Rahul Jain's "Invisible Demons" part of Cannes Film Festival's new sidebar
Indian filmmaker Rahul Jain's Delhi pollution documentary 'Invisible Demons' is the main Cannes Film Festival's new sidebar on climate issues. Titled 'Cinema for the Climate', the brand new section will feature one fiction movie and six documentaries, focusing on the issue of climate change, the festival announced Friday.
Jain's 'Invisible Demons' is described as a 'shocking documentary' about pollution in New Delhi and the 'invisible demons' that are the fine particles.
"Rahul Jain's camera tries to breathe since it makes its way through this ecological hell, giving us both something to see then one to take into account," a short on the Festival's official site read.
Jain, who comes from New Delhi, graduated with Bachelors of Fine Arts in Film and Video from the California Institute of The Arts.
His first film, 'Machines', was a documentary about the factory life at a sizable textile mill in Gujarat.
The line-up also contains French actor-director Louis Garrel's feature film 'The Crusade', a drama about children who come together to protect the planet.
Garrel stars in the film along with actors Laetitia Casta and Joseph Engel.
The five documentaries in the sidebar section are 'Marcher sur l'eau' (Above Water) by Aissa Maiga (Niger-France); 'Animal' by Cyril Dion (France); 'I Am So Sorry' by Zhao Liang (France - China); 'Bigger Than Us' by Flore Vasseur (France); and 'La Panthere des neiges' by Marie Amiguet (France).
Alongside the brand new programme, Cannes has announced an environmental action plan to reduce waste and reduce the festival's carbon footprint.
The 74th edition of the Cannes International Film Festival will be held from July 6 to 17.
