IDFA Bertha Fund 2009
Demons in Paradise
The Iron Demon: A Journey into a Broken Land
Jude Ratnam
Sri Lanka, France
Yakada Yaka - The Iron Demon, is a film about fear. It is a film about the thirty year old conflict in Sri Lanka between the Tamils and Sinhalese. The film tells the story of people living with fear from the time of colonization, until the present day ethnic conflict and war in Sri Lanka. The story is told through the railway system of Sri Lanka by a Tamil director and a Sinhalese co-director.