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22: 279:), a feature film about a group of young Sri Lankan musicians illegally migrating to Italy in the baggage compartment of a bus. The film articulates the lost dreams of Sri Lankan youth that are caught between a civil war and corrupt politics and follows their journey into hope. Was produced in Sri Lanka and Italy in 2003. The film won 16 awards, including best film, director, editor and art director SIGNIS awards in 2005. 286:”, a story based around a theatre group whose production of a colonial play is interrupted by the death of one its members by a bomb planted on a bus by ethnic separatist terrorists. From the other side of death he reveals to the viewers the story of what happened to him. The film won 31 awards, and was produced in Sri Lanka in 1996. 92: 535:
In October 2012, Boodee was the key figure who helped put together the 1st Italian Sri Lankan Film Festival in Colombo, Sri Lanka, which was presented by the Italian Embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The festival has a non-competitive feature film section and a competitive short film section.
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Best Director, Co-Composer, Production Designer, and seven awards including two FIPRSCI received in 1997. Two gold, two silver and one bronze award were received for his TV commercials by (SLIM Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing. Awards were received in 1996, 1997, 1998 and
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cadets fighting for a piece of land. The film deals with the final moments of battle of an EELAM war in Sri Lanka, while the two characters struggle to find a way to protect a child the woman is expecting to give birth to.
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filmmaker. He began his career drawing comics before moving into painting, dress design, and visual arts. He moved into music in the late 1980s, and performed in a band called "
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The director of "Sri Lanka", a short documentary made for the Sri Lankan Tourist Board to be aired and shown for promotional work around the world. Was produced in 2000.
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Since he returned to Sri Lanka in 1995, he has directed and produced over 100 TV commercials, more than 30 documentaries, two TV series, and many music videos.
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The producer of a film on the 2550-year-old Vesak celebrations in Sri Lanka. This is a documentary on a village family which comes to the city to see the
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Boodee currently works with the company "Elephant and the mouse" with many VFX as a Visual Effects Supervisor for his own films as well as other movies.
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won eight awards in two different film festivals for the best cinematography, editing, music, visual effects, make up and child actor, including two
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The director and producer of "Fords Super Model of the Year" reality TV show, and was produced in Sri Lanka in October/November of 2007.
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Keerthisena shot and directed over 120 TV commercials between 1996 and December 2001. Products that he made commercials for include
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The director of a corporate documentary made for Sri Lanka Telecom for Internet and video conferencing. Was produced in 1999.
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Teaches film and television editing at the National Film Corporation for Diploma and Certificate courses. 2006/2005.
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day celebrations, which goes through the tension and heavy security threats of bomb scares. Produced in 2006.
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Director of Film & TV Department of Vibhavi Academy of Fine Arts in Sri Lanka, from 1996 to 1998.
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Best Director, Writer, SIGNIS, Sarasavi and National awards recipient of 2005 for the feature film "
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Writer of six feature film screenplays and a detective thriller 20 episode TV series:
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to study film. He joined the film department to study film and television at the
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The director, production designer and co-music composer of the feature film “
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Best VFX (Derana Film Festival) award recipient 2013 for the feature film "
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Actor, director, producer, screenwriter, editor, composer, dress designer
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The director and producer of a half-hour 30-episode TV series "
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He has developed, directed and produced the 24-episode series “
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The developer, writer, director and cinematographer of “
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