Impact Days Catalogue
By Lawrence Valin

Little Jaffna – Closing ceremony

The “Little Jaffna” district of Paris is the heart of the city’s Tamil community. Michael, a young police officer, is tasked with infiltrating and investigating a criminal group suspected of extorting and laundering money for separatist rebels in Sri Lanka. His loyalties are increasingly tested in a relentless pursuit of one of the capital’s most secretive and powerful gangs. In this breathtaking film, director and lead actor Lawrence Valin plunges viewers into the heart of the Tamil diaspora in Paris, exploring the internal conflict of those caught between two cultures. Little Jaffna is populated by men and women who have remained in the shadows for too long.

Section : Fiction - Out of Competition
Country : France
Original languages : Tamil, French
Subtitles : French, English
Director
Lawrence Valin (France / France)
Producers
Ex Nihilo
Mean Street
Zinc
France 2 Cinéma
Writers
Marlène Poste
Malysone Bovorasmy
Gaëlle Macé
Arthur Beaupère
Yacine Badday
Lawrence Valin
Casting
Puviraj Raveendra
Vela Ramamoorthy
Radikaa Sarathkumar
Marilou Aussilloux
Lawrence Valin
Photography
Maxence Lemonnier
Editing
Anaïs Manuelli
Guerric Catala
Music
Maxence Dussère
Sound
Thomas Van Pottelbergue
World Sales
Charades (France)
Duration
100’
Completion
2024