Days and Nights in the Forest
A screening that leaves room for the unexpected: the programming team saves this slot to present a film chosen at shorter notice, in response to current events, to seize an opportunity, or simply on a whim.
New restoration, Cannes Classics 2025
Four young men leave Calcutta and go on vacation in the forests of Palamau. Their rural adventures and romantic encounters will challenge their certainties.
Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray was an Indian film director, screenwriter, author, and composer. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influential film directors in the history of cinema. He is celebrated for works including The Apu Trilogy (1955–1959), The Music Room (1958), The Big City (1963), Charulata (1964), and the Goopy–Bagha trilogy (1969–1992). Ray was born in Calcutta to author Sukumar Ray and Suprabha Ray. Starting his career as a commercial artist, Ray was drawn into independent filmmaking after meeting French filmmaker Jean Renoir and viewing Vittorio De Sica's Italian neorealist film Bicycle Thieves (1948) during a visit to London. Ray directed 36 films, including feature films, documentaries, and shorts. Ray's first film, Pather Panchali (1955), won eleven international prizes, including the inaugural Best Human Document award at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. Ray did the scripting, casting, scoring, and editing for the movie and designed his own credit titles and publicity material. Outside filmmaking, he was a writer, editor, illustrator, graphic designer, and film critic.
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