The Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval to register the cinema industry as an industry so that promotion and international recognition can be obtained to Sri Lanka’s cinema industry.
The Government said a large number of unique films have been created within the Sri Lankan cinema industry while Sri Lanka has bestowed a number of eminent and renowned cinematographers to the global cinema.
However, its extent and development have been limited to a small local market as a result of the non-declaration of the local cinema industry as an industry. Further to that, the local cinema industry confronted crises with the outbreak of the global pandemic situations of Covid-19.
It has been recognized that a number of benefits can be achieved such as generation of a number of livelihoods, the occurrence of a social and cultural as well as an economic modification as well as assisting in tourism and education sectors, etc, through improvement and promotion of the cinema industry whereas it would assist the economy with considerable amounts, it said.
The Government added that furthermore, it has been observed that the cinema industry in most of the countries in the world has been improved with the recognition of cinema as an industry.
Therefore, the Cabinet has granted approval to the joint proposal submitted by the Prime Minister as the Minister of Buddha Sasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Mahinda Rajapaksa, and the Minister of Industries Wimal Weerawansa for registering the cinema industry as an industry. (NewsWire)