Sarasavi Award
Awards achieved by the movies of Sumathi Films
Presidential Award
OCIC
SLIM Nielsen Peoples Award
34th Sarasavi Awards Ceremony 2016
03rd Hiru Golden Film Awards 2018
19th Presidential Film Awards 2019
Paththini
SLIM Nielsen People’s Awards
- Best Movie of the year 2016
Derana Film Awards 2017
- Best Actress in Supporting Role: Aruni Rajapaksha
- Best Playback singer (Female): Nirosha Virajini
- Best Costume Design: Venuka Wickramarchchi
- Blockbuster Movie of the Year
34th Sarasavi Awards Ceremony 2016
- Most Popular Movie of the Year
03rd Hiru Golden Film Awards 2018
- Most Popular Movie of the Year 2016
19th Presidential Film Awards 2019
- Highest Patron Response Film – 2016
Uthpalawanna
It won four Sarasavi Awards and four Signis Awards.
Sarasavi Awards
- Best Actress: Sangeetha Weeraratne
- Best – Supporting Actress: Chandrani Seneviratne
- Best Music Director: Nawaratna Gamage
- Merit Award: Chandra Kaluarchchi
Signis Awards
- Creative Acting (female): Sangeetha Weeraratne
- Creative Make-up: Wasantha Vittachchi
- Exceptional Talent: Sandali Welikanna, Roshan Ravindra
Duwata Mawaka Misa
Presidential Film Awards Ceremony, 1998
- Best Film: (Producer Milina Sumathipala)
- Best Director: Sumithra Pieris
- Best Editor: Gladwyn Fernando
- Best Music Director: Nimal Mendis
- Best Sound Recordist: Lionel Gunaratne
- Best Actress: Yashoda Wimaladharma
- Best Supporting Actor: W. Jayasiri
OCIC Film Salutation Festival
- Best Art Director: Mani Mendis
- Talented Support: Yashodha Wimaladharma
Ganga Addara
Sarasaviya Film Festival
- Best Director: Sumithra Pieris
- Best Production: Milina Sumathipala
- Best Actress: Vasanthi Chaturani
- Best Cinematographer: Donald Karunaratne
- Best Music Director: Nimal Mendis
- Best Lyric Writer: Augustus Vinayagaratnam
- Best Art Director: Hemapala Dharmasena
- Best make-up Artist: Ebert Wijesinghe
- Best Sound Recordist: Nimal Weerakkodi
- Best Editor: Lal Piyasena
Presidential Film Awards
- Best Production: Milina Sumathipala
- Best Director: Sumithra Peries
- Best Actress: Vasanthi Chathurani
- Best Script: Tissa Abeysekara
- Best Editor: Lal Piyasena
- Best Lyric Writer: Augustus Vinayagaratnam
- Best Cinematographer: Donald Karunaratne
- Best Art Director: Hemapala Dharmasena
- Best Sound Recordist: Nimal Weerakkodi
- Best make-up Artist: Ebert Wijesinghe
OCIC Awards
- Exceptional Talent: Tony Ranasinghe
Ahasin Polowata
Citation for the Akhenaton Award, presented to ‘White Flowers for the Dead’ (Ahasin Polovata) at the Cairo International Film Festival:
“The Akhenaton Award presented to the Best Third World Film was given to ‘White Flowers for the Dead’ (Ahasin Polovata) directed by Lester James Pieris for portraying the life of the people in Sri Lanka, authentically and in a subtle form of cinematic expression”
Sri Lanka too lavished a whole series of awards to “White Flowers for the Dead (Ahasin Polowata)
Presidential Awards
- Best Direction: Lester James Pieris
- Best Script: Tissa Abeysekera
- Best Actor: Tony Ranasinghe
- Best Cinematographer: Donald Karunaratne
- Best Editor: Sumithra Pieris
- Best Play-back Singer: Rukmani Devi
- Trophy for special talents: Art Direction (Ralex Ranasinghe)
The OCIC Film Salutation Ceremony of 1979
- Best Actor: Tony Ranasinghe
- Best Creative Script: Tissa Abeysekera
- Best Editor: Sumithra Pieris
- Best Cinematographer: Donald Karunaratne
- Best Music Director: Nimal Mendis