Prasanna Vithanage's film to premiere at London Film Festival

Prasanna Vithanage's seventh feature film Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka (With You, Without You) will have its European premiere at 56th London Film Festival which will be held from October 10 to 23. The film is scheduled to be screened on October 13, 15 and 17. All three shows have been sold out weeks in advance to the screenings.

Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka has been described in the festival catalogue as "Sri Lanka's independent cinema at its best". It is a bilingual film (Sinhala/Tamil) which stars Shyam Fernando,

Indian actress Anjali Patil, Wasantha Moragoda and Maheshwari Ratnam. M.D. Mahindapala (Cinematographer), A. Sreekar Prasad (Editor), Lakshman Joseph De Saram (Music Composer), Tapas Nayak (Sound Designer) and Rob Nevis (Production Designer) have contributed to 'Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka'.

Daminda D. Madawala is the assistant director and Ebert Wijesinghe handled the make-up. Kalpana Ariyawansa and Vindana Ariyawansa contributed as Line Producers.

A co-production between India and Sri Lanka, Lasantha Nawarathna and Mohamed Adamaly produced 'Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka'. Rahul Roy, Iranthi Abeysinghe, Sunil Fonseka and Nadira Adamaly joined as the executive producers.