User talk:Malakadewapriya

Malaka dewapriya. is the one who first time represents works to internationally as a student film maker in srilankan cinema history he has endeavored to make six short films

directed short films

1 Anxiety -1998 . 2 Penetrate - 2001. 3 Life Circle - 2003. 4 Exchange - 2004. 5 Transference - 2005.

Malaka dewapriya engage in film making, to be involved in the Theatre field 1991 and to become a composite artiste.

Malaka, who has carried this ardour from his early school years, has participated in theatre at many levels while still in school.This artiste has worked under experienced directors and has contributed to a large number of major productions. Malaka remembers one of his most cherished moments as his performance

Participate dramas

1, Plagues (Albert camu`s)-1991 2, Human and Shadows -1992, 3, Mach berth (Shakespeare) -1992 4, Kaspas House (Peter hake’s) -1993, 6, Prajithayo -1994 7, Avarthitha - 1995 8, Kirimuttiya -1996, 9, Story of last bus-1998 10, Merayek Evith( Thug has came)-1999, 11,Government Inspector (Nikolai Gogol)-2000 12, Mataerihiva Mama -2001

Malaka has given his priceless contribution to the state and youth drama festivals since 1991.The experience and talent he gained took him on to direct a translation of a massive play like One For The Road.( Harold Pinter’s )2001.he stated his works writing and directing

1 Forgiveness -(original children short play) -1991. 2 Bandana - (original short play) -1993. 3 Volcano - (original short play) -1994. 4 Punish - (original short play)-1995. 5 New worlds order /Harold Pinter’s (short play) -2003

Those Dramas Represented and Awarded Inter School Festivals. Inter University Festivals. All Island festivals. Youth Drama Festival and State Drama Festival in Srilanka . Awarded for Best Director, Writer, Actor, Supporting actor, and Special Jury Mention at these festivals

Malaka is also a journalist, whose writings to the print media range from academic to general features.

1 Pubudu magazine – Ananada College - 1994. 2 Sammana- Asriri Publication – 1997. 3 Desathtya – Government Information Department -1998. 4 Wathmana- Upali Newspaper - 1999. 5 Sanasa- Sanasa Developing Corporation -2000. 6 Sarasa - University of Colombo -2003. 7 Chayavalokana –University of Colombo -2004. 8 Chithrapata – National Film Corporation -2005. 9 Cinama – Sanhinda Publication -2006. 10 Natyakala – Cultural Minstry -2007

He has also engaged himself in radio drama at the SLBC as a radio scriptwriter and an actor accepted high marks from audition . During last Twelve years I have written more than fifty plays. Some Scripts were awarded as Best script at Inter school festivals, Inter University festivals, All Island festivals & Youth drama festival .My scripts were Represented, Ibdaa media Awards-2002 and BBC International Play Writes Competition-2003, 2005, 2007.

he has published Uge Hisa Ivarai ( Off with His Head ) -2006. under Sponsored by National Library Srilanka Book Developing Fund. he has publish Magical Festival -2007, Eloisa Cartonera,Buenos Aires,in Argentina.

As a Photographer, exhibited number of Photographs in Photography Competitions and won Awards since -2000. 1 Chayavalokana --Photography exhibition -2003. 2 National photographic art society-Photography exhibitions -2004. 3 Life 2005 - Photography exhibition -2005 4 Imagine Tropics - Photography exhibition -2006. This has been put forward by the Goethe-Institute Colombo to creative photographers from Sri Lanka, out of which 10 were chosen on ground of their applications by Karin Apollonia Müller, a creative photographer from Germany. 5 My Oasis of Silence -Photography exhibition workshop -2007. Beat Presser' a reputed Swiss photographer conducted a workshop under Switzerland Embassy and at the Goethe-Institute Srilanka. he has experience lot of leaderships

1 President - Sinhala art Society College -1993 . 2 School Prefect - 1995 3 Coordinator -Creative writers’ Guild College -1996. 4 President–Cinema& Photography Society University of Colombo- 2002. 5 President -Inter University Cinema & Photography Federation -2003 6 Freelance Coordinator-Film forum Goethe-Institute Srilanka-2006

In 1998 he made his way, the maiden being Sammanaru. The second film, Penetrate made in 2001,. which depicts the ever-familiar concept of was a university romance which reflected on Sri Lankan youth. This was chosen for the ‘Ibda Awards’, an International Film Festival in Iran. This was followed by Exchange, speaks about our post-colonial experience.

The films are all experimental, projecting Malaka’s viewpoint, as he represents the outlook of the youth in Sri Lanka.

The hope on the horizon for Sri Lankan cinema as a number of young filmmakers taking an active initiative injecting new life to and creativity to it. They persevere with their dreams of becoming future film director though not sponsored by any governmental or individual organisation. .. Malaka’s third attempt ‘The Life Circle’ was selected for the final round of the Tenth Tel-Aviv Student Short Film Festival last June. The festival which was rated as one of the top festivals of its kind by ‘Cilect’ (the international organization of cinema school) was organized by Film Department of the University of Tel-Aviv in Israel. ‘The Life Circle’ an entry in the competitive section is the first time direction by a student participating at an international film festival. The theme of this year’s festival was “A celebration of young and aspiring art”, and Malaka’s The Life Circle has certainly done justice to this theme. A low-budget seven-minute film, Malaka uses just one voice, one character and one location. The storyline is sparse and evocative, capturing the relationship between a woman’s life and labour. And how, in this process her hopes and dreams are forgotten.

