"Dream, Dream, Dream! Conduct these dreams into thoughts, and then transform them into action."
- Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
"Dream, Dream, Dream! Conduct these dreams into thoughts, and then transform them into action."
- Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
14 Apr 2017
A film made by a student of the Film and Television Institute of India is all set to be screened at Cannes Film Festival.
Directed by Payal Kapadia, Afternoon Clouds has been invited to participate in the cinefondation of the forth coming Cannes Film Festival. The festival is scheduled between May 17 to 28. According to a report in The Times of India, Gilles Jacob, president of Cinefondation has confirmed the selection and invited the movie to be screened.
To mark its 20th year, the Cinefondation selection has chosen 16 films (14 works of fiction and 2 animations) from among 2,600 films submitted this year by film schools from all over the world. The three Cinefondation prizes will be awarded at a ceremony on May 26 at the Buneul Theatre in Cannes.
Afternoon Clouds is about Kaki, a 60-year-old widow who lives with her Nepali maid Malati. The film is about one afternoon when a flower blossoms in the balcony of the widow.
Malati meets a boy from her hometown unexpectedly. In the meanwhile, men in the passage spray mosquito repellant smoke that gives Kaki bad dreams. This 13-minute short film features Usha Naik and Trimala Adhikari.
