DR LESTER JAMES PERIES FILMOGRAPHY

YEAR FILM

1956 REKAVA 1960 SANDESAYA 1963 GAMPERALIYA 1966 DELOVAK ATHARA 1967 RAN SALU 1968 GOLU HADAWATHA 1969 AKKARA PAHA 1972 NIDHANAYA 1972 DESA NISA 1975 THE GOD KING 1976 MADOL DUWA 1978 AHASIN POLAWATA 1979 PINHAMI VEERA PURAN APPU 1980 BADDEGAMA 1982 KALIYUGAYA 1983 YUGANTHAYA 1995 AWARAGIRA 2002 WEKANDE WALAUWA 2006 AMMAWARUNE SHORT FILMS ARELY A MONTH PASSED 1950 A SINHALESE DANCE SINCE SRI LANKA’S CINE- 1951 SOLILOQUY-12 MIN MA ICON CELEBRATED HIS FAREWELL TO CHILDHOOD 1954 CONQUEST IN THE DRY ZONE 99TH BIRTHDAY. A TWELVE- 1955 BE SAFE OR BE SORRY MONTH INTO CELEBRATING BCENTURY, DR LESTER AWARDS AND JAMES PERIES’ LIFE ITSELF IS A STORY OF CELEBRATION. HE WILL BE THE RECOGNITION CHAPTER ETCHED IN SRI LANKAN CIN- 1950 AMATEUR CINE WORLD SILVER PLAQUE FOR THE EXPERIMENTAL EMA CHRONICLE. FILM “FAREWELL TO CHILDHOOD” – TEN BEST FILMS OF THE YEAR – GREAT BRITAIN.

1951 THE MINI CINEMA CUP FOR THE SHORT FILM “SOLILOQUY” FOR DISPLAYING THE BEST TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY BY THE INSTITUTE OF AMATEUR AND EXPERIMENTAL FILM MAKERS FESTIVAL -GREAT BRITAIN

1954 DIPLOMA OF HONOUR VENICE FILM FESTIVAL FOR THE FILM CONQUEST IN THE DRY ZONE

1997 COMMANDEUR (COMMANDER) IN THE ORDRE DES ARTS ET DES LETTRES (ORDER OF ARTS AND LETTERS) FROM THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT.

2000 RECIPIENT OF THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AT THE 31ST INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF INDIA

2002 ISSUANCE OF A NATIONAL STAMP DEDICATED TO LESTER ON APRIL 5.

2003 CANNES INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. FELLINI GOLD MEDAL AWARDED BY UNESCO FOR OUTSTANDING FILM CAREER.

2004 A HYBRID ORCHID WAS NAMED AFTER DR LESTER JAMES PERIES ON MARCH 11

2007 SRI LANKABHIMANYA THE HIGHEST CIVIL HONOUR OF SRI LANKA. Photo courtesy: ANCL Library