MUMBAI: I Am Kalam, a feature film inspired by ex-President of India Abdul J Kalam, is scheduled to be screened in the Marche du section at 63rd Cannes Film Festival to be held from 12 to 23 May.

The film revolves around the trials and tribulations faced by a small boy who is yearning for education and is working to realise his cherished dreams. It has been directed by debutant Nila Madhab Panda in his quest to bring alive the topical genre of the late Satyajit Ray‘s cinema after decades.

Produced by the Smile Foundation, one of the leading National development organisations of India, the film aims at sensitising the masses about the quest of a child to nurture his dreams.

Says Smile Foundation GM Resources Anurag Bhatnagar, "The main objective of producing I am Kalam is to highlight how a child aspires to dream in spite of all the hardships of the life. Furthermore, Indian Government has recently passed the bill on Right to Education. But the act will remain a mere legislation unless and until the privileged mass come forward proactively for the cause. This film is an effort to appeal to all the privileged mass to come forward so as to make this act a reality on the ground as well."

The film has also been officially selected for Vienna International Children‘s Film Festival.