Uttar Pradesh's film policy showcased at Cannes

Having created waves and earned laurels in Bollywood, Uttar Pradesh's film policy is now generating a buzz on the foreign shores with the UP Film Development Council promoting its cinema policy at the Indian pavilion of ongoing Cannes International Film Festival.
According to a report in Indian Express, a three-member delegation of the council is at Cannes and the members are trying to lure foreign filmmakers to partner with them and co-produce movies that will be shot in the state."We have received interest from film makers based in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, UK and China to shoot their films in UP," UP Film Development Council, Vice-chairman, Gaurav Dwivedi was quoted as saying in the report.

"Australian film maker Christopher Simon has shown interest to shoot a period film set around 1950s in Lucknow and Kanpur. UK based Shirali Le Mercier, Emilia Wileman and Canada's Mahi Kaur will shoot their films in Varanasi," Dwivedi added.