The India Pavilion will be will be inaugurated by Bimal Julka, Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting and Arun K Singh, Indian Ambassador to France alongwith Jerome Paillard, Director, Marche du Film (the Cannes Film Market). Also expected to be present on the occasion is the producer Uday Chopra, who is also one of the producers of the festival’s opening film, Olivier Dahan’s Grace of Monaco. There will also be a  discussion and felicitation of Titli, India’s official selection at the festival along with the cast and crew including director Kanu Behl. (Read In Hindi: 67वें कान फिल्‍म समारोह के लिए जारी होगी 'गाइड' 14 से 25 मई तक)

The India Pavilion will showcase Indian cinema across linguistic, cultural and regional diversity, with the aim of forging an increasing number of international partnerships in the realm of distribution, production, filming in India, script development and technology, and promoting film sales and syndication.

The initiatives undertaken to promote co-production between stakeholders, viability of the Single Window Clearance mechanism and the possibility of enhanced cooperation within the domain of film archiving in the backdrop of the National Film Heritage Mission will be focus areas for interaction with foreign producers and organizations associated with the film industry.

The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting will be organizing interactive sessions with Indian and international film industry stakeholders at the India Pavilion. Some of the prominent speakers at the India Pavilion are expected to be  Dave Gibson, CEO, New Zealand Film Commission; Cindy Shyu, CEO Lighthouse Productions, China; Colin Burrows, CEO, Special Treats Productions; and crew members from Grace of Monaco, the opening film at the festival. The Pavilion will also be showcasing trailers of recent Indian films and displaying brochures and other literature of Indian film companies.