The Presidential Film Awards 2023 ceremony was held at the Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa Theatre, Colombo on November 14 under the patronage of President Ranil Wickremesinghe on a grand scale. Transport, Highways and Media Minister Dr. Bandula Gunawardena and National Film Corporation Chairman Deepal Chandraratne were also present. From left to right: Kamal Addararachchi was honoured as the Best Actor for 2019 for his role in the film Ginnen Upan Seethala, Samadhi Laksiri was recognised as the Best Actress for 2019 for the film Dekala Purudu Kenek (her sister received the award on behalf of her), Kumara Thirimadura received the Best Actor award for 2020 for The Newspaper and Neeta Fernando received the Best Actress award for 2020 for the film Panshu at the film awards ceremony conducted for the 20th time.
(Pictures by Nissanka Wijeratne and Sulochana Gamage)
