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Your Touch Makes Others Invisible


A magical realist exploration of the civilian disappearances during the Sri Lankan Civil War told through the allegorical tale of Eswari, a bewitched factory worker and her missing son.

2024 • feature

teamdirector, writer, editor Rajee Samarasinghe
producers  Maggie Corona-Goldstein, Solomon Turner, DaManuel Richardson, Tabs Breese, Rajee Samarasinghe
executive producers  
James Drew, John Craighead, Muwaffaq Salti
composer
Rafaël Leloup 
cinematographer Kalinga Deshapriya
titles
Sharanya Durvusula
poster
Charlie Hyman
supported bySundance Development Grant, Sundance Project Advancement Grant, True/False PRISM, Field of Vision, Berlinale Doc Station 2020, IFFR CineMart 2023




screenings2025
54th International Film Festival Rotterdam (World Premiere/NETPAC Award Nominee)
20th Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival (Opening Night Film/New Cinema Award Winner)
5th Prismatic Ground (Opening Night Film)
39th Fribourg International Film Festival
52nd Athens International Film + Video Festival
42nd CAAMFest (Centerpiece Film)
19th ethnocineca – International Documentary Film Festival Vienna
17th Austin Asian American Film Festival (Special Jury Award for Creative Vision Winner)
24th DokuFest (Human Rights Dox Competition) 
44th Vancouver International Film Festival - FORTHCOMING
56th IFFI Goa International Film Festival - FORTHCOMING