Prasanna Vithanage (Sinhalese:ප්රසන්න විතානගේ) (born 3 March 1962) is a Sri Lankan filmmaker. His films have won many awards, both local and international, and have also been commercially successful. In his early theatre work, he translated and produced plays by international writers, and has adapted works of world literature to film.
His 7th feature film, Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka (With You, Without You – Tamil title = Piragu) (2012), had its world premier in the "World Greats" section at the 39th Montreal International Film Festival. Written by Prasanna, Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka (With You, Without You) is adapted from a novella by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (A Gentle Creature, a.k.a. The Meek One) and set in post-war Sri Lanka. On the international festival run, by late 2013 Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka (With You, Without You) had won 5 international awards, including "best picture" in France and Italy. It earned a nomination for best picture at the 2013 Asia Pacific Screen Awards in Australia.
Prasanna (born 1951), is a British Indian theatre director and playwright from Karnataka. He is one of the pioneers of modern Kannada theatre. He graduated from the National School of Drama (NSD). He founded Samudaya and gave a creative direction to Kannada theatre in the 1970s with other activists. Prasanna lives in Heggodu in Karnataka. He is known for his organisational skills and new ideas and innovations in theatre. He is a Sangeet Natak Akademi Awardee. He has directed plays for National School of Drama (Repertory Company, NSD), Ninasam, Rangamandal-Bhopal, Rangayana and worked with many theatre organizations of India.
Prasanna Venkatesan, often credited mononymously as Prasanna, is an Indian actor in the Tamil film industry.
He made his debut in Five Star in 2002, which was produced by Mani Ratnam. Apart from lead roles, he has also played supporting roles. His film Achchamundu! Achchamundu!, in which he starred alongside Sneha and American actor John Shea, was screened at many International film festivals, such as Shanghai and Cairo. He was the host of the short-lived game show Honeymoon Jodigal on Sun TV in 2010.
Early life and background
Prasanna was born to an upper-middle-class family in Tiruchirappalli. His father was an employee in BHEL and his mother is a housewife. He completed his schooling from BHEL Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Tiruchirappalli. He has a younger brother. Prasanna was good at mimicry and acting, when he was in school and college. He had stated that he always wanted to become an actor. He was an EEE student in Saranathan College of Engineering, Tiruchirapalli, when he responded to an open audition for actors in Susi Ganesan's Five Star (2002), although his parents were unhappy with his decision.
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published: 23 Nov 2023
Paradise | Official Trailer | Newton Cinema | Madras Talkies | Roshan Mathew, Darshana Rajendran
Presenting the official trailer of 'Paradise,' a captivating exploration of life's unpredictable journey, directed by Prasanna Vithanage and produced by Newton Cinema.
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Film Credits:
Directed by: Prasanna Vithanage
Produced by: Newton Cinema
Presented by: Madras Talkies
Cast: Roshan Mathew, Darshana Rajendran, Mahendra Perera, Shyam Fernando, Sumith Ilango, Azher Samsoodeen
Screenplay: Prasanna Vithanage & Anushka Senanayake
DOP: Rajeev Ravi
Editor: A. Sreekar Prasad
Music: K
Sound Designer: Tapas Nayak
Costume Designers: Shilpi Agarwal & Buddhi Sanjaya Edirisinghe
Art Director: Dhammika Hewaduwaththa
Makeup & Hair: Priyantha Dissanayaka
Casting: Damayanthi Fonseka
Line ...
published: 12 Mar 2024
Prasanna Vithanage with Cinema Talkies | Helawood Sathiye Cinemawa
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published: 20 Nov 2022
Films of Prasanna Vithanage, Sri Lankan Cinema and 25 Years of Civil War
Sri Lankan director Prasanna Vithanage was in Seattle for a retrospective of his work at Tasveer's 10th Seattle South Asian Film Festival. Vithanage stopped by KCTS 9 for an interview about his films and Sri Lankan cinema during and after the country's 25-year-long civil war. One of Sri Lanka's preeminent filmmakers, Vithanage is the director of 'With You, Wihtout You,' 'August Sun,' 'Death on a Full Moon Day,' and other feature films.
