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Newsletter from the CII Media & Entertainment Division
june 2013
CII @
Cannes
Chandrajit Banerjee
Director General, CII
POLICY NOTES
India hogs limelight
at Cannes 2013
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he Confederation of Indian Industry
had the most fruitful engagement
at the recently concluded Cannes Film
Festival and Market in a decade. The CII
booths at Palais (the market place where
the business begins) were buzzing with
a stream of visitors and our theme to
position film locales in various Indian
States (Maharashtra, West Bengal, Gujarat, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh) worked well
with film producers. The global film fraternity showed keen interest in shooting
their movies in India. The announcement at Cannes Film Festival by the
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
and Ministry of Tourism to simplify
procedures for shooting films in India
through a single window clearance
and the creation of an online portal for
application processing brought delight
to the film-makers. Although India does
not provide sops for film shoots, creation
of a transparent mechanism and efficiency in facilitation would bring more
film shoots to India.
Shri Arun Kumar Singh, Ambassador of India to France, Rituparna Sengupta and
Prosenjit Chatterjee at the CII Booth at Cannes
Our endeavour is to offer best of the facilities to
international filmmakers. I take this opportunity
to invite every director, every producer and
every actor to India. I promise, you will find the
location and facility what you are seeking in our
beautiful country.
Shri K Chiranjeevi, Union Minister for Tourism,
Government of India, at Cannes Film Festival 2013
CII has also taken the task to promote
and position Indian regional films and
create a platform for filmmakers across
the country. The regional cinemas of
India have a great potential. We will
create a national and global identity for
regional films.
The Cannes Film Market also provided a platform for us to engage with
thought leaders at Cannes for our forthcoming India -- The Big Picture Summit
(September 13-14, 2013, Taj Palace, New
Delhi). We will keep you updated on
the international speakers and country
delegations for the Summit. Send your
views to our M&E division head
[email protected]
Amita Sarkar, Deputy Director General- CII, Shri Uday Kumar Varma, Secretary, Ministry of
Information & Broadcasting and Shri Raghavendra Singh, Joint Secretary (films) at the CII Booth
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Indian Film Locales at Cannes
The tourism boards of Maharashtra, Gujarat and West Bengal made the
best use of their respective stands at the CII booth to promote film locales.
This is the first time Indian film locales were vigorously promoted at Cannes
Film Market.
India Impact
@ Cannes
Shri K Chiranjeevi
The State of Maharashtra promoting film locations at Cannes
The State of Gujarat promoting film locations at Cannes
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t the Confederation of Indian Industry Stand at Palais, the
tourism boards of Maharashtra, Gujarat and West Bengal
highlighted India’s treasured locations and attracted global
filmmakers and producers. CII also launched the second edition of
India Location and Services Guide to reach out to global filmmakers
at Cannes. Five Indian States -- Maharashtra, Gujarat, Delhi, Madhya
Pradesh and West Bengal were part of the CII booth.
The immediate attraction at Cannes for global film-makers is 2012
Oscar winner Ang Lee’s ‘Life of Pi’ which was partly filmed in Puducherry and Munnar (State of Kerala). This has given a new fillip to
India’s vast unexplored locales.
With 28 States, 67 languages, 850 million people under the age of 35,
five hundred TV channels, three billion cinema ticket sales and no major restrictions, India offers immense opportunity for filmmakers not
only to shoot in India, but simultaneously work on an Indian version
of the film that will give business access in India. And, there are no
restrictions to dub and release the film in as many as five languages.
More than anything else, India has access to world class technicians
and equipment and an amazing choice of locations to shoot any type
of film. Skilled professionals are available across the country.
Aishwarya Rai
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Amitabh Bachchan: He declared the
66th Cannes officially begun.
Karan Johar
Karan Johar: It was always a dream of
mine and my father’s to be here in Cannes
with a film. Walking out tonight with
three of the most important filmmakers
(during Bombay Talkies Gala Screening)
I know it is a dream come true.
Jury Member Vidya Balan
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Anurag Kashyap and Shri Uday Kumar Varma
The spotlight on India was visible
at Cannes. Bombay Talkies Gala
Screening and post party wowed everyone. Indian films were presented
in Directors’ Fortnight (Ugly), Critics Week (The Lunch Box), Midnight
Screening (Monsoon Shootout), Gala
Screening (Bombay Talkies) and
Cannes Classics (Charulatha). Here
is a quick look at who did/said what
at Cannes.
An online mechanism, which will provide single-window clearance to foreign
filmmakers keen to shoot in India, will be ready in three months, Information
& Broadcasting Secretary Shri Uday Kumar Varma said at the Cannes
International Film Festival. Elaborating further, Shri Varma said that the online
mechanism would be worked out on priority so as to ensure early clearance of
proposals for shooting of films in India. Regarding the details of the process,
the Secretary mentioned that the overall timeframe for total clearances would
be between 6-8 weeks from the time of the application
Shri Atri Bhattacharya, Secretary, Department of Information & Cultural
Affairs, Government of West Bengal
Amitabh Bachchan
Anurag Kashyap: Had five films in
Cannes either as a director or a producer
this year. “For years we’ve all been trying to break out and express ourselves
in cinema and being here tonight (at
Cannes) underlines we are breaking new
ground. Tonight means that we’re doing
something right”.
