7 South Asian films look for a break in Cannes
Six under-production documentaries and an all-set-to-roll fiction feature from South Asia are looking for production and distribution breakthroughs in pitching and mentoring sessions coinciding with the 74th Cannes Film Festival. "Eka (Solo)", the debut feature of Kolkata-born, Mumbai-based Suman Sen, is in La Fabrique Cinema, an Institut Francais-sponsored mentoring programme for young directors.
"We are now just one draft away from the shooting. The pandemic situation permitting, we will start filming in mid-2022," says Sen, who has been in the advertising industry for 15 years.
"The film reflects the time I have lived in for the last couple of years: a time of hatred, intolerance and violence," says Sen.