Read more at: http://kcts9.org/programs/arts/prasanna-vithanage-and-sri-lankan-cinema
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published: 23 Dec 2015
Gaadi - A Film by Prasanna Vithanage
published: 16 Jan 2023
Sri Lankan filmmaker Prasanna Vithanage says "I wasn't a movie buff"
Srilankan filmmaker Prasanna Vithanage speaks about Cinemaya magazine. He says "Here in Delhi, my third film was screened at the Cinemaya 10th anniversary celebration and I had a tremendous response. This is not the first time I have stayed Delhi, I have shown my earlier film two years ago and before I came, I knew that about Delhi audience that they have good taste and they are very appreciative about quality cinema. Cinemaya Magazine past 10 years, I speak in a personal point of view if I speak about cinema and magazine before became a filmmaker I wasn't movie buff. At that time I knew about european cinema and Hollywood cinema but I didn't knew nothing much about our neighbours India, China and abouth their cinema. So Cinemaya fill this void. I came to know about Asian cinema and asia...
published: 20 Mar 2018
Masterclass by Prasanna Vithanage
published: 19 May 2022
Indie Meme Film Festival 2019: Prasanna Vithanage talks "Him. Her. The Other"
Prasanna Vithanage is a veteran filmmaker, Director, writer and a producer who currently resides in Sri Lanka. He was involved with theater before he directed feature films. His filmography contains highly political stories and all of his films are internationally and locally acclaimed. He has been in the international festivals as the Jury and he is a film mentor & a lecturer for Sri Lankan upcoming filmmakers.
Vimukthi Jayasundara is an award-winning Sri Lankan director known for his surreal films that erase the borders between fiction and documentary, between cinema and visual art. After finishing his documentary film “The Land of Silence” (2002) about the victims of civil war. He made his directorial debut with the “Forsaken Land” (2005), which won the Camera d’Or for best first featu...
published: 28 Apr 2019
machang by prasanna vithanage
published: 08 Jan 2018
AMP Interviews: Prasanna Vithanage
On the occasion of his film Paradise screening at Busan International Film Festival. Prasanna Vithanage talks about the permeating irony of the movie and how he implements it to make realistic comments, the casting, the cinematography, his cooperation with the actors, the editing and other topics
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Presenting the official trailer of 'Paradise,' a captivating exploration of life's unpredictable journey, directed by Prasanna Vithanage and produced by Newton ...
Presenting the official trailer of 'Paradise,' a captivating exploration of life's unpredictable journey, directed by Prasanna Vithanage and produced by Newton Cinema.
#ParadiseMovie #PrasannaVithanage #NewtonCinema #RoshanMathew #DarshanaRajendran #RajeevRavi #MadrasTalkies
Film Credits:
Directed by: Prasanna Vithanage
Produced by: Newton Cinema
Presented by: Madras Talkies
Cast: Roshan Mathew, Darshana Rajendran, Mahendra Perera, Shyam Fernando, Sumith Ilango, Azher Samsoodeen
Screenplay: Prasanna Vithanage & Anushka Senanayake
DOP: Rajeev Ravi
Editor: A. Sreekar Prasad
Music: K
Sound Designer: Tapas Nayak
Costume Designers: Shilpi Agarwal & Buddhi Sanjaya Edirisinghe
Art Director: Dhammika Hewaduwaththa
Makeup & Hair: Priyantha Dissanayaka
Casting: Damayanthi Fonseka
Line Producers: Trilan Shastri & Vicky
DI Colorist: Liju Prabhakar
Marketing & Communications: Stories Social
Publicity Designs: OldMonks
Distribution Partner: Century Films
Presenting the official trailer of 'Paradise,' a captivating exploration of life's unpredictable journey, directed by Prasanna Vithanage and produced by Newton Cinema.
#ParadiseMovie #PrasannaVithanage #NewtonCinema #RoshanMathew #DarshanaRajendran #RajeevRavi #MadrasTalkies
Film Credits:
Directed by: Prasanna Vithanage
Produced by: Newton Cinema
Presented by: Madras Talkies
Cast: Roshan Mathew, Darshana Rajendran, Mahendra Perera, Shyam Fernando, Sumith Ilango, Azher Samsoodeen
Screenplay: Prasanna Vithanage & Anushka Senanayake
DOP: Rajeev Ravi
Editor: A. Sreekar Prasad
Music: K
Sound Designer: Tapas Nayak
Costume Designers: Shilpi Agarwal & Buddhi Sanjaya Edirisinghe
Art Director: Dhammika Hewaduwaththa
Makeup & Hair: Priyantha Dissanayaka
Casting: Damayanthi Fonseka
Line Producers: Trilan Shastri & Vicky
DI Colorist: Liju Prabhakar
Marketing & Communications: Stories Social
Publicity Designs: OldMonks
Distribution Partner: Century Films
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Sri Lankan director Prasanna Vithanage was in Seattle for a retrospective of his work at Tasveer's 10th Seattle South Asian Film Festival. Vithanage stopped by ...
