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'Sunflower Way the First Ones to Know' is a student film, directed by Chidanand S Naik, who studied at FTII, Pune.The short film is based on a Kannada folk tale about an old woman who steals a cock and it plunges her village into darkness forever.Addressing X, FTII wrote: “FTII has brought...

Cannes [France], It is a proud moment for India as the film 'Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know' won the first prize at La Cinef on Thursday.Directed by FTII, Pune student Chidanand S Naik, 'Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know' revolves around an elderly woman who steals a rooster and...

Cannes: In a major win for India at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, Chidanand S Naik's "Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know..." won the first prize at La Cinef here on Thursday.The Mysore doctor-turned-filmmaker made the film at the end of his one-year course at the television wing of the...

Cannes, Meerut-born Manasi Maheshwari, who is representing the United Kingdom as a graduate of the National Film and Television School (NFTS), is in the running for the La Sinef Award at the 77th Cannes Film Festival.Maheshwari's "Bunnyhood", a nine-minute long animated film, premiered here on...