India to host 'Bharat Parv' at 77th Cannes Film Festival. All you need to know

India will host a pavilion all for itself named "Bharat Parv" at the 77th Cannes Film Festival with several Indian states including Goa, Maharashtra, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Jharkhand, and Delhi likely to take part to help showcase the country's diverse locations and film talent. (Representational Image).

We are just a few days away from the 77th Cannes Film Festival as some of the leading names from the world of entertainment mark their dates to be present at the prestigious festival.

This year's festival, which will be held between May 14-25, will hold extra significance for India as it will be the first time that the country will host a pavilion all for itself, named "Bharat Parv", for famous dignitaries and delegates from around the world. The pavilion will be inaugurated on May 15.

"The Bharat Pavilion at the 77th Cannes Film Festival at 108 village International Riviera, will be inaugurated on May 15 in the presence of eminent film personalities."

"The Bharat Pavilion at Cannes serves as a platform for the Indian film community to engage in various activities, including, fostering production collaborations, curated knowledge sessions, signing distribution deals, greenlighting scripts, B2B meetings and networking with prominent entertainment and media players from around the world," a Press Information Bureau (PIB) release said.

A session that would explore opportunities of film production in collaboration with India, titled "Abundant Incentives and Seamless Facilitations - Come, Create in India" will be organised on May 15 at 12 pm.

The pavilion has been designed by the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad and christened on 'The Sutradhara" for depicting this year’s theme of "Create in India".

Several Indian states including Goa, Maharashtra, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Jharkhand, and Delhi are likely to take part to help showcase the country's diverse locations and film talent.

The release also said that movies such as Shyam Benegal's "Manthan" and The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) student’s film "Sunflowers were first ones to know" would be screened in the Classics and the La Cinef Competitive sections, respectively.

This year, National Award-winning cinematographer Santosh Sivan will be the recipient of the prestigious Pierre Angenieux tribute at the festival and will deliver a masterclass for the delegates, thereby becoming the first Indian to be honoured with this distinction.