Cannes Film Festival 2024: Take a peek at the 10 Indian films that are making waves at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival

New Delhi: A varied collection of Indian films is storming the world scene at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, making it a watershed moment for Indian cinema.

This year, this esteemed film festival will be showcasing a plethora of Indian films from different states.

The opening of the 77th Cannes Film Festival was May 14, 2024, and the festival will run until May 25, 2024. Opening hours for May 13–14 were 11:30 am–11:30 pm IST, and for May 15–25, were 12:30 pm–9:30 pm IST, as stated on the official website.

France Television in France will be broadcasting the event live. The official YouTube account and website of Cannes will also be live-streaming the event, so anybody around the globe may see it.

Check out these ten Indian cinematic treasures that are sure to wow reviewers and moviegoers with their innovative storytelling and thought-provoking dramas.

1. All We Imagine As Light

This film, directed by Payal Kapadia, follows Nurse Prabha and is set in Mumbai. Her routine is disrupted when her separated husband surprises her with a present. In vain, her younger roommate Anu searches the city to have an intimate encounter with her husband.

2. Santosh

⭐️ CANNES FILM FESTIVAL ⭐️

Sandhya Suri’s debut feature SANTOSH will premiere in Un Certain Regard at Cannes. The film is financed by @BBCFilm, @BFI and @ARTEfr, with Mike Goodridge’s Good Chaos producing, alongside Balthazar du Ganay’s Lionfish Films and Razor pic.twitter.com/hMdVdy2aYV

— LARK (@LARKmanagement) April 11, 2024

Filmmaker Sandhya Suri’s feature-length directorial follows Santosh as she takes up her late husband’s position as a police constable in Northern India’s remote badlands. Her involvement in the investigation into the discovery of a girl’s death begins when she is taken under the wing of Inspector Sharma.

3. Sunflowers Were The First Ones To Know

Big Announcement!

We are honoured to share that FTII’s student film “Sunflowers were the first ones to know” is selected to compete at 77th Cannes Film Festival

It is the only Indian film among 18 shorts selected from 2,263 entries by film schools all over the world. pic.twitter.com/ny2HpNU8RR

— FTII (@FTIIOfficial) April 24, 2024

Chidanand Naik, a student at the Film and Television Institute of India, directed the short film Sunflowers Were First Ones To Know. The village is in chaos after an elderly woman steals the rooster. The old lady’s family is exiled to bring the rooster back by prophecy.

4. Manthan

Just 3 days to go!! The 4K restored version of Shyam Benegal’s iconic film ‘Manthan’ (1976) will be making its world premiere at the @Festival_Cannes this Friday, May 17, 2024, at 8:45 pm CEST at the Salle Buñuel.https://t.co/nnDVq2YMC8 pic.twitter.com/JE1LsIVDh2

— Film Heritage Foundation (@FHF_Official) May 14, 2024

In the Shyam Benegal film, a veterinary doctor Dr. Rao visits a rural community to establish a milk cooperative for the benefit of the locals. Unfortunately, this has upset both Sarpanch and the rich businessman Mishraji. Witnessing Dr Rao’s White Revolution is an experience not to be missed.

5. Sister Midnight

The first look clip from SISTER MIDNIGHT is going to showcase at Cannes!
Starrer @radhika_apte#RadhikaApte

#SisterMidnight #Quinzaine2024 pic.twitter.com/Czkpyx4YKa

— Movie times 🍿 𝕩 (@the_last_man00) May 11, 2024

In Mumbai, Karan Kandhari’s film follows an arranged marriage that turns sour as the husband sees his wife become a brute.

6. The Shameless

Renuka flees to a northern Indian sex worker settlement after murdering a policeman in a Delhi brothel. She has an illicit affair with 17-year-old Devika. They seek freedom against all obstacles.

7. In The Retreat

Another Indian film #InRetreat by #MaisamAli to have its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival 2024, in the Cannes parallel section Acid, run by France’s Association for the Diffusion of Independent Cinema (ACID) @AssociationACID.

Ft. @theHarishKhanna https://t.co/TNzA86vQwB pic.twitter.com/drQWhMAfDk

— CinemaRare (@CinemaRareIN) April 16, 2024

Maisam Ali says this feature follows a guy through a night. The missing one returns to a mountain town between fall and winter. In his 50s, usually late and having missed his brother’s burial, he stands at the old home’s doorway.

8. Bunnyhood

We’re proud to announce that, for the 4th year running, an @NFTSFilmTV grad film has been selected for @Festival_Cannes!

Hear from director Mansi Maheshwari & producer @AshionyeOgene as they talk about the genesis of weird & wonderful animation Bunnyhood: https://t.co/EG2ugOgMQ7 pic.twitter.com/tHGLUDZ1YW

— National Film and Television School (@NFTSFilmTV) April 23, 2024

The short animation follows Innocent Bobby as he finds out in a surprising last-minute visit to the doctor the answer to the query (“Mum would never lie to me, would she?”).

9. Kooki

According to this article by Filmfare, Kooki will have a pre-release screening on May 21 at the Cannes Film Festival 2024 before its official release on June 28. ❤🪬 this felt ✨ @Devoleena_23 All the best 🥰#cannesfilmfestival #KOOKI#DevoleenaBhattacharjee pic.twitter.com/vzl8OrM3el

— 🄻🄴🄴🄽🄰 L🤍VER (@LeenaLovers) May 13, 2024

In this story, a gang rape ruins the present and future for a 16-year-old girl named Kooki, and the subsequent court ruling leaves her feeling deceived and unjustified.

10. Iruvam

. @Manmargames innovative project @iruvam_ManMar has been officially selected for the prestigious Cannes International Film Festival’s “Let’s Spook Cannes” event. A Landmark Indian Entry in the World’s Premier Film Festival #Iruvam starring @VarshaBollamma

📢@ProRekha pic.twitter.com/xDFQzCu6vW

— Ramesh Bala (@rameshlaus) May 8, 2024

One of the four submissions for the Let’s Spook Cannes Event 2024 is the bilingual film Iruvam, which was shot in both Tamil and English. The film is an action-packed video game that takes viewers on a personalized cinematic adventure.