41st SIGNIS Awards
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| 41st SIGNIS Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | August 25, 2018 |
| Site | Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Sri Lanka |
| Produced by | SIGNIS |
| Directed by | Helen Osman |
| Highlights | |
| Best Picture | Premaya Nam |
| Most awards | Premaya Nam (5) |
| Most nominations | Premaya Nam |
| Television coverage | |
| Network | Upali Newspapers |
The 41st SIGNIS Sri Lanka Salutation Awards Ceremony 2018 festival (Sinhala: 41 වැනි සිග්නීස් සම්මාන උලෙළ), presented by the SIGNIS, was held to honor the cinema and television in Sri Lanka on August 25, 2018, at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo, Sri Lanka.[1] Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka was the chief guest at the awards night.[2] Theme for the Salutation Ceremony was "The Proud Display of Youth Vitality in the Global Motion Picture Discourse".[3]
In the ceremony, 26 films and 18 teledramas were nominated for the awards and three Signis International Awards were presented for actress Kanthi Lanka, Sumana Amarasinghe and film conservator and producer Tissa Nagodavithana. Signis Prize Awards were presented on the occasion of the 30th anniversary for the Rev. Fr. Marceline Jayakody.[4]