakumaran, I Too Have a Name (12 min.)2:00-2:30A Conversation with Suba Sivakumaran.2:30-3:00Tea Break&#160;3:00-5:10Sanjeewa Pushpakumara, Flying Fish (125 min.)Shot in a seemingly idyllic village by first-time director Sanjeewa Pushpakumara, this startlingly assured film follows three interwoven stories (two Sinhala and one Tamil) involving forbidden love and ethnic tension. The languid pace of the villagers belies the hostility that has built over a quarter century of warfare.5:15-6:30Roundtable Discussion (Neloufer de Mel, Suba Sivakumaran, Nalin Jayasena)