AMDTians Win Special Jury Award and Best Sound Design

AMDTians Win Special Jury Award and Best Sound Design

AMDT Student Awards

Huge congratulations to our AMDTians for winning the Special Jury Award and Best Sound Design Award at the Kagura Film Festival 2025 for their short film 3 Seconds of Summer!

Blending 2D animation and live-action, this powerful short film was created as part of the festival’s competition theme, Social Issues. Held on March 28, 2025, the festival had 14 university teams from across the region competing with thought-provoking, Creative responses to this theme and our AMDTians team stood out.


Meet the team

The team behind 3 Seconds of Summer brought together students and a graduate from across different disciplines, combining skills and Creative perspectives to craft a story that resonated with the jury and audience alike.

AMDT Student Awards

Hussain Nizam
Year 0 Graphic Design & Advertising student

Aaron Michael Seneviratne
Advanced Diploma in Graphic Design student

Nur Salma Zaharan
Advanced Diploma in Animation & VFX student

Lakshika Seneviratne
BA (Hons) Animation & VFX graduate

Their collaboration reflects the spirit of AMDT School of Creativity, where different Creative paths cross and lead to bold, meaningful outcomes.

We are proud of our dreamers & doers. We wish them luck to keep inspiring Creative minds!

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