Sri Lankan director Prasanna Vithanage was in Seattle for a retrospective of his work at Tasveer's 10th Seattle South Asian Film Festival. Vithanage stopped by KCTS 9 for an interview about his films and Sri Lankan cinema during and after the country's 25-year-long civil war. One of Sri Lanka's preeminent filmmakers, Vithanage is the director of 'With You, Wihtout You,' 'August Sun,' 'Death on a Full Moon Day,' and other feature films.
Read more at: http://kcts9.org/programs/arts/prasanna-vithanage-and-sri-lankan-cinema
Watch more from KCTS 9 Arts at: http://kcts9.org/arts
Sri Lankan director Prasanna Vithanage was in Seattle for a retrospective of his work at Tasveer's 10th Seattle South Asian Film Festival. Vithanage stopped by KCTS 9 for an interview about his films and Sri Lankan cinema during and after the country's 25-year-long civil war. One of Sri Lanka's preeminent filmmakers, Vithanage is the director of 'With You, Wihtout You,' 'August Sun,' 'Death on a Full Moon Day,' and other feature films.
Read more at: http://kcts9.org/programs/arts/prasanna-vithanage-and-sri-lankan-cinema
Watch more from KCTS 9 Arts at: http://kcts9.org/arts
Srilankan filmmaker Prasanna Vithanage speaks about Cinemaya magazine. He says "Here in Delhi, my third film was screened at the Cinemaya 10th anniversary celeb...
Srilankan filmmaker Prasanna Vithanage speaks about Cinemaya magazine. He says "Here in Delhi, my third film was screened at the Cinemaya 10th anniversary celebration and I had a tremendous response. This is not the first time I have stayed Delhi, I have shown my earlier film two years ago and before I came, I knew that about Delhi audience that they have good taste and they are very appreciative about quality cinema. Cinemaya Magazine past 10 years, I speak in a personal point of view if I speak about cinema and magazine before became a filmmaker I wasn't movie buff. At that time I knew about european cinema and Hollywood cinema but I didn't knew nothing much about our neighbours India, China and abouth their cinema. So Cinemaya fill this void. I came to know about Asian cinema and asian filmmakers like Abbas Kiarostami, Nemo Zhang from Shanghai though Cinemaya magazine and Cinemaya made me to think about Asian cinema in a Asian perspective."
Prasanna Vithanage is a Sri Lankan filmmaker. His films have won many awards, both local and international, and have also been commercially successful. In his early theatre work, he translated and produced plays by international writers, and has adapted works of world literature to film.
His 7th feature film, Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka (With You, Without You – Tamil title = Piragu) (2012), had its world premier in the "World Greats" section at the 39th Montreal International Film Festival. Written by Prasanna, Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka (With You, Without You) is adapted from a novella by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (A Gentle Creature, a.k.a. The Meek One) and set in post-war Sri Lanka. On the international festival run, by late 2013 Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka (With You, Without You) had won 5 international awards, including "best picture" in France and Italy. It earned a nomination for best picture at the 2013 Asia Pacific Screen Awards in Australia.
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Srilankan filmmaker Prasanna Vithanage speaks about Cinemaya magazine. He says "Here in Delhi, my third film was screened at the Cinemaya 10th anniversary celebration and I had a tremendous response. This is not the first time I have stayed Delhi, I have shown my earlier film two years ago and before I came, I knew that about Delhi audience that they have good taste and they are very appreciative about quality cinema. Cinemaya Magazine past 10 years, I speak in a personal point of view if I speak about cinema and magazine before became a filmmaker I wasn't movie buff. At that time I knew about european cinema and Hollywood cinema but I didn't knew nothing much about our neighbours India, China and abouth their cinema. So Cinemaya fill this void. I came to know about Asian cinema and asian filmmakers like Abbas Kiarostami, Nemo Zhang from Shanghai though Cinemaya magazine and Cinemaya made me to think about Asian cinema in a Asian perspective."
Prasanna Vithanage is a Sri Lankan filmmaker. His films have won many awards, both local and international, and have also been commercially successful. In his early theatre work, he translated and produced plays by international writers, and has adapted works of world literature to film.
