Minister Bandula Gunawardena, who returned to the country yesterday with the award, was welcomed by a group of officials including co-producers and actors of the film at the Bandaranaike International Airport.Īctors Kumara Thirimadura and Sarath Kothalawala, who wrote the screenplay of the film and directed it by playing the main characters were at the airport to receive the award from Minister Gunawardene. Minister Dr.Gunawardena, the producer of the movie ‘The Newspaper’, who participated in the closing ceremony of the award ceremony held in Russia on the invitation of the organizing committee of the Kazan International Film Festival, received the “Best Actor” award on behalf of actors Sarath Kothalawala and Kumara Thirimadura. Previously, the film was awarded as the second best film in Asia at the Bangalore International Film Festival, and ‘The Newspaper’ has won eight awards at many international film festivals held so far. Making a significant milestone in the Sri Lankan film industry, actors Sarath Kothalawala and Kumara Thirimadura, who played the lead roles in the film ‘The Newspaper’, represented Sri Lanka, won the joint ‘Best Actor award’ in the competition section of the 18th Kazan International Film Festival, one of the world’s leading film festivals held recently in Russia.Īmong the hundreds of films presented by many of the world’s leading countries, it is notable that this award was won for the two main characters of the film ‘The Newspaper’. B.S., Stanford S.M., MIT MBA, Harvard Business School.The award-winning film “The Newspaper” will enter history as one of the most significant creations in the Sri Lankan cinema industry,” Transport, Highways and Mass Media Minister Dr. Credits include Off-Broadway’s Bars and Measures and Acquittal and a recurring role on That Damn Michael Che (HBO Max). As a producer, she has earned 30 Helen Hayes Nominations and 9 Awards as an artist, she is a two-time Helen Hayes Award recipient, an AUDELCO nominee and a member of SAG Qarnain is Pakistani-American actor and producer, who has held senior executive positions across Aerospace, Internet, Entertainment and Education. He most recently directed, wrote and produced branded content for a global Starbucks campaign and was chosen as a Sundance Film Festival 2019 Feature Film Fellow, developing his debut feature film, Story Ave, which begins production in 2022 and stars Luis Guzmán, with Jamie Foxx and Datari Turner producing. He has built a career directing music videos, experimenting with photography, and telling award-winning stories. Torres is a writer / director from The Bronx, NYC. Lawrence is repped by Kat Hargrave at DGRW. His credits include Simba in Disney’s The Lion King National Tour, Ramses in the Broadway-bound The Prince of Egypt, Othello in John Leguizamo’s Othello: The Remix, BeBe Winans in Born for This: The Musical, Floyd Barton in August Wilson’s Seven Guitars, and Jesus in Godspell. Lawrence has performed across the country and on many New York and LA stages. Co-Founder of Black Man Films, he is a 2020 AUDELCO nominee and a 2022 winner for BEST ACTOR at the BronzeLens Film Festival of Atlanta. Silent Partner will be available for streaming online through the Morehouse College Human Rights Film Festival until September 30. The film has earned 17 official festival selections to date, including 4 Oscar-qualifying festival selections, and 7 awards/nominations. The film explores microaggressions in the workplace and the toll it takes on one’s mental health and family.Īppearing in film festivals from the East to the West Coast and taking audiences through a range of emotions along the way since its premiere at the 2021 Run&Shoot Filmworks Martha’s Vineyard African-American Film Festival, Silent Partner has been highly acclaimed, winning Best Short Film and Best Director Awards at numerous festivals and is a current finalist in the HBO Max® Latino Short Film Competition. This marks the 4 th Best Short Film award for the film, which also recently won the Best Actor trophy for Roderick Lawrence at the Oscar-qualifying BronzeLens Film Festival of Atlanta, Georgia.Ĭo-Written and Directed by Aristotle Torres ( Story Ave), Silent Partner centers around as Silas Jones (Roderick Lawrence), an accomplished Black trial attorney who successfully defends a white woman who murdered a Black teen. Roderick Lawrence and producer Salma Qarnain of Black Man Films took home the Best Short Feature trophy for Silent Partner at the Morehouse College Human Rights Film Festival.
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