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In a first, India named the Country Of Honour at Cannes Film Market
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For the first time, the Marché du Film will have an official Country Of Honour this year,which also marks 75 years of India’s independence & Festival de Cannes
BOMBAY TIMES (May 5, 2022)
India will be the official Country of Honour for the Cannes Marché du Film (Film Market), at the 75th Cannes Film Festival, which will be held from May 17 to 25 this year. This will be the first time that the market will have an official Country Of Honour and is expected to continue this tradition during its future editions.
Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Singh Thakur will be delivering a welcome address during a ceremony to kick off the market celebrations on May 18 at the Majestic Beach. The India Forum will be the first event to open the conference program of the Marché du Film on May 19, where the panel discussion, India: The Content Hub of the World, will feature Prasoon Joshi, CBFC chairperson and veteran filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, among others.
‘WE ARE DELIGHTED TO CELEBRATE 75 YEARS OF INDIAN INDEPENDENCE COINCIDING WITH THE 75TH FESTIVAL DE CANNES’
“We are delighted to have India as our Country of Honour this year at the Marché du Film; and even happier to be able to share the celebration of our anniversary that we have in common – 75 years of Indian independence coinciding with the 75th Festival de Cannes,” said Jérôme Paillard & Guillaume Esmiol, Executive Directors of the Marché du Film.
‘THIS WILL SEND OUT A MESSAGE TO THE WHOLE WORLD THAT INDIA IS THE CONTENT HUB OF THE WORLD’
“It is a momentous occasion for India, the land of storytellers and a feat in our soft power as India is the first Country of Honour at the 75th Cannes Film Festival,” Anurag Thakur told us, adding, “This has come at a time when India is celebrating Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav and the year 2022 also marks 75 years of diplomatic relations between India and France. I am also proud that India is also a Country of Honour at Cannes Next where five startups will get to pitch to AV industry.”
As one of the highlights of India’s status as the Country of Honour, a special screening of the restored Satyajit Ray film Pratidwandi is planned in the Cannes Classics selection. Anurag Thakur added, “We are happy that the the legendary cinematic excellence of Satyajit Ray will be on display at Cannes through his classic Pratidwandi. Through Cannes, we will send out a message to the whole world that India is the content hub of the world. With tremendous improvement in ease of doing business and industry-friendly policies, India is open to contributing in all aspects of filmmaking.”
The festival’s official press release also quoted Apurva Chandra, Secretary, I&B ministry, as saying, “We are taking giant strides in making India the content hub of the world, and this collaboration will be crucial in making the world better acquainted with what India has to offer.”
The Cannes Film Festival will also feature world premieres of a selection of Indian films, which will be held at the Olympia Cinema. India will also be spotlighted in their various other programmes, including Goes to Cannes, Cannes XR and Animation Day, stated the official press release issued by the festival.
Satyajit Ray's Pratidwandi to be screened at Cannes Classic section; NFDC screens Pather Panchali
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Ruman Ganguly (BOMBAY TIMES; May 5, 2022)
Satyajit Ray’s Pratidwandi has been officially selected for screening at the Cannes Film Festival 2022. The National Award-winning film of1970 will be screened at the festival’s Cannes Classics section. The news could not have come at a better time, as May 2 marked Satyajit Ray’s 101st birthday. Director Sandip Ray, son of the legendary filmmaker, says, “I heard Pratidwandi was restored recently, so I just hope that the restored version is screened at the festival.”
Pratidwandi, written and directed by Satyajit Ray, is based on the novel by Sunil Gangopadhyay. The film unfolds the story of Siddharta, an educated middle-class man caught up in the turmoil of social unrest. It bagged three National Film Awards, including Best Direction, in 1971. It also won a nomination for the Gold Hugo Award at the Chicago International Film Festival 1971. Pratidwandi is the first film of Ray's Calcutta Trilogy, which continued with Seemabaddha (1971) and Jana Aranya (1976).
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NFDC screens Pather Panchali on Satyajit Ray’s 101st birth anniversary by procuring Academy-restored print after the film was lost in 1993 fire
Mohar Basu (MID-DAY; May 5, 2022)
To celebrate Satyajit Ray’s 101st birth anniversary, the National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC) hosted a special screening of Pather Panchali (1955), one of the legend’s most defining works, in Mumbai on Wednesday. Ardent cinephiles will know that the renowned drama has a history of its own. In 1993, the original negatives of many of Ray’s films were shipped to Henderson’s Film Laboratories in south London, from where they were to be taken to the Academy Film Archive for preservation.
However, when a fire broke out in July 1993 at the laboratory, it destroyed more than 25 original negatives, including The Apu Trilogy. Fortunately, the films were restored as the negatives were rehydrated, repaired and scanned in 4K resolution as part of Academy Film Archive’s landmark restoration.
Ravinder Bhakar, MD, NFDC, is proud that the organisation could facilitate the restored version’s first screening in the country, along with screening of other movies made by and on Ray. “We are happy to have the Academy-restored print from USA. It’s befitting for the museum to have the best restored version of Satyajit Ray’s most iconic film,” he shares, adding that the National Film Archive of India is restoring 10 more films. “Sonar Kella, Hirak Rajar Deshe and Seemabaddha will be screened.”
A still from Pather Panchali
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