Cannes, May 17 -- Marathi cinema is aiming for the global market with Maharashtra completing a decade as the only state pavilion from India at the Cannes Film Market.

The Maharashtra Film, Stage and Cultural Development Corporation (MFSCDC) pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival, which began on May 13, has four new feature films from independent filmmakers representing Marathi cinema.

Supported by the Maharashtra government's ministry of culture and the Dadasaheb Phalke Chitra Nagari, which functions under the administration of MFSCDC, the Maharashtra pavilion is in its tenth year at the Cannes Film Market, the biggest film market in the world.

"Four Marathi feature films were selected by the MFSCDC this year to showcase Marathi Cinema in ...