April 13, 2025 at 5:45:00 PM
AFS Cinema
United States Premiere
Little Jaffna
France | Narrative Feature
2024 | 100 mins | French,Tamil
Recorded Q&A with writer-director Lawrence Valin
Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature - IMFF 2025, Austin, USA
The district of 'Little Jaffna' in Paris is the heart of a vibrant Tamil community, where Michael, a young police officer, is assigned to infiltrate a criminal group known for extortion and money laundering for the benefit of separatist rebels in Sri-Lanka. But as he works his way deeper into the heart of the organization, his loyalty will be tested, in a relentless pursuit against one of Paris' most hidden and powerful gangs.
About the Artist
Lawrence Valin grew up in Paris. In 2017, he graduated from La Fémis with the La Résidence program. In 2020, his medium-length film "The Loyal Man" was selected for the Clermont-Ferrand Festival, where he received the Best Actor Award and was nominated for the César Award for Best Short Film 2021. His first feature film, "Little Jaffna," won the Gan Foundation Award and received the Grand Prix des Prix du Scénario 2023.
Trailer
Credits
Director:
Lawrence Valin
Writer:
Lawrence Valin
Marlène Poste
Malysone Bovorasmy
Gaëlle Macé
Arthur Beaupère
Yacine Badday
Producer(s):
Simon Bleuzé
Marc Bordure
Jérôme Hilal
Lawrence Valin
Film Editor:
Anaïs Manuelli
In Collaboration With Guerric Catala
Lawrence Valin
Puviraj Raveendran
Vela Ramamoorthy
Radikaa Sarathkumar
Marilou Aussilloux
Thank you to our community partners for this screening!
This program was made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
