British Film Director Callum Macrae urged President Maithripala Sirisena not to block the screening of the Sinhalese dubbed copy of the movie 'No Fire Zone' in Sri Lanka, BBC Sandeshaya reported.

The controversial movie alleges that war crimes did take place during the latter stages of the war against the LTTE terrorists.

Its Sinhalese dubbed and subtitled copy was first screened in a committee room in British Parliament recently.

Macrae has requested Sri Lankan TV stations to telecast the film, BBC Sandeshaya said further.

He insists that the reason for the problems in Sri Lanka is that the majority of its people, especially the sinhalese, have been deprived of the truth.

He said that majority of Sinhalese people want peace and truth and that only the wrongdoers should be afraid of the truth.

Macrae added that those who are guilty stopped the film from being screened in Sri Lanka. Since the new government has pledged change, Macrae expressed confidence in the film being shown for all to see.

The government tried to shield its crimes by putting forward the crimes of LTTE, he said.

However, Macrae added that he was not trying to justify the crimes by LTTE through 'No Fire Zone'.

"They used terror tactics. They targeted innocent civilians in suicide bombings" he said.

He added that he could understand the mental stress that both the sinhalese and Tamil communities underwent. However, the first step forward will be to find the truth and then move forward, he insisted and added that 'No Fire Zone' would help this process.