Cannes Docs 2021 version to have documentaries from 4 South Asian international locations

By ANI
WASHINGTON: South Asian international locations together with India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal are able to compete for the docs-in-progress grand prize and different awards on the 2021 version of Cannes Docs of the Cannes Film Festival.

As per Variety, documentaries from these international locations will likely be competing for the USD 11,866 grand prize and different main accolades on the 2021 Cannes Docs version.

Short filmmaker Hezbullah Sultani from Bangladesh will compete amongst others along with his debut characteristic documentary titled ‘Birds Street’. The characteristic will discover Kabul’s showcase for avian life, a nook of town tucked away behind a mosque untouched by struggle or modernization.

As per Variety, the movie is produced and co-edited by Sahraa Karimi, whose characteristic directorial debut ‘Hava, Maryam, Ayesha’ nodded at Venice in 2019, performed at Busan and was Afghanistan’s entry for the Oscars.

Another entry from Bangladesh is ‘Munni’ that follows the life of a kid bride who went on to change into an inspirational soccer coach and protector at an all-girl sports activities academy.

‘Munni’ is helmed by Tahrima Khan Tonni, whose ‘Color of Water’ was funded by the British Council, and he or she was awarded as an International Climate Champion.

It is produced by Abu Shahed Emon, whose characteristic directorial debut ‘Jalal’s Story’ was Bangladesh’s entry to the 2016 Oscars and his manufacturing ‘Sincerely Yours, Dhaka’ was the nation’s submission to the 2019 Oscars, reported Variety.

‘Thirteen Destinations of a Traveller’ by debutant Partha Das can be among the many documentaries that will likely be competing at Cannes Docs. The movie explores two parallel journeys- one sees hundreds of Sufi pilgrims march collectively over days and miles to proclaim unrequited love for humanity, and within the different, a disabled, marginal Muslim man in India tries to remodel his life preventing in opposition to bodily, financial and social challenges looking for love, compassion and happiness.

The mission’s two producers are- Mokhalesur Rahman Talukdar from Bangladesh and Soumya Mukhopadhyay from India.

Subina Shrestha who’s a journalist and a filmmaker (Nepal) will likely be getting into into the competitors together with her movie ‘Devi’, a Nepal-U.Okay.-U.S. co-production that follows a former guerilla fighter who survived wartime rape and decides to battle for justice.

The mission’s producer is Rosie Garthwaite whose Emmy nominated ‘The Workers Cup’ premiered at Sundance in 2017.

According to Variety, the South Asian showcase at Cannes Docs is organized by the International Film Initiative of Bangladesh. Other showcases this 12 months are from Canada, Italy, Chile, Palestine, Paris DOC and Showcase Circle.

Cannes Docs is part of the Cannes Film Festival’s Marche du Film. The awards for a similar will likely be introduced on July 13, this 12 months.