Sunday, April 18, 2010

INDIAN DIRECTOR IN CANNES JURY


Ace director Shekhar Kapur will be a part of the prestigious Cannes Film Festival Jury. The film fest is scheduled to begin on May 12th and the list of films that would be competing for the Golden Palm award has already been announced.

Chairing the jury will the Alice in Wonderland’s director Tim Burton. This year just one Indian film has made it to the Cannes – Udaan, which is directed by debut director Vikramaditya Motwane.

The film festival will open up with Ridley Scott's Robin Hood.

Thierry Fremaux, director-general of the Cannes Film Festival said, “The festival is not just an Americano-European affair. We have several films from other parts of the world, many in competition.”

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