India, May 26 -- Actor Pritt Kamani got an achievement to his name recently as his film The Storm, The Calm, The Madness, The Magic premiered at Cannes Film Festival 2025 as a part of the top eight films of the Straight 8 segment. It became the first Indian film to do so in the segment's 25 years history.

Calling the achievement "fulfilling", Pritt Kamani says, "I was extremely happy and not for the fact that we've won or achieved something, but for the fact that we tried to make something and it was recognised." Straight 8 is a filmmaking challenge where participants must shoot a film on a single Super 8mm cartridge, edited entirely in-camera, with sound submitted blind. No re-takes or post-production takes place, and only the top eight...