Lankan film surprise award winner at Dubai

Director Salinda Perera’s film Dheevari (Fisherman’s Daughter) set among the needy fishing community was a surprise award winner, having collected the most votes from viewers attending the Dubai Film Festival.

This is the only non-Arab film to win an award at the recently concluded Dubai International Film Festival. This is because Dubai’s Muhr Awards are open only to Arab filmmakers.

This year, Dubai instituted the People’s Choice Award for which the public votes for their favourite film. Perera was told on the last day to attend the evening event, which gave him his first inkling that he would be on stage as an award winner.

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