Silence in the Courts Director: Prasanna Vithanage (Silence in the Courts / 2015 / Sri Lanka | India / 55 min) International Currents Synopsis: A re-creation of the stories of two women from Sri Lanka seeking justice for repeated sexual abuse by a judge. The film attempts to understand this shocking miscarriage of justice and how the powerful can sometimes be above the law. Festivals: 1. Sakhalin International Film Festival 2. South Asian Himal Festival - Nepal 3. San Francisco South Asian Film Festival 4. Seattle South Asian Film Festival 5. Ottawa Human Rights Festival |