Amiens festival

The Grand Prix of the Amiens festival carries with it financial aid, which benefits the recipient with possibilities of distribution, which would otherwise not have been possible.

It is therefore with this wish, but also with the wish to distinguish a work, which, by its dignity, its poetry the universality of its composition and its formal beauty, constitutes a real important moment in cinema.

It is also because the festival of Amiens has its own convictions and those who follow its efforts should not be surprised to find here, a director, already distinguished by a previous award for whom the jury today is convinced that the moment of international recognition has arrived

I wanted to do a film on dignity says this director. And it is also because every person all over the world, can identify himself with the situation depicted here… it is for all these reasons that the jury has unanimously decided to award the Grand Prix of the festival to Purahanda Kaluwara by Prasannna Vithanage.