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Sri Lankan film maker bags Fellini Gold
Medal at Cannes
[May 26, 2003 - 10.45 GMT]
Veteran filmmaker Lester James Peiris was awarded the UNESCO’s prestigious
Fellini Gold Medal at the 56th International Cannes Film Festival
on Saturday.
“The UNESCO Fellini Gold Medal is awarded to Dr. Lester James
Peiris as a tribute to his film career, which has inspired a whole
generation of Sri Lankan film makers. Further the medal is also awarded to
him, in recognition of his exceptional contribution to Sri Lankan cinema and
for laying the foundation for an authentic national film culture,”
the Sri Lankan embassy in France said in a statement.
This
year the Cannes Film Festival paid homage to the great filmmaker by
screening a retrospective of his entire work, along with a series of
documentaries about Peiris and his career.
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