Every year, KIFF will present an award for outstanding achievement in film to one of the festival participants. This year, we honored Sri Lankan actress Malani Fonseka for her exceptional contribution to Sri Lankan cinema. The award was presented by festival director Samuel Holt on June 24th at the KIFF Gala dinner at Hotel Thilanka in Kandy, Sri Lanka.

We’ve prepared a short slideshow on some of the notable events at KIFF so far:

New screening time for Ahasin Wetei (Between Two Worlds) by Vimukthi Jayasundara announced. Ahasin Wetei will be screened at 8pm at the New Venue of the Open Air Theatre at Peradeniya (Wala) on (same day) Saturday June 26th, 2011. We hope to see you there!!

In other news, Malani Fonseka will be at our Gala Dinner at Thilanka Hotel at 8pm on Friday June 25th. A limited number of tickets are also available for purchase, at our KIFF location at Kandy City Center!