At the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea, this year Prasanna Withanage won the Jeseok Award, which is given only to the films of veteran directors of Asian cinema. Sri Lanka Latest News
It was for the movie Paradise directed by him in Malayalam.
This year, ten films of great directors from Indonesia, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Thailand, Japan, Philippines, Bangladesh and Cambodia were selected to compete for this award, and it is a special fact that the Paradise Festival was represented as a representation of both Sri Lanka and India.
The award was presented to the director.
Named after one of the founders of the Busan Film Festival, Kim Ji Seok, this award is limited to films by veteran directors from the Asian region.
Prasanna Withana’s film Anantha Ratiya won the Special Jury Award at the first Busan Film Festival in 1996.
It was Prasanna’s second film and the first time he gained international attention.
A Special Jury Award was presented for the first time at the Busan Film Festival to the film Ananta Raatriya.
It was the first time that the current generation of Sri Lankan cinema gained international attention.
After that, at the 28th awards ceremony, Prasanna won the competition award representing two countries as one of the top Asian cinematographers, which was also a special event at the Busan festival.
Critics consider the Busan Film Festival to be one of the top international film festivals in the world today.
Presented by India’s legendary cinematographer Mani Ratnam’s Madras Talkies Company, Paradise is produced by Kerala film company Newton Films.
This is also the first time that Mani Ratnam will release a film by a non-Indian director worldwide.
Many actors and actresses such as Roshan Mathew, Darshana Rajendran, Mahendra Perera, Shyam Fernando, Sanjeeva Dissanayake and other popular stars of Malayalam cinema are acting in Paradise.
Rajiv Ravi, the award-winning cinematographers of Indian cinema, have participated in Paradise with cinematography, Srikar Prasad editing and music direction by K.
Daminda Madawala has teamed up for Paradise with assistant direction and Trilan Shastri as executive producer.