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Bombay Talkies’s directors Dibakar Banerjee,
Anurag Kashyap, Zoya Akhtar and Karan Johar
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Lights, Camera, Action
The CII booths at Palais were buzzing with activity
and steady stream of visitors. CII’s Wine and Cheese
Hour was a big hit at the market on May 18. Take a
look at some of the images clicked at Cannes
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Networking at the CII Booth
Supran Sen, Shri Uday Kumar Varma,
Shri Raghavendra Singh, Kirti Thakar and T P Aggarwal
Business meeting at the CII Booth
Rajesh Joshi, Shri Uday Kumar Varma,
Ashutosh Yeshwant Joshi and Shri Raghavendra Singh
Prosenjit Chatterjee
A delegate enjoying Wine and Cheese Hour at the
CII Booth
Shri Prakash Hinduja
Manoj Srivastava, Shri Ponnala Lakshmaiah, Minister
for IT & Communication, Andhra Pradesh, K B Reddy
Tamil Actress Shailaja at Gujarat Stand
Shri Raghvendra Singh and Shri Anand Kumar, Joint
Secretary, Ministry of Tourism at the CII Booth
Photo exhibition of Indian Sadhus by Olivier Remualdo
at Riviera, Cannes
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Winners at Cannes
Lesbian Love Story Takes Top
Prize at Cannes
The 2013 Cannes film festival announced the winners of main awards on May 26 at the
end of 12 days of movie premieres on the French Riviera. Here are the winners...
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Palme d’Or
Blue Is The Warmest Color, dir: Abdellatif Kechiche
Best Director
Amat Escalante, Heli
Grand Prize
Inside Llewyn Davis, Ethan and Joel Coen
Jury Prize
Like Father, Like Son, dir: Hirokazu Kore-Eda
Best minds, Best talent, Best content
Best Screenplay
Zhangke Jia, A Touch Of Sin
Best Actress
Bérénice Bejo, The Past
Camera d’Or
Ilo Ilo, dir: Anthony Chen
September 13-14, 2013 Hotel Taj Palace, New Delhi
Email: [email protected]
Best Actor
Bruce Dern, Nebraska
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EMBRACING
INNOVATION IN
MEDIA WILL BE OUR
FOCUS AT INDIA –
THE BIG PICTURE
SUMMIT 2013
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Feature Film Jury at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival
Bombay Velvet
Un Certain Regard
Cross Media Corner
Fox Star Studios is financing Anurag
Cambodian director Rithy Panh won
The new initiatives at the Cannes Film
Kashyap’s next directorial project,
the top award for his film The Missing
Market this year include the Cross Media
Bombay Velvet, a period drama starring
Picture. The Jury Prize was given to Omar
Corner and Marina Showroom. The
Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma.
by Oscar nominee Hany Abu-Assad. Alain
Cross Media Corner is to help inspire
It is the story about Mumbai’s growth,
Guiraudie won the Directing Prize for the
film-makers to incorporate interactive
set against the backdrop of love, greed,
erotic thriller Stranger By The Lake.
elements into their films. The Marina
violence and Jazz.
Showroom provided a low cost alternative
Like Father, Like Son
Sundance Selects acquired U.S. rights
to Japanese writer-director Kore-eda
Hirokazu’s Jury Prize Winner Like
Father, Like Son from Wild Bunch. Indian
BIZ BUZZ
@ Cannes
producers are scouting for remake rights
of this film.
Cinando App
Marche’s online database Cinando has
launched an iPad App for film watching
Movie Chainet, a free film financing App to
help manage and monetize films.
Tarsem Buzz
Will it pass our Censors
to a full-fledged booth.
Tarsem Singh’s supernatural thriller,
$60 Million Mumbai Studio
‘Selfless’ generated plenty of buzz at
Mohinder Walia’s Golden Bird
Cannes 2013 Palme d’Or winner Blue Is
Cannes. It focuses on an wealthy elderly
Entertainment is building Mumbai Media
The Warmest Color may find it difficult
man dying from cancer, who undergoes a
City and aims to be one-stop shop for
to get pass the Indian film certification
radical medical procedure that transfers
domestic and foreign film-makers with all
board. It is a 3-hour sexually explicit
his consciousness to the body of a healthy
facilities. It is likely to be opened by the
drama about a teen’s lesbian love affair.
young man.
end of this year.
BY THE NUMBERS
lOver
1,400 screenings of 900
films took place at the Cannes
Film Market. There were over
5,000 projects at the market
including 800 documentaries.
300 films were shown at the
Doc Corner. Africa saw a 29%
growth in the market, India
(17%) and Malaysia (40%).
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12,000
Number of participants
registered for the Cannes
Film Market
108
Number of countries
represented at Cannes
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