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The film, which is based on a Kannada folktale, is about an old woman who steals a rooster and plunges her village into an unending state of darkness
Chidananda S Naik is a doctor by profession who joined FTII, Pune, to pursue filmmaking. He has said that his team had only four days to make 'Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know...' and that he was asked not to make this film.
At the Cannes Film Festival 2024, Indian cinema celebrated as Chidananda S Naik's 'Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know' won the 1st prize for Best Short, while Mansi Maheshwari's 'Bunnyhood' secured the third prize.
Mansi Maheshwari's 'Bunnyhood', a nine-minute-long animated film, premiered at Cannes on Thursday. Meerut-born Mansi Maheshwari, representing the United Kingdom as...
FTII student Chidananda S Naik's short film 'Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know...' premiered at the 77th Cannes Film Festival. The 16-minute Kannada-language film, based on a folk tale, tells the story of a village plunged into perpetual darkness. Naik's journey from medicine to filmmaking is inspiring.