Cannes 2024: India's 'Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know' wins La Cinef award
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It's a moment of pride for India as the film 'Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know' bagged the first prize of La Cinef on Thursday.
Cannes, May 24: It's a moment of pride for India as the film 'Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know' bagged the first prize of La Cinef on Thursday.
Directed by Chidananda S Naik, a student from FTII, Pune, 'Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know' revolves around an elderly woman who steals a rooster and deprives a village of sunlight.
27th La Cinef winners were announced On May 23. The Short Films and La Cinef Jury awarded the 2024 La Cinef Prizes during a grand ceremony at the Bunuel Theatre.
Speaking to Variety, Chidananda S Naik shared his experience working on 'Sunflowers...'
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✨"We had only four days. I was basically told not to make this film. It's based on folklore from Karnataka [in India]. These are the stories we grew up with, so I was carrying this idea since my childhood," he said.
The Mysuru doctor-turned-filmmaker reportedly made the film at the end of his one-year course in the television wing of Pune's Film and Television Institute of India.
(ANI)