Handagama's Ini Avan selected for ACID Cannes programme

Asoka Handagama's latest movie, Ini Avan, which had its international premiere at the 13th Jeonju International Film Festival- 2012, South Korea, has been picked for the ACID Cannes 2012 programme.

The movie will be screened today during the 65th annual Cannes Film Festival held in France from May 17 to 26. ACID ( Association du Cinéma Indépendant pour sa Diffusion) is a film directors' association that has been promoting the diffusion of Independent films in movie theatres and encouraging debates between authors and the audience. Every year, ACID presents nine films in Cannes during the festival.

After Cannes, ACID presents the films to 40 festivals in France and abroad. The ACID Cannes programme is then shown in the fall :

in Paris, in 30 movie theaters in the Parisian area, in the region, and in Miami (USA). Ini Avan has already been listed for many independent international festivals around the world. The film will also be released to theaters in France, by Heleoprophe Films. Directed by Handagama, Ini Avan cast includes Darshan Dharmaraj, Niranjani Shanmugaraja, Subashini Balasubramaniun, Raja Ganeshan, Malcolm Machado and King Rathnam.