His 7th feature film, Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka (With You, Without You – Tamil title = Piragu) (2012), had its world premier in the "World Greats" section at the 39th Montreal International Film Festival. Written by Prasanna, Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka (With You, Without You) is adapted from a novella by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (A Gentle Creature, a.k.a. The Meek One) and set in post-war Sri Lanka. On the international festival run, by late 2013 Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka (With You, Without You) had won 5 international awards, including "best picture" in France and Italy. It earned a nomination for best picture at the 2013 Asia Pacific Screen Awards in Australia.
Source: Wikipedia
This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The collection comprises of 150, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on 4K, 200 fps slow motion, Full HD, HDCAM 1080i High Definition, Alexa and XDCAM. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world...
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Prasanna Vithanage is a veteran filmmaker, Director, writer and a producer who currently resides in Sri Lanka. He was involved with theater before he directed f...
Prasanna Vithanage is a veteran filmmaker, Director, writer and a producer who currently resides in Sri Lanka. He was involved with theater before he directed feature films. His filmography contains highly political stories and all of his films are internationally and locally acclaimed. He has been in the international festivals as the Jury and he is a film mentor & a lecturer for Sri Lankan upcoming filmmakers.
Vimukthi Jayasundara is an award-winning Sri Lankan director known for his surreal films that erase the borders between fiction and documentary, between cinema and visual art. After finishing his documentary film “The Land of Silence” (2002) about the victims of civil war. He made his directorial debut with the “Forsaken Land” (2005), which won the Camera d’Or for best first feature at Cannes, Jayasundra followed this with between two worlds (2009), which competed at the Venice Film Festival, and has been shown at over 100 festivals internationally. His third feature “Mushrooms” (2011) was filmed in India and went on to be selected for Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes.
Handagama is considered as the leader of the third generation of Sri Lankan cinema. His films, aiming to tackle harsh socio-political realities in the society, always tend to explore new forms and narratives. "This is My Moon" (2000), "Flying With One Wing" ( 2003), "Letter of Fire" ( 2005 ), "Him, Here, After" (2012), "Let Her Cry" (2015), "Asandhimitta" (2018) are notable films which have been critically acclaimed at international film festivals. Amiens International Film Festival, paid tribute to Asoka Handagama for his contribution to the development of independent cinema in Asia, at its 33rd edition, held from 8-16th November 2013.
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Interviewed by Catherine Gonzales
Three Sri Lankan filmmakers renowned for their internationally acclaimed films based on the Sri Lankan civil war, join in to make one film to express their views on post-war reality. The war between Tamil militants and government forces of Sri Lanka lasted for three decades. Thousands from both parties, combatants and civilians died due to the battle. The government forces crushed Tamil militants in May 2009. It's time to assess each other’s conscience. He (an ex-militant videographer for the LTTE) travels from the North in search of HER (a young widow of a government army soldier) in the South to find relief from the pain that disturbed his conscience. Having been raised in a religion that has faith in reincarnation, he (a Sinhala language teacher) tries to deceive his own conscience by refusing to believe the re-birth of a Tamil militant into a Sinhala family witnessed by HIM with his own eyes. One's hero is THE OTHER's traitor. But a mother will lose a son in a war. How many wars must a man live through before he feels the suffering of THE OTHER?
Prasanna Vithanage is a veteran filmmaker, Director, writer and a producer who currently resides in Sri Lanka. He was involved with theater before he directed feature films. His filmography contains highly political stories and all of his films are internationally and locally acclaimed. He has been in the international festivals as the Jury and he is a film mentor & a lecturer for Sri Lankan upcoming filmmakers.
Vimukthi Jayasundara is an award-winning Sri Lankan director known for his surreal films that erase the borders between fiction and documentary, between cinema and visual art. After finishing his documentary film “The Land of Silence” (2002) about the victims of civil war. He made his directorial debut with the “Forsaken Land” (2005), which won the Camera d’Or for best first feature at Cannes, Jayasundra followed this with between two worlds (2009), which competed at the Venice Film Festival, and has been shown at over 100 festivals internationally. His third feature “Mushrooms” (2011) was filmed in India and went on to be selected for Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes.
