Having its roots as early as the 1930s Cannes Festival, held in Cannes, France, aims to promote the development of all forms of cinematographic arts.
Many Indian movies are honoured with Cannes awards. Let's have a look at such India-made films that won big at the Cannes Film Festival:
All That Breathes (2022): Grabbing the Golden Eye award at the Cannes Film Festival, this documentary directed by Shaunak Sen, follows two brothers who try to protect a little bird in an apocalyptic dark background of Delhi.
A Night of Knowing Nothing (2021): Directed by Payal Kapadia, this movie won the Golden Eye award at the Cannes Festival and showcases the dark side of separation as the protagonist grapples through anxiety and pain blending reality with dreams, memories, and fantasies.
CatDog (2020): Winning the Cinéfondation Premier Prix award, this short movie follows a pair of siblings who build their fanciful world around them to keep themselves company in a changing family dynamic.
The Cinema Travelers (2016): Winning at Cannes in the L'Œil d'or Special Mention category, this documentary movie, follows a maverick projector who is also a benevolent showman and an expert exhibitor bearing the beautiful burden of running the last travelling cinemas of the world.
Masaan (2015): Winning two awards at the Cannes Festival, this movie directed by Neeraj Ghaywan and starring Richa Chadha and Vicky Kaushal among others, tells the story of four individual people living along India’s Ganges River.
The Lunchbox (2013): Winning the Grand Rail d’Or Audience Award at the Cannes Film Festival, the movie revolves around an older man and a young housewife and their chance encounter through the lunchbox delivery mishap.
Printed Rainbow (2006): A short animation movie, directed by Gitanjali Rao, it won the Young Critics Award for Best Short Film award at the Cannes Film Festival.
Salaam Bombay! (1988): Winning two awards at the Cannes Film Festival, the movie directed by Mira Nair follows a young boy struggling to survive in a world full of drug dealers, prostitutes, and pimps, in the back alleys and gutter of India.
Neecha Nagar (1946): Directed by Chetan Anand the movie narrates a world where the poor are being exploited by the rich folks of the city. It won the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film award at the Cannes Film Festival.