''Gotoma the Buddha'' is a 1956 Indian
documentary film
A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in te ...
directed by Rajbans Khanna. It was entered into the
1957 Cannes Film Festival
The 10th Cannes Film Festival was held from 2 to 17 May 1957.
''Nights of Cabiria'' by Federico Fellini, '' La casa del ángel'' by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, ''A Man Escaped'' by Robert Bresson, and ''The Seventh Seal'' by Ingmar Bergman were enter ...
, where it won a Special Mention for Best Director and competed for the
Palme d'Or
The Palme d'Or (; en, Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festival's highest prize was the Grand Prix du Fe ...
(Best Film).
See also
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Depictions of Gautama Buddha in film
The life of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, has been the subject of several films.
History
The first known film about the life of Buddha was ''Buddhadev'' (English title: ''Lord Buddha'') which was produced by the well-known Indian filmmaker Da ...
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1956 films
1956 documentary films
Indian documentary films
Films about Gautama Buddha
Documentary films about Buddhism
Documentary films about Gautama Buddha
Indian black-and-white films
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