Bengal film ‘Blue Whale’ swims to Cannes

The Bengali short film in view of the scandalous internet amusement — 'Blue Whale' — has swam straight to the French Riviera. The 13-minute movie coordinated by Anirban Guha and Avi Bandyopadhyay has been chosen for the Cannes Short Film Corner to be held between May 8 and May 19, reports TOI. 

In any case, this out-of-rivalry portion — for which a creator needs to pay 85 Euros (around Rs 6,800) — is not quite the same as the celebration's renowned Cinefondation segment which chooses 15 to 20 short and medium-length films every year from film schools everywhere throughout the world. 

The producers of 'Blue Whale' are keeping their fingers crossed and sitting tight for the rundown of short movies in official rivalry at Cannes to be declared in April. 

Unexpectedly, this is the third time that Guha's film has been screened in this section, which the Cannes Film Festival site depicts as "a gathering place for experts from everywhere throughout the world". "Sorted out by the Festival de Cannes, the Short Film Corner is the fundamental meet for movie producers. Since 2004, short-movie makers and executives have picked the Short Film Corner to display their movies, make gatherings reality and make unequivocal strides for their future. The Short Film Corner proposes films from everywhere throughout the world, most beforehand concealed, and in addition the short movies chose in the Official Competition, the Cinefondation, the Director's Fortnight and the Critic's Week," the site says. 

The 'Blue Whale' chiefs said the various episodes of adolescent suicides in Kolkata and different parts of India due to this diversion provoked them to chase for a story that could be adjusted for their short film regarding this matter. At that point they risked up on Tanmay Mukherjee's short story titled 'Debu ar Blue Whale Curator'. 

The storyline of this Darshana Banik and Satrajit Sarkar starrer spins around a 19-year-old young lady who goes to meet the custodian of the web based diversion in the wake of finishing the initial 49 errands. "The film manages how sorrow influences adolescents," Guha stated, including that the endeavors will be fruitful if this film can affect the more youthful age decidedly and enable the more youthful age to defeat discouragement.