Rupavahini’s ‘Pinkama’ in Greece
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Athula Peiris’ one episode teledrama ‘Pinkama’ was shown at the INPUT – International Public Television Conference in the Greek City of Thessaloniki last week.
Produced by the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation, ‘Pinkama’ was the only tele production that was selected from Sri Lanka to be shown at the conference presented by Municipality TV 100, the Greek public broadcaster ERT and the Goethe-Institut Thessaloniki. It was held at the Olympion Cinema in the heart of the City.
INPUT, a non-profit organisation of public television programme makers and broadcasters, organises the annual conference to discuss and challenge the boundaries of public TV.
The INPUT Conference is hosted by Moderators who are TV professionals appointed by the Board. They also put together the programme of the annual conference based on the programme submissions by the National Coordinators. They are a diverse group who come from different corners of the world and have an equally diverse range of perspectives on the television landscape.
Earlier ‘Pinkama’ was selected for the final round of ABU Prizes 2016. There other plays that were selected for the final round were from Germany, Iran and Vietnam.
The teleplay stars Jayalath Manoratne, Jayani Senanayake, Chandana Irugalbandara and Asadi Dewmini in the lead roles.
Music direction by Navaratne Gamage, camera by Rohana Samaraweera and lighting of ‘Pinkama’ is by Somaratne Perera.