the 2022 Cannes Film Festival will present the Indian documentary ‘All That Breathes’; all about it

The Cannes Film Festival 2022 is all set to take place in person from May 17-28. Event organisers, including festival director Thierry Fremaux and outgoing president Pierre Lescure, recently announced the long-awaited lineup, including everything from Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis to the long-awaited Top Gun sequel. Top Gun: Maverick. Furthermore, it will be a pleasure for all Indians to know that the festival will also feature a special screening of the remarkable Indian documentary titled, everything that breathes. Here is everything you need to know about it.

Cannes Film Festival premiere everything that breathes

The 2022 Cannes Film Festival recently took to its official Twitter account and announced that it will hold a special screening of director Shaunak Sen’s Indian documentary, All That Breathes.

More about the documentary

With Mohammad Saud and Nadeem Shehzad at the helm, the documentary, everything that breathes focuses on the life of two brothers and their struggle to protect the life of a bird in the midst of the apocalyptic air of Delhi and the violence that spreads. It was released on January 21, 2022 in the United States and garnered positive reviews from viewers. It even scooped the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Check out the full list for the 75th Cannes Film Festival 2022.

Cannes Film Festival 2022: Official Selection

COMPETITION

Les Amandiers, director Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

Holy Spider, director: Ali Abbasi

Crimes of the Future, director: David Cronenberg

Stars at noon, director: Claire Denis

Brother and sister, director: Arnaud Desplechin

Tori and Lokita, direction: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne

Armageddon Time, Director: James Gray

Close, director: Lukas Dhont

Runner, director: Hirokazu Kore-eda

MRI, director: Cristian Mungiu

Triangle of sadness, director: Ruben Ostlund

Showing Up, director: Kelly Reichardt

Decision to leave, director: Park Chan-wook

Nostalgia, director: Mario Martone

Tchaikovsky’s Wife, director: Kirill Serebrennikov

Sky Boy, Director: Tarik Saleh

Leila’s brothers, director: Saeed Roustaee

Eo, director: Jerzy Skolimowski

A CERTAIN LOOK

Les Pires, director: Lisa Akoka, Romane Gueret

Burning Days, director: Emin Alper

Metronome, conductor: Alexandru Belc

All the People I’ll Never Be, director: Davy Chou

Sick with myself, director: Kristoffer Borgli

Domingo And The Mist, director: Ariel Escalante Meza

Plan 75, director: Hayakawa Chie

Beast, director: Riley Keough, Gina Gammell

Corset, director: Marie Kreutzer…Click here to see the full list.

Image: Still from ‘All That Breathes’