India will be the Official Country of Honour at the upcoming Marche’ Du Film, organised alongside the Cannes Film Festival in France.
- The festival will be organised from the May 17. This is for the first time that such an honour is being bestowed to any country.
- India is also a Country of Honour at the Cannes Next, under which five new Start-Ups would be given an opportunity to pitch to the Audio-Visual Industry.
- Ten professionals will participate on the Animation Day networking.
About Marché du Film
- The Marché du Film is the business counterpart of the Cannes Film Festival and one of the largest film markets in the world.
- The very first Marché du Film took place in 1959 in a tiny canvas screening room perched on the roof of the old Palais Croisette.
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