TIFF 2024: Little Jaffna
by Priya Chopra
Little Jaffna is Lawrence Valin’s debut film in Tamil and French. It is based on a short by Valin back in 2018. Valin not only directs, but also stars in the film as a lead character. Valin plays a police officer from a Tamil family in Paris, who has to infiltrate a local criminal group that is sending money to the Eelam liberation movement in Sri Lanka. The film stars Lawrence Valin, Puviraj Raveendran, Vela Ramamoorthy, and Kawsie Chandra. The film had its debut at the Venice Film Festival right before it came to TIFF 2024. The movie is about identity, diaspora, family, community, and conflict.