The festival, which was held at the University of Tel-Aviv in Israel, was organised by the Film Department of the University. The unique cinema event takes place every year in June bringing together students, academics, filmmakers, artistes, journalists and intellectuals from around the world. Approximately 200 films compete in four different categories – fiction, documentary, experimental and animation; all screened at the Tel-Aviv Cinematheque in varied stages throughout the festival. Malaka Dewapriya director on his own doing short films left for Netherlands to participate at the International Competition of Cinestud's, Amsterdam this year. Malaka contribution is his shorts film 'Life Circle'. . and Life Circle was presented Cinestud Film Festival in Amsterdam . Cinestud '05 focuses on the desires and beliefs of the student-filmmaker. The goal of the organizers is to give a cinematic overview of the ideals and concerns harboured by the students. By making an inventory, rather than presenting a subjective selection, the festival hopes to project an image of what concerns today's young filmmakers.

The student-filmmaker is the future cineast. His/her work is the founding stone for the cinema of tomorrow. While it is the professional filmmaker who is restricted by financial burdens and commercial pressures, the fledgling filmmaker is independent. This often gives rise to challenging and innovative works.

So how does the student-filmmaker use this artistic freedom? How is cinema used as a medium? How are ideals and concerns expressed through this medium? What is there to say about this generation? What values will characterise the coming era?

By giving cinematographers-to-be the opportunity to show their work, the organizers hope to get close to answering these questions. Cinestud '05 offers a platform for the ideals of the upcoming generation of filmmakers.

The International Competition of Cinestud's tenth edition consists of 84 films from 32 different countries. Aiming to give an impression of the international developments in student film, film schools all around the world have been invited to be part of Cinestud '05.

Based on the entries, twelve themes have been formulated, which give an idea of the issues that occupy young filmmakers across the globe. In each theme item, films with diverse views have been put together to give an impression of each theme from different angles. Besides societal relations in 'Liberté, Egalité et Fraternité anno 2005' / 'Conform or Confront', politics in 'We the People' and safety in 'Damocles' Sword', students have also drawn on personal theme's, such as the relationship between the sexes in 'Male - Female', generational conflicts in 'Time is Still - We are Moving' and loyalty in 'Judas' Kiss'. The finding of one's identity or road in life emerges in the items 'Soulsearching', 'Choose life', 'In der Heimat' and 'Life is but a Dream'. The trial between fantasy and reality is represented in 'Esse est Percipi'.

Malaka's film is selected to screen in the competition 'Life is but a Dream'. The woman's life is marked on her body, her fingers her eyes her feet and her hair. It lies in the material surrounding her in swathes. A women life is about material reality it is about her connection to a life of labour and the instruments of labour, here it is the machine. This short film poignantly captures a woman's ties to the machine, that she is productively involves with. While the machine provides her with hope it is also an ominous presence. The film sparse and evocative in capturing the relation between worker and machine, labour, product, women and life. A short film “Exchange” made by young filmmaker Malaka Dewapriya has been selected for the final round of the ‘Shorts Shorts’ International Short Film Festival. The festival scheduled for October is a competition that runs parallel to the Tokyo International Film Festival.

he won an award at Sports Movies and TV- 1st Mumbai International FICTS Festival 2006.Malaka won the Silver Ten Award from the short film category for his film ‘Transference’. Organised in the heart of world's biggest film Industry Bollywood (in Mumbai) where close to 1000 films are made every year, "Sport Movies and TV - 1st Mumbai International FICTS Festival" was organized to support filmmakers by giving opportunities to come and interact with the throbbing film Industry to network and collaborate to jointly make more films. At stake are Golden Ten Awards and Silver Ten Awards for Best Film/ Short Films/ Documentaries in each category. The winning films / Documentaries will get a direct entry in the Milan edition of the Festival, which takes place every year in October in Milan, Italy to compete for the Guirlande d' Honneur worth thousands of Euros. Films are judged by a top Jury comprising Professionals from the world of Cinema, Advertising, Sports and Media he has represented his films 1 10thInternational Student Film Festival Israel -2004. 2 Short Shorts Film Festival Japan - 2004. 3 Cinestud Film Festival Netherlands-2005. 4 Chemara Digital Film Awards Festival USA-2005. 5 Mumbai International FICT Film Festival India -2006. 6 11thInternational Student Film Festival Israel -2006. 7 Berlin Asia Film Festival Germany -2006. 8 Osian Cinefan Film Festival: Talent Campus Forum India -2006. 9 Karafilm Festival Pakistan – 2007. 10 National Student Film Festival India -2007 he perceive the world through a critical lens, and want to intervene in what happens around us through an exploration of Socio-psychological make up of our society. he has been engaged in a variety of fields in the arts, ranging from film, photography, theater, and radio plays and the print media and have tried to blend a variety of styles in his creative production. At the movement he won a scholarship to film video and new media at Akademie Schloss Solitude in germany

Reading for an BA degree in the Faculty of Arts Malaka, made all his film with a DV Cam coder which. Speaking on the lack of opportunities for the youngsters to peruse in filmmaking Malaka said, this is an art that goes with technology and it is important to know the technical side in addition to the talent. “But unfortunately compared to other countries it has become hardly cared form of art as there is no place to learn it”, Malaka said describing the practical difficulties in learning filmmaking in Sri Lanka

He is strongly canvassing support to create a student film culture and taking this form of art to the younger generation. Having visited Israel with his earlier film he said, “in those countries the talent of youngsters is highly appreciated. Unlike our countries the new talent is welcomed and the adult makes room for the youngsters. This happens in every sphere except in intellectual areas”.