American premier for “Oba Nethuwa”
View(s):Prasanna Vithanage’s internationally acclaimed award winning feature film “Oba Nethuwa Oba Ekka” (With You Without You) will have its United States premiere at the celebrated Chicago International Film Festival.
The film will feature in the World Cinema section of the prestigious 49th film festival which is being held from October 10 to 24 in Chicago, Illinois. A mix of classical narratives and new innovations, the prominent World Cinema section offers a snapshot of the contemporary cinematic landscape featuring esteemed films from 33 countries representing all five continents. Already premiered in three continents (North America, Europe, Asia) “Oba Nethuwa Oba Ekka” has so far secured five international awards and it will be screened at the 3rd Eye San Francisco International Film Festival in California, United States.
“Oba Nethuwa Oba Ekka” is a bilingual film (Sinhala/Tamil) which stars Shyam Fernando, Indian actress Anjali Patil, Wasantha Moragoda and Maheshwari Ratnam. M.D. Mahindapala (cinematographer), A. Sreekar Prasad (editor), Lakshman Joseph De Saram (music composer), Tapas Nayak (sound designer) and Rob Nevis (production designer) have contributed to “Oba Nethuwa Oba Ekka”. Daminda D. Madawala is the assistant director and Ebert Wijesinghe handled the make-up. Kalpana Ariyawansa and Vindana Ariyawansa contributed as Line Producers.
A co-production between India and Sri Lanka, Lasantha Nawarathna and Mohamed Adamaly produced “Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka”. Rahul Roy, Iranthi Abeysinghe, Sunil Fonseka and Nadira Adamaly joined as the executive producers.
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