Selected Screenings, Talks and Teaching
Republic of Amnesia, Colombian International Human Rights Film Festival (FICDEH), Bogotá, 2026
Republic of Amnesia, Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, 2026
Republic of Amnesia, screening and artist talk, SOAS University of London, 2026
Masterclass, School of Film & Television, Falmouth University, 2026
Possible Landscapes, screening and discussion, Cornell University, 2026
Republic of Amnesia, screening and artist talk, University of Edinburgh, 2025
Possible Landscapes, screening and discussion, Trinity College, University of Cambridge, 2025
The Tent & Republic of Amnesia, guest lecture, Faculty of Architecture, University of Cambridge, 2025
Possible Landscapes, screening and Q&A, Cornell University, 2024
Anatomy of a Protest, screening and panel discussion, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 2024
Nourishing Connections, panel discussion, BFI London Film Festival, 2023
Creative Enquiry, guest lecture, University of Sheffield, 2022
Three Films, guest kecture, University of Johannesburg, 2022
We Love We Self Up Here, screening and Q&A, Harvard University, 2022
Teaching documentary practice in Cuba and Trinidad (Mellon Foundation), 2014–2022
Visiting Scholar, Cornell University, Media Representations of the Sri Lankan Conflict, 2015
Solo Exhibitions
The Tent (two-channel moving-image installation), The Tetley, Leeds, 2019
The Tent (two-channel moving-image installation), Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA), Brighton, 2019
Selected Group Exhibitions
Fragments of Us, Off the Kerb Gallery, Melbourne, 2026
Artists’ Cinema, Jaipur Centre for Art, Jaipur, 2025
One Hundred Thousand Small Tales of Resistance, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka (MMCA), Colombo, 2019
One Hundred Thousand Small Tales of Resistance, Dhaka Art Summit, 2018
Return: In Search of Stillness, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 2017
Embedded Souths, Saigon / Kampala / São Paulo, 2016
Dear Diary: Update All, Neuberger Museum of Art, New York, 2014
Awards
Winner, Society of Architectural Historians Best Film Award (We Love We Self Up Here), 2024
Shortlisted, DIG Awards, Italy (Sri Lanka’s Rebel Wife), 2022
Winner, Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Prize – Best Documentary Short (The Story of One), 2013
Winner, Prism Award, Seattle South Asian Film Festival (Kerosene), 2012
Grants, Commissions & Funders
International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Sri Lanka, 2024
National Endowment for Democracy, 2024
Open Society Foundations, 2019, 2022, 2023
The Tetley (now Yorkshire Contemporary), Arts Council England, British Council, 2018–2019
Education
M.St (Oxon), International Human Rights Law, University of Oxford, 2007–2008
M.A. (Cantab), Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, 1992–1995
- The Tent, (two-channel moving image installation), The Tetley, Leeds, 2019
- The Tent, (two-channel moving image installation), CCA, Brighton, 2019
- Fragments of Us, Off the Kerb Gallery, Melbourne, 2026
- Artists’ Cinema, Jaipur Centre for Art, Jaipur, 2025
- One Hundred Thousand Small Tales of Resistance, MMCA, Colombo, 2019
- One Hundred Thousand Small Tales of Resistance, Dhaka Art Summit, 2018
- Return: In Search of Stillness, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 2017
- Embedded Souths, Saigon/Kampala/São Paulo, 2016
- Dear Diary: Update All, Neuberger Museum of Art, New York, 2014
- Republic of Amnesia screening Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, August 2026
- Republic of Amnesia screening and artist talk, SOAS, London, May 2026
- Masterclass, School of Film and Television, Falmouth University, May 2026
- Possible Landscapes, screening and talk, Cornell University, April 2026
- Republic of Amnesia screening and artist talk, University of Edinburgh, November 2025
- Possible Landscapes screening and talk, Trinity College, Cambridge, March 2025
- The Tent & Republic of Amnesia guest lecture, Cambridge University, March 2025
- Possible Landscapes screening and Q&A, Cornell University, November 2024
- Anatomy of a Protest screening and panel, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, June 2024
- Nourishing Connections, panel discussion on Asian cinema, London Film Festival, Oct 2023
- Creative Enquiry, guest lecture on practice, University of Sheffield, July 2022
- Three Films, guest lecture on practice, University of Johannesburg, July 2022
- We Love We Self Up Here screening and Q&A, Harvard University, March 2022
- Teaching film practice in Cuba & Trinidad, Mellon Foundation, 2014-2022
- Media Representations of the Sri Lankan Conflict, visiting scholar, Cornell University, 2015
- The Tent #2 (ongoing)
- Republic of Amnesia (2025)
- Possible Landscapes (2025)
- Sri Lanka’s Rebel Wife (2022)
- We Love We Self Up Here (2021)
- The Tent (2019)
- International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Sri Lanka (2024)
- National Endowment for Democracy (2024)
- Open Society Foundations (2019, 2022, 2023)
- The Tetley (now Yorkshire Contemporary), Arts Council England, British Council (2018–2019
- Winner Best Film, Society of Architectural Historians, (We Love We Self Up Here), 2024
- Shortlisted, DIG Documentary Awards, Italy, (Sri Lanka’s Rebel Wife), 2022
- Winner, Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Prize, Best Documentary Short, (The Story of One), 2013
- Winner, Prism Award, Seattle South Asian Film Festival, (Kerosene), 2012
- M.St. International Human Rights, University of Oxford, 2007–2008
- MA (Cantab) Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, 1992–1995