Her. Him. The Other

DIRECTOR'S PROFILE

​Prasanna Vithanage is a veteran filmmaker, Director, writer and a producer who is currently reside 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.

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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.

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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 development of independent cinema in Asia, at its 33rd edition, held from 8-16th November, 2013.