Flying High

AFTER WINNING BIG AT SUNDANCE, SHAUNAK SEN’S ALL THAT BREATHES IS GETTING A SPECIAL CANNES SCREENING

- Tatsam Mukherjee

In 2018, Shaunak Sen was in Cambridge for a brief fellowship. Speaking about Delhi with his friend and faculty member Maan Barua one day, Sen, a filmmaker, envisioned the city—grey, hazy, monotone skies, filled with noxious air. “It was this feeling I was interested in,” says Sen. His thoughts eventually morphed into his second film, All That Breathes. The documentary has been one of India’s most successful exports this year. Having won the World Documentary Grand Jury Prize at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, it has now also been selected for a special screening at Cannes 2022 (May 17-28).