New Delhi-based Odia producer Jitendra Mishra on Monday said he would represent and promote ten meaningful Indian films during the 68th Cannes International Film Festival in France to be held from May 13 to 25.
Mishra was also at the Cannes festival last year for Solila Parida’s award winning Hollywood film Desires of the Heart, which was premiered at the film market of the Cannes gala and was well received by the audience.
Mishra is travelling to the festival for ten days with some other Indian feature films and documentaries this year with an objective to spread the essence of Indian cinema among the larger international audience.
Mishra has developed a special film platform where he is trying to be the bridge between meaningful cinema and international markets in terms of taking them to the global platform.
Mishra has earlier promoted films like I Am Kalam, Desires of the Heart and Chausar. He is representing four award winning children’s feature films in the film market. Produced by Children’s Film Society India (CFSI), these are Gattu, The World of Goopi & Bagha, Kaphal and Pappu ki Pugdandi.
Mishra has also scheduled the market premier of two feature films during the Cannes festival. These are Madhureeta Anand’s award winning film Kajarya and Judhajit Sarkar’s Goatspeak. Kajarya deals with the topic of sex determination in India and violence against women. The film will be screened at Cannes on May 16.
Goatspeak tells about the freewheeling passion of youth and the unpredictable perils of fate. It is the tale of 22-year-old Salma’s journey through kinship, friendship, love, failure, and success in the boxing ring. It will be screened on May 17.