Cannes 2021 curtain raiser: India at the French Riviera
India may not have found a place in the prestigious Competition and Un Certain Regard official sections but for two of the strongest films in recent times featured in the sidebars at Cannes this year
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Filmmaker Rahul Jain describes Invisible Demons, his second feature length documentary, as a âsurvival responseâ. Born and raised in Delhi and having stayed away for higher education in the US, he found his health giving way while on a long visit back home. He had to deal with a bad bout of asthma and his lungs were on the verge of collapse.
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After a year that saw the announcement of a full complement of films but no physical screenings, the Cannes Film Festival is back with its 74th edition, amid a slew of Covid-19 protocols in place.
The Indian subcontinent which is in the ‘red’ zone, posing a challenge to industry professionals and scribes from the region who intend to make the trip to the French Riviera has two titles in the Official Selection. Bangladeshi filmmaker Abdullah Mohammad Saad’s ‘Rehana’ is in the Un Certain Regard sidebar. Indian documentarian Rahul Jain’s ‘Invisible Demons’ screens in the special Cinema for the Climate section.
Eka (Solo) , the directorial debut of Suman Sen, has been selected in La Fabrique Cinema de l Institut francais, a tailored programme helping talented young directors from emerging countries increase their international exposure, as part of the Cannes Film Festival.
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