April 13, 2025 at 5:45:00 PM
AFS Cinema
Little Jaffna
France | Narrative Feature
2024 | 100 mins | French,Tamil
Recorded Q&A
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.

Photo courtesy: Film Heritage Foundation

Film Heritage Foundation used the best surviving elements for the restoration – the original camera negative and the 35 mm print preserved at the NFDC – NFAI. Unfortunately, the sound negative was not available. We digitized the sound from the 35 mm print preserved at Film Heritage Foundation. The film elements were repaired by the Film Heritage Foundation conservators and the scanning was done in Prasad Lab in Chennai We found that due to the deterioration of the print, there were vertical green lines on many parts of the film. While the scanning and digital clean-up was done at Prasad under the supervision of L’Immagine Ritrovata in Bologna, the grading, sound restoration and mastering was done at the lab in Bologna. Both Shyam Benegal and Govind Nihalani, the cinematographer of the film, have been involved in the restoration of the film.
Restoration Process
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About the Artist

Photo courtesy:
Film Heritage Foundation
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.

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Trailer
Credits
Director:
Lawrence Valin
Writer:
Lawrence Valin
Marlène Poste
Malysone Bovorasmy
Gaëlle Macé
Arthur Beaupère
Yacine Badday
Producers:
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
Restoration Effort Led By: Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, Director, Film Heritage Foundation
Restoration Credit:
Restored by Film Heritage Foundation in association with Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd.(Amul), the cinematographer Govind Nihalani and the director Shyam Benegal. Funding supported by Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd.(Amul)