Handagama is considered as the leader of the third generation of Sri Lankan cinema. His films, aiming to tackle harsh socio-political realities in the society, always tend to explore new forms and narratives. "This is My Moon" (2000), "Flying With One Wing" ( 2003), "Letter of Fire" ( 2005 ), "Him, Here, After" (2012), "Let Her Cry" (2015), "Asandhimitta" (2018) are notable films which have been critically acclaimed at international film festivals. Amiens International Film Festival, paid tribute to Asoka Handagama for his contribution to the development of independent cinema in Asia, at its 33rd edition, held from 8-16th November 2013.
Learn more about the Indie Meme Film Festival at https://www.indiememe.org
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Interviewed by Catherine Gonzales
Three Sri Lankan filmmakers renowned for their internationally acclaimed films based on the Sri Lankan civil war, join in to make one film to express their views on post-war reality. The war between Tamil militants and government forces of Sri Lanka lasted for three decades. Thousands from both parties, combatants and civilians died due to the battle. The government forces crushed Tamil militants in May 2009. It's time to assess each other’s conscience. He (an ex-militant videographer for the LTTE) travels from the North in search of HER (a young widow of a government army soldier) in the South to find relief from the pain that disturbed his conscience. Having been raised in a religion that has faith in reincarnation, he (a Sinhala language teacher) tries to deceive his own conscience by refusing to believe the re-birth of a Tamil militant into a Sinhala family witnessed by HIM with his own eyes. One's hero is THE OTHER's traitor. But a mother will lose a son in a war. How many wars must a man live through before he feels the suffering of THE OTHER?
On the occasion of his film Paradise screening at Busan International Film Festival. Prasanna Vithanage talks about the permeating irony of the movie and how he...
On the occasion of his film Paradise screening at Busan International Film Festival. Prasanna Vithanage talks about the permeating irony of the movie and how he implements it to make realistic comments, the casting, the cinematography, his cooperation with the actors, the editing and other topics
#prasannavithanage #paradise #busaninternationalfilmfestival #srilanka
On the occasion of his film Paradise screening at Busan International Film Festival. Prasanna Vithanage talks about the permeating irony of the movie and how he implements it to make realistic comments, the casting, the cinematography, his cooperation with the actors, the editing and other topics
#prasannavithanage #paradise #busaninternationalfilmfestival #srilanka
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Presenting the official trailer of 'Paradise,' a captivating exploration of life's unpredictable journey, directed by Prasanna Vithanage and produced by Newton Cinema.
#ParadiseMovie #PrasannaVithanage #NewtonCinema #RoshanMathew #DarshanaRajendran #RajeevRavi #MadrasTalkies
Film Credits:
Directed by: Prasanna Vithanage
Produced by: Newton Cinema
Presented by: Madras Talkies
Cast: Roshan Mathew, Darshana Rajendran, Mahendra Perera, Shyam Fernando, Sumith Ilango, Azher Samsoodeen
Screenplay: Prasanna Vithanage & Anushka Senanayake
DOP: Rajeev Ravi
Editor: A. Sreekar Prasad
Music: K
Sound Designer: Tapas Nayak
Costume Designers: Shilpi Agarwal & Buddhi Sanjaya Edirisinghe
Art Director: Dhammika Hewaduwaththa
Makeup & Hair: Priyantha Dissanayaka
Casting: Damayanthi Fonseka
Line Producers: Trilan Shastri & Vicky
DI Colorist: Liju Prabhakar
Marketing & Communications: Stories Social
Publicity Designs: OldMonks
Distribution Partner: Century Films
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Sri Lankan director Prasanna Vithanage was in Seattle for a retrospective of his work at Tasveer's 10th Seattle South Asian Film Festival. Vithanage stopped by KCTS 9 for an interview about his films and Sri Lankan cinema during and after the country's 25-year-long civil war. One of Sri Lanka's preeminent filmmakers, Vithanage is the director of 'With You, Wihtout You,' 'August Sun,' 'Death on a Full Moon Day,' and other feature films.
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Srilankan filmmaker Prasanna Vithanage speaks about Cinemaya magazine. He says "Here in Delhi, my third film was screened at the Cinemaya 10th anniversary celebration and I had a tremendous response. This is not the first time I have stayed Delhi, I have shown my earlier film two years ago and before I came, I knew that about Delhi audience that they have good taste and they are very appreciative about quality cinema. Cinemaya Magazine past 10 years, I speak in a personal point of view if I speak about cinema and magazine before became a filmmaker I wasn't movie buff. At that time I knew about european cinema and Hollywood cinema but I didn't knew nothing much about our neighbours India, China and abouth their cinema. So Cinemaya fill this void. I came to know about Asian cinema and asian filmmakers like Abbas Kiarostami, Nemo Zhang from Shanghai though Cinemaya magazine and Cinemaya made me to think about Asian cinema in a Asian perspective."
