Machan

I saw this movie at the 13th IFFK. "Machan" is a sweet, overly earnest immigration comedy-with-a-soul. Based on the true story of a group of Sri Lankans flying to Bavaria and pretending to be the national handball team.
Serious bartender Manoj (Gihan de Chickera) and scampish fruit-seller Stanley (Dharmapriya Dias) have their visas to Germany rejected. Stumbling on a flier for a handball tournament in Germany, and desperate to better themselves abroad, they apply without knowing what the sport is about. A motley team is assembled, with the intention of disappearing into the night once they've landed in Europe, but an unexpected welcoming committee means the guys need to delay escape until after the games.

Blindness

I saw this movie at the 13th International Film Festival of Kerala. Although this edition of the festival was not quiet impressive, this movie was a great experience. I liked the concept very much and the visualisation was superb.
A city is ravaged by an epidemic of instant "white blindness". Those first afflicted are quarantined by the authorities in an abandoned mental hospital where the newly created "society of the blind" quickly breaks down. Criminals and the physically powerful prey upon the weak, hording the meager food rations and committing horrific acts. There is however one eyewitness to the nightmare. A woman whose sight is unaffected by the plague follows her afflicted husband to quarantine. There, keeping her sight a secret, she guides seven strangers who have become, in essence, a family. She leads them out of quarantine and onto the ravaged streets of the city, which has seen all vestiges of civilization crumble. Their voyage is fraught with danger, yet their survival and ultimate redemption reflect the tenacity and depth of the human spirit.
To prepare for the film, the actors, extras and crew participated in "blind camps." They were blindfolded, taken in a car to an unknown location, and left in the middle of the street. However, there were always somebody there to guide them. Despite this, the director claimed that someone would always breakdown.