Cannes

India's first Palme d'Or contender in 30 yrs emerges as frontrunner

One of the final few main Competition titles to premiere at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, Payal Kapadia's "All We Imagine as Light" has instantly emerged as a frontrunner for the Palme d'Or. No Indian female director has ever competed for Cannes' top prize nor has any filmmaker from the country bagged the coveted award. Universally applauded by critics at the festival due to end later today, the spellbinding, magnificently crafted drama about three women finding their way into and out of Mumbai, a city with which they have very tenuous relationships, has put India on the threshold of history. Kapadia, flanked by her four principal actors, Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Hridhu Haroon and Chhaya Kadam, cinematographer Ranabir Das and producers Thomas Hakim of Petit Chaos and Zico Maitra of Chalk and Cheese, addressed critics at the festival's press conference hall on Friday morning. Critics have heaped unstinted press on the film. BBC described "All We Imagine as Light" as universal an

Why Donald Trump's biopic 'The Apprentice' caused a stir at Cannes

Biopic gets eight-minute standing ovation in French Riviera town, angers former US president

Cannes 2024: Aditi Rao Hydari wants us to wish her good luck for event

Bollywood actress Aditi Rao Hydari is all set to attend the 77th Cannes Film Festival. She will go to the prestigious film festival as an ambassador for L'Oreal Paris

Injured Aishwarya heads to Cannes with daughter Aaradhya, fans concerned

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who has been representing India at the Cannes Film Festival was spotted jetting off to the French Riviera yesterday

India platform renamed as 'Bharat Pavilion' at 77th Cannes Film Festival

The India Pavilion, rechristened the Bharat Pavilion, was formally opened on Wednesday morning at the 77th Cannes Film Festival. Explaining the rationale behind the renaming, Mr. Sanjay Jaju, secretary, ministry of information and broadcasting, said: "It symbolises the country's assertion of its traditional storytelling practices while it actively looks for collaborations with the rest of the world." "India," Mr. Jaju said, "is the sutradhar (narrator) of the world." The large Indian presence in the festival is a recognition of that status, the secretary added. The astounding variety of films that India produces and the growing importance of the Diaspora combine to bolster the reach and impact of the nation's "soft touch", Mr Jaju said, adding that he would refrain from using the word "power" in the context of Indian cinema. "We are happy that India is back in the Cannes Competition with a film by a gifted young filmmaker," he said. "This festival is a platform for networking and .

'All We Imagine As Light' first Indian film to compete at Cannes in 30 yrs

Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia's All We Imagine As Light has been selected for the 2024 Cannes Film Festival in the "Competition" category

Cannes Film Festival 2023: Everything you need to know about Indian celebs

The 76th edition of the auspicious Cannes film festival 2023 celebration started off on Tuesday with the debut of the Louis XV period drama Jeanne du Barry, featuring Johnny Depp

Cannes 2023: MoS Murugan wears 'Veshti', shirt with Tricolour on red carpet

"Since we are doing so many events and showcasing our heritage at the G20 year-long plan, it is only fit that we tell the world about it," he added

Anurag Kashyap's Kennedy to be screened at Cannes Film Festival 2023

This is not the first instance when Anurag Kashyap's work has made it to Cannes

In a subcontinental first, Joyland wins Cannes sidebar Jury Prize

Pakistani film "Joyland" won the Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section of the 75th Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first-ever film from the subcontinent to bag the award

Julia Ducournau's Titane wins Palme d'or at Cannes 2021: Details here

The awards of the 74th Cannes Film Festival were decided by a jury chaired by Spike Lee

Cannes Film Festival, cancelled in 2020, postponed to July amid Covid-19

The Cannes Film Festival, cancelled altogether last year by the pandemic, is postponing this year's edition from May to July in hopes of having an in-person festival. Cannes organisers announced Wednesday that this year's festival will now take place July 6-17, about two months after its typical period. The French Riviera festival, which had run for nearly 75 years with few interruptions, is currently hoping the coronavirus recedes enough by summertime. Cannes last year first looked at a postponement its 73rd festival to June or July before ultimately cancelling altogether. The festival still went ahead with a selection announcement to celebrate the films it had planned to include in its prestigious lineup. This year, organisers are intent on having a festival, one way or another. No details were announced Wednesday on what shape a 2021 edition might take.

Cannes Film Festival postponed till July over coronavirus concerns

Total 372 people have died in France because of the deadly virus which originated in China's Wuhan city in December

Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity 2019: India's hunt for awards begins

Domestic agencies send more entries this year

Rich haul at Cannes

Indian ad agencies are learning the art of story-telling

At Cannes, Indian ad firms roar with 27 metals

A Grand Prix and Agency of the Year make this year's outing at the ad fest one of the best for agencies from the country

Focus shifts to finale

The curtains will fall on the 63rd edition of the Cannes Advertising Festival on Saturday. But chances are the Indian contingent could be smiling well after this chapter draws to a close. The reason for this is the clutch of spots on shortlists that Indian agencies have managed to bag before the final set of awards are declared on Saturday.

Advertising's 'social' connect

We've done well at Cannes so far. If I may put it bluntly: We are in our comfort zone. Past performance is an indicator of this

India trails in global creativity sweepstakes

At the end of five days, India has 22 metals in its kitty

The Glass magnet & why print feels small

One of the great things about living in these multi-platform, hyper-kinetic times is that ambition has become a lot more democratic. And, when brands encourage the concept of this democracy, one where every ambition is equal, it touches people and makes the brand more relevant to society. The 'Six-pack band' does exactly that. It's less about music and more about the transgender community's right to dream big and about giving them a new foothold in popular culture. Not just easing them into the social mainstream and consciousness, but doing it with a swagger. A well-deserved Grand Prix that firmly stamps India's dominance in the Glass Lions category for the second year in a row.In fact, India's brilliant haul in the category sparked off a lot of after-dinner conversations and I overheard an American delegate tell his Indian friend - 'You guys can build a nice glass house back home!' Quite a glass magnet we've become!Looking through the winners across categories, one can't help but noti