COLOMBO, Nov. 19 -- Three special screenings of Le Chant du Loup (The Wolf's Call), the acclaimed French nuclear-submarine thriller, will take place in Colombo, Matara and Kandy later this month and in December, the Embassy of France announced.

The initiative comes in the wake of several major international developments in marine conservation, turning global attention toward protecting the world's oceans.

In June this year, France, together with Costa Rica, hosted the Third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) in Nice, gathering world leaders, scientists, and civil society to accelerate commitments to safeguard the oceans in line with Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG 14).

Sri Lanka too marked a significant milestone on September...