Machan
109 mins
Two friends, Manoj (Gihan De Chickera), a bartender, and Stanley (Dharmapriya Dias), a fruit vendor, wish to immigrate to the West to seek their fortune, but have difficulties getting their visa applications approved. They come across an application to a handball tournament in Bavaria, and not even knowing what the game is, they submit themselves and a group of friends as the "Sri Lanka National Handball Team". For appearance's sake, they begin minimal training and then seek travel visas from the German Embassy. Their plans to simply escape into the West upon arrival in Germany are thwarted by the quick appearance of the tournament organizers and an arena of fans eager to see the prowess of the Sri Lanka National Handball Team.
Gihan De Chickera
Manoj
Namal Jayasinghe
Vijith
Sujeewa Priyalal
Piyal
Dayadewa Edirisinghe
Naseem
S. Selvsekaran
Father
Stefano Falivene
Cinematography
Masahiro Hirakubo
Editor
Errol Kelly
Production Design
Robert How
Line Producer
Michael Scheel
Line Producer
Andrew Warren
Line Producer
Mirjam Weber
Associate Producer
Lal Harindranath
Set Decoration
Sandhiya Jayasuriya
Costume Design
Rob Nevis
Costume Design
Ruwanthie De Chickera
Writer
Lalith Dharmawardena
Hairstylist
Nina Heppelmann
Makeup Artist
Saskia Sudau
Makeup Artist
Ebert Wijesinghe
Key Makeup Artist
Oliver Kueper-Grobecker
Unit Manager
Iranthi Abeyasinghe
Production Manager
Christian Klempert
Unit Production Manager
Stephen Haren
Thanks
Stephan Arendt
Driver
Dennis Erdmann
Driver
Welagedara Ranasinghe
Property Master
Johannes Pfaller
Set Decoration
Enzo Enzel
Swing
Fabrizio Pistone
Digital Conform Editor
Davide Piastra
Visual Effects
Damayanthi Fonseka
Casting
Jeewanthi Manik
Script Supervisor
Senaka Nawaratne
Script Supervisor
Caroline Veyssière
Script Supervisor
Constanze Hagedorn
Costume Supervisor
Nathalie Neusüß
Wardrobe Assistant
Anna Scholz
Costume Assistant
Tobias Asam
Second Assistant Director
Dominic Fysh
First Assistant Director
Scott Kirby
First Assistant Director
Prasad Pereira
Second Assistant Director
Julia Schweizer
Third Assistant Director
Phillip Wölke
Crowd Assistant Director
Hans-Jörg Bramm
Boom Operator
Anandar Chandrahasan
Sound Recordist
Robert Farr
Dialogue Editor
Robert Farr
Recording Supervision
Bernhard Joest
Sound Mixer
Mark Paterson
Recording Supervision
Hunor Schauschitz
Boom Operator
Mike Wood
Supervising Sound Editor
Billy A. Campbell
Additional Editor
Fabrizio Conti
Colorist
Pierpaolo Marcelli
Digital Intermediate
Neil Williams
First Assistant Editor
Sven Jenuwein
Assistant Location Manager
Silke Krüger
Location Manager
Malcolm Mantara Rattanapitiya
Location Manager
Matthias Nerlich
Assistant Location Manager
Mark Bousie
Musician
Isobel Griffiths
Orchestrator
Yann McCullough
Music Editor
Tharupathi Munasinghe
Compositor
Cunchana Basanayake
Production Coordinator
Gopi Darmaratnam
Production Accountant
Matthias Fehrenbach
Catering
Katja Hoerstmann
Business Affairs Coordinator
Katharina Holzfuss
Production Assistant
Ceri Hughes
Production Coordinator
Ester Ligori
Production Coordinator
Margaret Metz
Production Coordinator
Anna Orieti
Accountant
Nadya Perera
Assistant Director
Antonello Sammito
Production Coordinator
Wolfgang Schwedler
Production Accountant
Sonja B. Zimmer
Executive Producer
Gero Brugmann
Legal Services
Christian Almesberger
Camera Operator
Birgit Dierken
First Assistant "A" Camera
Martin Frank
Gaffer
Rene Frommholz
Best Boy Grip
Harald Gliesche
Electrician
Eddie Handschak
Video Assist Operator
Ricarda Hibbeln
Additional First Assistant Camera
Rafael Jeneral
First Assistant "B" Camera
Martin Nicolas Kunz
Clapper Loader
M.D. Mahindapala
Additional Photography
Rade Matic
Electrician
Janak Mayadunne
Still Photographer
Harald Mellwig
First Assistant Camera
André Morgen
Electrician
Nadine Neuneier
Second Assistant "A" Camera
Ariyarathne Perera
Gaffer
Ilko Petkow
Key Grip
Roland Schütz
Still Photographer
Stefan Walkowiak
Grip
Marc Ehrenbold
Steadicam Operator
Ruwanthie De Chickera
Screenplay