Iranthi Abeysinghe

Iranthi is a highly sought after local and international line-producer who has worked with many acclaimed film directors of local and international repute.

Iranthi is a highly sought after local and international line-producer who has worked with many acclaimed film directors of local and international repute. She has been in the field of cinema and TV for the past twenty five years.

Iranthi has produced feature films, documentaries, TV serials, reality shows, game shows, television commercials and has many international awards to her credit.

Some of the internationally acclaimed multiple award winning feature films she has been a producer for include This is my Moon, Flying with One wing, Letter of Fire and Ini Avan (Line Producer) (Directed by Asoka Handagama), Tasher Desh (Line Producer) (Directed by Qaushik Mukherjee), as well as With you without you and Flowers in the Sky (Directed by Prasanna Vithanage). Machang (Production Manager) (Directed by Uberto Passolini),

She has also line produced several acclaimed documentaries, including Cemetery, Directed by Carlos Casas in 2014 and The Peking Express Reality Travel Documentary (France, 2014 & Spain, 2016).
Iranthi’s production management is unparalleled in the country, and therefore is considered to be the best the country has.

Sandya Salgado

Thinker. Planner. Doer. That’s what Sandya is. ‘Impossible is Nothing’ (with apologies to the creator) is what she believes in, be it her personal or professional life!

Thinker. Planner. Doer. That’s what Sandya is. ‘Impossible is Nothing’ (with apologies to the creator) is what she believes in, be it her personal or professional life!

Sandya is a communications professional and a strategically creative business manager with thirty years of experience in the private sector and in the development sector, serving the World Bank.

She has always been a supporter of the arts, and loves the medium of cinema in particular. She provided marketing and management input to plan and implement the first ever International Film Festival in Colombo (IFFC 2014) and also subsequently, IFFC in 2015.

Sandya has a degree in languages from the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, an MBA in International Business from Edith Cowan University, Australia and is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, (MCIM –UK). She followed intensive summer courses at Johns Hopkins University, USA on Leadership in Strategic Communications and a Strategic Business Management program in Japan.

Priyath Salgado

As the Chairman of Film Island, Priyath brings a sharp financial acumen to the team, in addition to being a film buff.

As the Chairman of Film Island, Priyath brings a sharp financial acumen to the team, in addition to being a film buff.

Priyath has had an illustrious journey in the finance and general management disciplines during his twenty eight year career at Singer Sri Lanka. He held the positions of Credit Director and Finance Director during this period.

He held board positions of Singer Sri Lanka and Singer Finance until he retired in 2014.

Priyath was trained at NUS in Corporate Planning and General Management during his tenure.

He has been providing training on finance for non-finance managers of the company and was responsible for maintaining financial discipline and controls of the 400 plus branch network of Singer Sri Lanka.

Prior to joining Singer Sri Lanka, he was attached to the apparel sector at the pioneering stages of the industry.