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SIGNIS Awards
The SIGNIS Awards are presented annually by SIGNIS, the Roman Catholic lay movement for communication media professionals, to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers. There are SIGNIS chapters in numerous countries and this article deals with the Sri Lankan chapter. Background SIGNIS (Sri Lanka) developed in November 2001 from the merger of national chapters of OCIC and Unda. OCIC was the international Catholic communications organisation for cinema and Unda was the international Catholic organisation for radio and television. Both organisations were founded in 1928 in Sri Lanka. SIGNIS Sri Lanka is one of 16 Asian units of the worldwide association of SIGNIS, which general secretariat is established in Brussels, Belgium. Leading directors in Sri Lanka cinema have described being inspired by the Film Review Caucus, a mini-theater organized by OCIC in Colombo. It arranged screenings and encouraged students to write rev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SIGNIS
SIGNIS (official name: World Catholic Association for Communication) is a Roman Catholic lay ecclesial movement for professionals in the communication media, including press, radio, television, cinema, video, media education, internet, and new technology. It is a non-profit organization with representation from over 100 countries. It was formed in November 2001 by the merger of International Catholic Organization for Cinema and Audiovisual (OCIC) and International Catholic Association for Radio and Television (Unda). At its World Congress in Quebec in 2017, SIGNIS welcomed also former member organisations of the International Catholic Union of the Press (UCIP). The word SIGNIS (always in uppercase) is a combination of the words SIGN and IGNIS (Latin for "fire"). It is not an acronym. The Holy See has officially recognized SIGNIS as an International Association of the Faithful, and has included the "World Catholic Association for Communication, also known as SIGNIS" in its D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boodee Keerthisena
Vishvanath Buddhika Keerthisena, also known as Boodee Keerthisena, is a Sri Lankan filmmaker. He began his career drawing comics before moving into painting, dress design, and visual arts. He moved into music in the late 1980s, and performed in a band called "''Boo-Dee and the Woo-Zees''" (1986–1992) as the lead singer. In 1987, he went to New York City to study film. He joined the film department to study film and television at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan. His thesis, presented at his graduation in 1995, was the feature film ''Veils of Maya'' (''Sihina Deshaye''n ). The film won 31 awards in many festivals, including Best Director and Best Film. Since he returned to Sri Lanka in 1995, he has directed and produced over 100 TV commercials, more than 30 documentaries, two TV series, and many music videos. His work is influenced by John Cassavetes and contains elements of "cinema-verite" style. Filmography *The director and co-writer of "'' Adventures of Ricky Dee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dharmasena Pathiraja
Pathiraja Navaratne Wanninayake Mudiyanselage Ranjith Dharmasena (28 March 1943 – 28 January 2018) was a Sri Lankan film director and screenwriter. He has been referred to as a 'rebel with a cause', an ‘''enfant terrible'' of the '70s', and is widely recognized as the pioneer of Sri Lankan cinema’s 'second revolution'. He is also renowned as an academic, playwright and poet. Early life Educated at Dharmaraja College, Kandy, Pathiraja graduated from the University of Peradeniya with an honours degree in Sinhala and Western Classical Culture in 1967. Subsequently he began work as a lecturer in Drama and Performance Arts, and later obtained a PhD in Bengali cinema from Monash University. His thesis was ''The Dialectic of Region and Nation in the Films of Bengali Independents: Ghatak, Ray and Sen (2001)''. He learned the language of cinema from the film society movement, which was popular in Sri Lanka in the early sixties. He also recognized their sociopolitical limitation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
42nd SIGNIS Awards
The 42nd SIGNIS Sri Lanka Salutation Awards Ceremony 2018 festival (Sinhala: 42 වැනි සිග්නීස් සම්මාන උලෙළ), presented by the SIGNIS and organized by Sri Lanka Catholic Cinema Parshadaya, was held to honor the cinema and television in Sri Lanka on August 2, 2019, at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo, Sri Lanka. The Secretary General of International Signis, Ricardo Younes; and Bertha Detta Padiandrajani (Rome) Maria C. Lorenzo, Secretary General of Asia Signis were the chief guests at the awards night. The keynote address was delivered by Prof. Saumya Liyanage. In the ceremony, 26 films and 19 teledramas were nominated for the awards and the Signis Lifetime International Award was presented for actress Sriyani Amarasena. Film Awards * Best Director – Jayantha Chandrasiri (''Gharasarapa'') * Best Producer – Arjuna Kamalanath (''Gharasarapa'') * Best Script – Jayantha Chandrasiri (''Gharasarapa'') * Bes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
41st SIGNIS Awards
The 41st SIGNIS Sri Lanka Salutation Awards Ceremony 2018 festival (Sinhala: 41 වැනි සිග්නීස් සම්මාන උලෙළ), presented by the SIGNIS, was held to honor the cinema and television in Sri Lanka on August 25, 2018, at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo, Sri Lanka. His Eminence, Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka was the chief guest at the awards night. Theme for the Salutation Ceremony was "The Proud Display of Youth Vitality in the Global Motion Picture Discourse". In the ceremony, 26 films and 18 teledramas were nominated for the awards and three Signis International Awards were presented for actress Kanthi Lanka, Sumana Amarasinghe and film conservator and producer Tissa Nagodavithana. Signis Prize Awards were presented on the occasion of the 30th anniversary for the Rev. Fr. Marceline Jayakody. Film Awards Best Awards * Next Aspiring Director – Roshan Edward * Creative Merit Evalu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aruna Lokuliyana
