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appeared in the French News Agency.

Japanese-funded anti-war film gets the chop in sri lanka

COLOMBO, July 21 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Friday cited the country's "war-footing" and cancelled the screening of a local film produced with funding from Japan's NHK television network. The Sinhalese-language film "Death on a Full Moon Day," had already been shown abroad and won international awards, including the best actor award at the Singapore Film Festival and the grand prix at Ameins festival in France. The producer , Prasanna Vithanage said he was told Friday that the government was not allowing the screening of the film, which was due to be released here shortly.