Entertainment Desk: The curtain rises today at the most prestigious Cannes Film Festival in the film world. The 77th edition is being held at the Grand Theater Lumière in the Palais de Festival building in Cannes, France. The Cannes Film Festival will continue until May 25. It is one of the biggest film festivals in the world of entertainment. In 1939, the Cannes Festival, the largest film festival, began.
The 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival is being held at the Grand Theater Lumière in the Palais des Festivals building in France. On this occasion, the big film stars of the world are gathering in this city. A select number of films are screened at the event every year.
This list also includes some Indian movies. The list includes Payal Kapadia’s ‘All We Imagine as Light’ and Shyam Benegal’s ‘Manthan’. There are also several other movies on this list. What are they?
Movies include All We Imagine As Light. Here is the life of a nurse in Mumbai. The British-Indian movie ‘Santosh’ will be screened at the Cannes Film Festival this time.
This movie tells the story of a girl who gets a police job in place of her dead husband and starts working. And based on this work, he got involved in the investigation of the rape and murder of a young girl. The story of the movie is based on Santosh’s life.
The film ‘Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know’ has also been nominated to screen at Cannes. This 16-minute short story shows the life of an elderly woman. There is also Shyam Benegal’s ‘Manthan’. The 1976 movie Manthan has been specially restored for this film festival.
Note that since 2002, it has been known as the Cannes Film Festival. Earlier, it was known as the ‘International Film Festival’. So far, 80 thousand people related to the film have been invited to Cannes. Four thousand journalists from different parts of the world have been invited to Cannes. Five thousand films were screened, and 200 films competed for the Palme d’Or. The monetary value of gold palm is about 26 lakh taka. Every year, 1000 people work to complete the Cannes event.
