The India Pavilion at the ongoing Cannes Film Festival has already created enthusiasm amongst filmmakers of the world by showcasing Indian cinema's linguistic, cultural and regional diversity. Odessa-born Bollywood filmmaker Nila Madhab Panda will be conducting a workshop at Cannes on Monday. This workshop, which will be attended by international studios and filmmakers and students from all over the world will be hosted by an Odia for the first time at Cannes.
The events in the India Pavilion at Cannes will also be graced by personalities like Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor, Nandita Das and other eminent people including Ambassador of India to France Mohan Kumar, Director Marche Du Film Jerome Paillard, filmmakers Rakeysh Om Prakash Mehra and Bobby Bedi.
The primary focus will be boosting co-production opportunities with countries India has signed a treaty with, attracting international studios to shoot in the country and exploring new international partnerships in distribution, production, filming in India, script development and technology, and promoting film sales and syndication. Two Indian films Chauthi Koot and Masaan have been chosen for the ‘UN Certain Regard' category at Cannes.