Prasanna Vithanage is a Sri Lankan filmmaker. His films have won many awards, both local and international, and have also been commercially successful. In his early theatre work, he translated and produced plays by international writers, and has adapted works of world literature to film.
His 7th feature film, Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka (With You, Without You – Tamil title = Piragu) (2012), had its world premier in the "World Greats" section at the 39th Montreal International Film Festival. Written by Prasanna, Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka (With You, Without You) is adapted from a novella by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (A Gentle Creature, a.k.a. The Meek One) and set in post-war Sri Lanka. On the international festival run, by late 2013 Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka (With You, Without You) had won 5 international awards, including "best picture" in France and Italy. It earned a nomination for best picture at the 2013 Asia Pacific Screen Awards in Australia.
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Prasanna Vithanage is a veteran filmmaker, Director, writer and a producer who currently resides in Sri Lanka. He was involved with theater before he directed feature films. His filmography contains highly political stories and all of his films are internationally and locally acclaimed. He has been in the international festivals as the Jury and he is a film mentor & a lecturer for Sri Lankan upcoming filmmakers.
Vimukthi Jayasundara is an award-winning Sri Lankan director known for his surreal films that erase the borders between fiction and documentary, between cinema and visual art. After finishing his documentary film “The Land of Silence” (2002) about the victims of civil war. He made his directorial debut with the “Forsaken Land” (2005), which won the Camera d’Or for best first feature at Cannes, Jayasundra followed this with between two worlds (2009), which competed at the Venice Film Festival, and has been shown at over 100 festivals internationally. His third feature “Mushrooms” (2011) was filmed in India and went on to be selected for Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes.
Handagama is considered as the leader of the third generation of Sri Lankan cinema. His films, aiming to tackle harsh socio-political realities in the society, always tend to explore new forms and narratives. "This is My Moon" (2000), "Flying With One Wing" ( 2003), "Letter of Fire" ( 2005 ), "Him, Here, After" (2012), "Let Her Cry" (2015), "Asandhimitta" (2018) are notable films which have been critically acclaimed at international film festivals. Amiens International Film Festival, paid tribute to Asoka Handagama for his contribution to the development of independent cinema in Asia, at its 33rd edition, held from 8-16th November 2013.
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Three Sri Lankan filmmakers renowned for their internationally acclaimed films based on the Sri Lankan civil war, join in to make one film to express their views on post-war reality. The war between Tamil militants and government forces of Sri Lanka lasted for three decades. Thousands from both parties, combatants and civilians died due to the battle. The government forces crushed Tamil militants in May 2009. It's time to assess each other’s conscience. He (an ex-militant videographer for the LTTE) travels from the North in search of HER (a young widow of a government army soldier) in the South to find relief from the pain that disturbed his conscience. Having been raised in a religion that has faith in reincarnation, he (a Sinhala language teacher) tries to deceive his own conscience by refusing to believe the re-birth of a Tamil militant into a Sinhala family witnessed by HIM with his own eyes. One's hero is THE OTHER's traitor. But a mother will lose a son in a war. How many wars must a man live through before he feels the suffering of THE OTHER?
On the occasion of his film Paradise screening at Busan International Film Festival. Prasanna Vithanage talks about the permeating irony of the movie and how he implements it to make realistic comments, the casting, the cinematography, his cooperation with the actors, the editing and other topics
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Prasanna Vithanage (Sinhalese:ප්රසන්න විතානගේ) (born 3 March 1962) is a Sri Lankan filmmaker. His films have won many awards, both local and international, and have also been commercially successful. In his early theatre work, he translated and produced plays by international writers, and has adapted works of world literature to film.
His 7th feature film, Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka (With You, Without You – Tamil title = Piragu) (2012), had its world premier in the "World Greats" section at the 39th Montreal International Film Festival. Written by Prasanna, Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka (With You, Without You) is adapted from a novella by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (A Gentle Creature, a.k.a. The Meek One) and set in post-war Sri Lanka. On the international festival run, by late 2013 Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka (With You, Without You) had won 5 international awards, including "best picture" in France and Italy. It earned a nomination for best picture at the 2013 Asia Pacific Screen Awards in Australia.