Vimukthi Jayasundara is the internationally acclaimed director of The Forsaken Land (2005), winner of the Caméra d’Or at Cannes Film Festival 2005; Between Two Worlds (2009), in competition at Venice International Film Festival 2009; Mushrooms (2011), shown at the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight 2011; Dark In The White Light (2015), in competition at Locarno Festival 2015; and Her Him The Other (Asoka Handagama, Vimukthi Jayasundara, Prasanna Vithanage, 2017), which screened in the Open Doors at Locarno Festival 2018. He is an educator, was a directing mentor at Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Film Academy 2016, and was also head of Colombo Film & Television Academy in Sri Lanka. His next project, Turtle’s Gaze on Spying Stars, is produced by House on Fire in Paris.

Accolades

Vimukthi Jayasundara
Best Screenplay, 2015

Vimukthi Jayasundara

Best Screenplay, 2015

Vimukthi Jayasundara

Dark in the White Light (Sulanga Gini Aran)

Sri Lankan, writer and director Vimukthi Jayasundara studied at Le Fresnoy, Studio national des arts contemporains in France. His directorial debut, The Forsaken Land won the Caméra…

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Achievement in Directing, 2009

Vimukthi Jayasundara

Achievement in Directing, 2009

Vimukthi Jayasundara

Between Two Worlds (Ahasin Wetei)

Vimukthi Jayasundara was born in Sri Lanka in 1977. After making The Land of Silence, a documentary in black and white about victims of civil war, which…

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Films

Between Two Worlds
2009

Between Two Worlds (Ahasin Wetei)

Sri Lanka, France
2009

Between Two Worlds (Ahasin Wetei)

The young man fell from the sky. Communication relay burns. Flee from the city and its commotion, return to nature. Become part of another story.…

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Dark in the White Light
2015

Dark in the White Light (Sulanga Gini Aran)

Sri Lanka, France
2015

Dark in the White Light (Sulanga Gini Aran)

A young Buddhist monk embarks on a quest for spiritual truth. A student, wanting to become a doctor, tries to test his limits. An organ…

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