Machan, a movie by Uberto Pasolini, will have its premier at the Venice Film Festival on August 27, and will later be shown at Toronto International Film Festival.
The film tells the story of young men of the Sri Lankan National Handball Team and a handball tournament in Germany.
An article by Susitha R. Fernando (The Sunday Times) quotes the following:
"Illegal immigrants is not a menace, but it is an issue, a big issue which I think the West is handling in a wrong way," Pasolini explained. "I believe that just as free movement of financial capital there should be free movement of the human capital. I think the immigration policy of the West has to be changed and must be open. And work permits must be more easily available. The West rejects unskilled labour while skilled people are being trained at great cost by the developing countries," the internationally renowned director said.
"It is ironical that that the film happened to have its premiere and first commercial distribution in Italy, the country where the "National Handball Team" is said to have been living now and also a dream haven for many other youths in Sri Lanka," renowned filmmaker and the producer of 'Machan' Prasanna Vithanage said.
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