 In April 2013 , a new trailer was released , and the film received a market screening at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival on 16 May and 19 May . It was also screened at Pan Asia , Dingle and the Tokyo International film festivals . Bhopal : A Prayer for Rain was released in the United States on 7 November 2014 and in India on 5 December 2014 . A private screening of the movie was held at the youth assembly in the United Nations on 7 August 2014 . 
