Sri Lanka, April 21 -- The West Meets East Screenplay (WME) Lab, an integral part of the Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF), offers filmmakers from South Asia one of the greatest opportunities to secure funding and mentorship for script development.

Since its inception in 2019, it has nurtured talent, with notable successes like Sri Lankan filmmaker Bhavaneedha Loganathan, who clinched the third prize in the latest edition.

As this great initiative gears up for the fourth edition in 2025, submissions are now open and Filmmakers from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, India, Afghanistan, Maldives, and Bhutan are invited to submit their full-length feature projects. This article is based on an insightful zoom discussion with Sadia Khalid...