Why is it in the news?

• Indian directors Payal Kapadia and Sandhya Suri will showcase their films at the Cannes Film Festival 2024.

More about the news

• Kapadia’s “All We Imagine As Light” will screen In Competition, while Suri’s “Santosh” will be part of Un Certain Regard.
• Kapadia’s film is her fiction debut, depicting the story of two nurses from Kerala working in a Mumbai nursing home.
• Suri’s “Santosh” is a character-driven neo-noir set in Northern India, featuring Shahana Goswami in the lead.
• Both films have received support from international producers such as Good Chaos in the UK and Haut et Court in France.
• The directors represent the growing recognition of Indian cinema on the global stage, supported by organizations like the British Film Institute, BBC Film, and ZDF/ARTE.
• Last year, Anurag Kashyap’s “Kennedy” and Kanu Behl’s “Agra” were selected for different sections of the festival.