Aruna may refer to: Religion and mythology * Aruna (Hinduism), the charioteer of Surya in Hinduism * Aruna (Hittite mythology), a Hittite sea god * Aruna Stambha, a monumental religious pillar in Puri, Odisha, India * Arunachala (''red mountain''), a shaivite holy site in Tamil Nadu, India People with family-name Aruna * Ade Aruna (born 1994), Nigerian player of American football * Aladi Aruna (1933–2004), Indian politician * D. K. Aruna (fl. 1994), Indian politician * Poongothai Aladi Aruna (born 1964), Indian politician * Quadri Aruna (born 1988), Nigerian table tennis player * Sanghapali Aruna (born 1979), Indian human rights activist People with the personal name Aruna * Aruna (singer) (born 1975), American musician * Aruna Asaf Ali (1909–1996), Indian educator, activist, and publisher * Aruna Balraj (fl. from 2006), Indian film actress * Aruna Biswas (fl. from 1986), Bangladeshi actress * Aruna Chaudhary (born 1957), Indian politician * Aruna Darshana (born 1999 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kala Keerthi Edwin Ariyadasa
Kala or Kalah may refer to: Religion Hinduism *Kāla, a Sanskrit word meaning ''time'' *Kāla, a Hindu deity of time, destiny, death and destruction closely related to Yama and Shiva. *Kalā, a Sanskrit word meaning ''performing arts'' *Kala Bo, a Hindu consort goddess of Ganesha *Kirtimukha, a monster face in Asian iconography *Batara Kala, a god in Javanese and Balinese mythology *Kala Ratri, a Hindu goddess Jainism *One of the six fundamental principles Geography Kala can be an alternate spelling of '' qal'a'' ("fortress") in Persian, Turkish, etc. Albania *Kala e Dodës, a municipality in Dibër County Algeria *El Kala District, district **El Kala, the district seat **El Kala National Park, national park in El Kala District Georgia *Narikala, ancient fortress overlooking Tbilisi Iran *Kala, Behshahr, Mazandaran Province *Kalah, Hormozgan, village in Hormozgan Province *Kala, Markazi, village *Kala, Nur, Mazandaran Province *Kala, Semnan, village Kyrgyzstan * Kala, Kyrgyz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benedict Joseph
Benedict may refer to: People Names *Benedict (given name), including a list of people with the given name *Benedict (surname), including a list of people with the surname Religious figures *Pope Benedict I (died 579), head of the Catholic Church from 2 June 575 to his death in 579 *Pope Benedict II (635–685), also a saint *Pope Benedict III (died 858), head of the Catholic Church from 29 September 855 to his death in 858 *Pope Benedict IV (died 903), head of the Catholic Church from 1 February 900 to his death in 903 *Pope Benedict V (died 965), head of the Catholic Church from 22 May to 23 June 964, in opposition to Pope Leo VIII *Pope Benedict VI (died 974), head of the Catholic Church from 19 January 973 to his death in 974 *Pope Benedict VII (died 983), head of the Catholic Church from October 974 to his death in 983 *Pope Benedict VIII (died 1024), head of the Catholic Church from 18 May 1012 to his death in 1024 *Pope Benedict IX (c. 1010–1056), in Rome, was the head o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV Commercial
A television advertisement (also called a television commercial, TV commercial, commercial, spot, television spot, TV spot, advert, television advert, TV advert, television ad, TV ad or simply an ad) is a span of television programming produced and paid for by an organization. It conveys a message promoting, and aiming to market, a product, service or idea. Advertisers and marketers may refer to television commercials as TVCs. Advertising revenue provides a significant portion of the funding for most privately-owned television networks. During the 2010s, the number of commercials has grown steadily, though the length of each commercial has diminished. Advertisements of this type have promoted a wide variety of goods, services, and ideas ever since the early days of the history of television. The viewership of television programming, as measured by companies such as Nielsen Media Research in the United States, or BARB in the UK, is often used as a metric for television adverti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinema Of The United States
The cinema of the United States, consisting mainly of major film studios (also known as Hollywood) along with some independent film, has had a large effect on the global film industry since the early 20th century. The dominant style of American cinema is classical Hollywood cinema, which developed from 1913 to 1969 and is still typical of most films made there to this day. While Frenchmen Auguste and Louis Lumière are generally credited with the birth of modern cinema, American cinema soon came to be a dominant force in the emerging industry. , it produced the third-largest number of films of any national cinema, after India and China, with more than 600 English-language films released on average every year. While the national cinemas of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand also produce films in the same language, they are not part of the Hollywood system. That said, Hollywood has also been considered a transnational cinema, and has produced multiple lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
