The 20th Presidential Awards festival (Sinhala: 20 වැනි ජනාධිපති සම්මාන උලෙළ), presented by the Sri Lanka Film Corporation with the collaboration of the Presidential Secretariat (Sri Lanka) of Sri Lanka and the Ministry of Media,^[1] was held on November 14, 2023, at the Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa Theatre, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka.^[2] His Excellency The President Ranil Wickramasinghe was the chief guest at the awards night.^[3]

The event, which was not held since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, handed over 53 awards after reviewing 42 films screened in 2019 and 2020.^[4]

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Uga Abimani Swarna Sinha Award

• Cyrl Wikrama
• Chandram Rathnam
• Swenetha Weerasinghe

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