the curtains are all set to go up on tuesday evening on the 75th cannes film festival the first fullfledged inperson edition of the event in three years with the screening of michel hazaniviciuss moviethemed french zombie comedy final cut india the country of honour at the 2022 marche du film cannes film market marks her 75th year as an independent nation with a sixfilm package to be screened in the market it includes actor r madhavans directorial debut rocketry the nambi effect scheduled for release in early july the five other films cherrypicked by the ministry of information and broadcasting are nikhil mahajans marathilanguage godavari shankar srikumars alpha beta gamma biswajeet boras boomba ride achal mishras dhuin and jayarajs tree full of parrots all these will be showcased on a screen in the marche du film in the festival proper however indias presence is at best fringe shaunak sens sundance world cinema grand jury prizewinning documentary film all that breathes pratham khuranas short film in le cinef a competition for film schools and juror deepika padukone are the only official participants this year in the worlds premier film festival on the sidelines of the festival however a clutch of new indian film projects will look for global breakthroughs via pitching and mentoring sessions organised as part of either the cannes film festival or marche du film leading this pack is ftii student gourab kumar mullicks starfruits produced by umesh vinayak kulkarnis arbhaat films samir sarkars magic hour films and fellowftii alumnus yudhajit basu it is among nine fiction films and one documentary shortlisted for la fabrique les cinemas du monde a programme hosted by institute francais as part of the cannes film festival in the directors own words starfruits seeks to present a contrast to the archetypal image of the gangster fighting the system through a unique love story the 10 la fabrique 2022 filmmakers will be mentored by midi z a myanmarborn taiwanese director whose credits include the features ice poison the road to mandalay and nina wu in the la fabrique 2022 mix are two other south asian projects abinash bikram shahs elephants in the fog nepal and seemab guls haven of hope pakistan in an unprecedented double break shah also has a 14minute short film in the cannes short films competition lori melancholy of my mothers lullabies another indian film that is likely to be in the news in the months ahead is rajesh s jalas chingari spark produced by the director himself with prayaas deeptis inquilab studios it is one of five projects from across the world selected by the hong kong asia film financing forum for its haf goes to cannes programme the short synopsis of chingari reads a filmmaker on assignment follows a cremator and an old woman in the ancient city of banaras with his camera soon hidden realities emerge and the filmmakers real mission unfolds among jalas bestknown film is the internationally acclaimed 2008 documentary children of the