A celebration of Colombo’s wildlife, created in collaboration with third-generation kite artisans from Colombo. Led by the artistic vision of KumKum Fernando, with project curation and visual documentation by Nuwan, and support from Cinnamon Life, this extraordinary display brought over 2,000 handcrafted kites to life in January 2025. More than just an exhibit, The Meeting in the Sky is a creative journey honoring Sri Lanka’s artistry and natural beauty. This unique installation, crafted with traditional kite makers, features kites that embody Colombo's rich biodiversity. Creative Director / Designer - Kumkum Fernando Illustrator - Luongdoo Kite Artistan - Kavishka Gayashantha Production Coordinator / Visual Documentation - Nuwan Attanayake Creative Agency - Ki Client - Cinnamon Life
Project Curation and Visual Documentation
ELE ELE (2025)
Yet another bold collaboration with KumKum Fernando, sparked by a daring idea—what if we could capture the true essence of the jungle? Forests, rain, earth, and elephants. Nuwan began from scratch, researching how to bring this vision to life—exploring the science behind it, coordinating with local government bodies to secure a natural material no one had ever requested before, and orchestrating the logistics to source it in the right condition until the distillation provides the drops of this essence of the jungle. For him, it’s a celebration of curating the unthinkable, with a "Clink!"—here’s to the unseen and unheard that lies ahead, a journey that encapsulates both mystical and exhilarating.
Creative Director / Designer - Kumkum Fernando Created in partnership with - ITI The Industrial Technology Institute Production Curation / Visual Documentation - Nuwan Attanayake Creative Agency - Ki Client - Cinnamon Life
Product Development
Amuthu (2024)
Amuthu is a mission of two friends, Nuwan and Shehan, whose fascination developed through observations of their surrounding island ecosystems. They make films together and also make things and grow plants. Established in 2023, Amuthu envisions a lifelong journey with mycellium, from food and medicine to materials. They see the potential of mycellium in global society in the decades to come. ‘There is an entire world of new food and material waiting to be discovered’ is their ground zero that keeps them moving us to produce more with less.
Product Development
Kendi (2023)
Embracing a profound sense of fiber-conciousness, ‘Kendi’ was setup in 2023, by Nuwan, Having a picture of a daytoday agriculture bi-products and invasive plants seamlessly evolving into ordinary materials like paper and composites, and extraordinary new designs of contemporary use. Commitment is on reintroducing everyday plant materials into everyday life in society, unlocking their incredible versatility that will shape our material future.
Documentary
Hardboiled Wonderland (2024)
HARD BOILED WONDERLAND SRI LANKA presents a political form of concert as a reaction to some of the pressing societal, social and ecological issues in Sri Lanka. 4 Sri Lankan musicians, 4 German musicians along with Nuwan and Shehan were travelling around the island, reaching true local centric audience with the intentions of opening up a conversations in groundlevels where the voices are unheard of.
Co Producer: Sumudi Suraweera, Sebastian Gramss | Musician / Composer: Jonas Engels, Christian Lorenzen , Max Hilbrand, Sarani Perera, Amila Sandaruwan, Hania Luthufi | Artistic and executive producer and content manager: Ana Lakcevic Video Documentation: Nuwan Attanayake, Shehan Obeysekara
Documentary
Where We’re From (2019)
An ode to friendship doing what we love unplanned, the sights and the sounds we shared, now we share it with you.
Film by Nuwan Attanayake & Shehan Obeysekere Audio Mix & Master - Sarani Perera
Advertiesment
MAS Twinery (2022)
This campaign focuses on inclusivity in the MAS product range by understanding the global market. Creative was from iFilm Sri Lanka. The line production work was facilitated by Carbon Date Films.
Directed by - Jason Rajasinghe Produced by - iFIlm Sri Lanka Client - MAS holdings
Documentary
Untapped (2023)
Filmed and Directed by Nuwan Attanayake, UNTAPPED charts the rise of a growing bamboo movement in Sri Lanka, featuring international bamboo expert Jörg Stamm.
Sound by Sarani Perera Produced by Una Bambu
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About
Somewhere between vision and experiment, the chaos and the curation, I create. Cameras roll, mycelium breathes, and research unearths the unexpected. I chase the unruly, the untamed, the daring ideas where art and science ignite. A filmmaker, a collector of images and instincts, a curator of the crazy unhinged.
From constructing visual narratives to executing ideas that disrupt the expected, my work moves fluidly across disciplines, weaving them together to spark unheard of connections. Whether producing on set, assembling teams to chase a radical new concept, or curating immersive experiences, I navigate the void where imagination meets reality.
Nothing is static. Nothing is off limits. That’s the point.
let it be either an art or a science project, the process is always the same... breaking down my thoughts and find a way through... It’s fun, trust me!
Light the ideas that matter...
The objective is to stir the consciousness and collaborate around ideas that really matter.
