Writer/director Prasanna Jayakody began his career as an acclaimed and award-winning director in television, theatre, commercials and music videos. He has written and directed three feature films. His debut feature Sankara (2006), saw him win the NETPAC Award and Silver Crow Pheasant (Best Debut Director) at the 2006 Kerala International Film Festival and the Golden Pyramid at the Cairo International Film Festival. He was also nominated for awards at Cinemanila, Chicago and Bangkok International Film Festivals, and the film received an APSA nomination for Achievement in Cinematography. His second feature, Karma (2010), was selected to screen at the Marrakech International Film Festival and 28 (2014), his third feature film, won the NETPAC Award at the 2014 Rotterdam International Film Festival.
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country, including the custodial communities on whose land works are created and celebrated by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and emerging. We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and First Nations peoples continue to play in storytelling and celebration spaces.
