Hectic but fulfilling is how director Shrimoyee Chakraborty would describe the past 10 days as she presented her documentary, Spirit of the Wildflower, at the Cannes Film Festival. “We met some of the top buyers in the documentary world. We had presented the trailer to some of them before showing the film at Cannes. They were moved by the story,” Chakraborty told mid-day.

The positive response at the festival has encouraged her to dream big — she is thinking a theatrical release. “I hope to release the film this year,” said the director, who has woven a tale of two siblings from a rural tribal community in Madhya Pradesh.