{"id":24128,"date":"2015-03-12T13:43:01","date_gmt":"2015-03-12T08:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/womenandmedia.org\/?p=5545"},"modified":"2015-03-12T13:43:01","modified_gmt":"2015-03-12T08:13:01","slug":"wmc-short-film-competition-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/womenandmedia.org\/si\/wmc-short-film-competition-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"WMC Short Film Competition 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The awards for the winning short films of the Women and Media Collectives short film competition were presented at the opening ceremony of WMC\u2019s 30th anniversary exhibition on the 10th of February 2015.<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5546 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/womenandmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/1st-place-Jayaweera-450x280.jpg\" alt=\"1st place Jayaweera\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This year first place went to J.P. Kusum Jayaweera for \u2018Weegawath Gahaniya\u2019 (Speed Woman). Kusum is a nurse from the Anuradhapura teaching hospital and this is her first attempt at producing a short film.<\/p>\n<p>Second place was awarded to the short film \u2018Women\u2019s Political Participation\u2019 by Lahiru Sameera, a fourth year student at the University of Visual and Performing Arts in Colombo.<\/p>\n<p>And third place was a tie between two undergraduate students, Harshani Sandareka and Sugandhi K. Perera, for the short film \u2018Awanka\u2019 and a retired teacher from Awissavella and a mother of four children Kalyani Weedagama for the short film \u2018Babarunta Debaru\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The winning short films were screened at the opening ceremony and right throughout the exhibition to visitors.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9W_K8g44dPU?rel=0\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Related links<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/womenandmedia.org\/iwd-2015-short-film-festival-equality-for-women-is-progress-for-all\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IWD 2015 Short Film Festival: Equality for women is progress for all<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/womenandmedia.org\/winners-wmc-short-film-competition-2014\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Winners: WMC Short Film Competition 2014<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/womenandmedia.org\/shortlisted-scripts-wmc-short-film-competition-2014\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shortlisted scripts: WMC short film competition 2014<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/womenandmedia.org\/wmc-short-film-competition-2013-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WMC short film competition 2013<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-24128 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/womenandmedia.org\/si\/placeholder-1-1-png-2\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/womenandmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/placeholder-1-1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/womenandmedia.org\/si\/services_2_icon_4-svg-2\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"148\" height=\"148\" src=\"https:\/\/womenandmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Services_2_Icon_4.svg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/womenandmedia.org\/si\/services_2_icon_3-svg-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"148\" height=\"148\" src=\"https:\/\/womenandmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Services_2_Icon_3.svg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/womenandmedia.org\/si\/services_2_icon_3-svg-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"148\" height=\"148\" src=\"https:\/\/womenandmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Services_2_Icon_3.svg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/womenandmedia.org\/si\/placeholder-2-png-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/womenandmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/placeholder-2-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/womenandmedia.org\/si\/placeholder-2-png-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/womenandmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/placeholder-2-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/womenandmedia.org\/si\/placeholder-1-1-png-2\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/womenandmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/placeholder-1-1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The awards for the winning short films of the Women and Media Collectives short film competition were presented at the opening ceremony of WMC\u2019s 30th anniversary exhibition on the 10th of February 2015. 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