Mumbai, July 4 -- The newly restored 4K version of Dev Benegal's classic 'English, August' is all set to be screened at the prestigious Venice Classics Competition at the upcoming 83rd edition of the festival.

This selection marks the third consecutive year that Film Heritage Foundation (FHF), the not-for-profit organisation responsible for the restoration, has been invited to showcase a world premiere of its cinematic restorations on the global stage in Venice, following Girish Kasaravalli's Ghatashraddha in 2024 and Bimal Roy's Do Bigha Zamin in 2025, read a press note.

Based on Upamanyu Chatterjee's bestselling 1988 novel, English, August is an irreverent, darkly comic exploration of post-colonial identity. It follows a young man fro...