Faizal KhanCannes, May 10 -- Two years after Indian cinema created history by winning the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival, the world's largest filmmaking country has virtually drawn a blank in the official selection for the festival's 2026 edition.
There are no Indian films in any of the major categories in Cannes this year, except in the sections devoted to film schools and restored movies.
The absence of new Indian productions at the world's most influential film festival is a major blow to the Indian film industry, especially following the Grand Prix, the second-biggest award in Cannes, for Mumbai-based filmmaker Payal Kapadia's 'All We Imagine As Light' in 2024.
Indian cinema is represented in Cannes this year by 'Shadows of t...