Cannes 2024: A beacon of hope for Indian cinema

Movies By Sujatha Narayanan May 26, 2024 Read the article

For once “India shining” at Cannes is not about who wore which fashion label. India shining at an international film festival for the first time is about Indian Cinema winning.

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The credit for this “first win” goes to Payal Kapadia and her luminous cast and crew who won the prestigious Grand Prix at Cannes 2024 amongst others.

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Anasuya Sengupta, won Best Actress for the Bulgarian film, The Shameless (2024), in the Un Certain Regard category.

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First, this category was brought to light in the Indian media in 1999 with the selection of Shaji N Karun’s Malayalam film Vanaprastham which won all awards for 1999-2000 globally.

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The cinematographer of Vanaprastham, Santosh Sivan, was honoured with The Pierre Angenieux Award at this year’s Cannes festival.

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Chidananda S Naik for “Sunflowers Were The First To Know” (2023), won First Prize in the category—La Cinef.

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Mansi Maheshwari, also won the Third Prize in the same category (La Cinef).

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Kani Kusruti of “All We Imagine As Light” has emerged as a “breakout star” from being in the shadows for a good decade or so.

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