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New Delhi<\/strong>: \u201cSUNFLOWERS WERE THE FIRST ONES TO KNOW\u201d, a course-end film by Chidanand Naik, a student of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), received the Cannes\u2019 La Cinef Award for Best Short at the 77th Cannes Film Festival in France. The winner was officially announced on 23rd<\/sup>\u00a0May 2024 at the festival where the student Director Shri Chidanand Naik received the award.<\/p>\n The film has been directed by Chidananda S Naik, shot by Suraj Thakur, edited by Manoj V and sound by Abhishek Kadam.<\/p>\n This is a historic moment for the Indian Cinema. Indian films have been receiving accolades on the international stage, particularly FTII has performed remarkably well at Cannes with its students\u2019 films being screened at the festival in the past few years. The current recognition comes four years after another FTII student film \u2018CATDOG\u2019 won an award at the 73rd<\/sup> Cannes. The 77th<\/sup> Cannes Film Festival witnessed multiple entries from India in different categories. Many of the FTII\u2019s alumni such as Payal Kapadia, Maisam Ali, Santosh Sivan, Chidanand S Naik and his team received recognition at this year\u2019s Cannes.<\/p>\n \u201cSUNFLOWERS WERE THE FIRST ONES TO KNOW\u201d is a story of an elderly woman who steals the village\u2019s rooster, which throws the community into disarray. To bring the rooster back, a prophecy is invoked, sending the old lady\u2019s family into exile.<\/p>\n This FTII film is a production of the TV Wing\u2019s One-year program where four students from different disciplines i.e. Direction, Electronic Cinematography, Editing, and Sound worked together for one project as a year-end coordinated exercise. The film is directed by Chidananda S Naik, shot by Suraj Thakur, edited by Manoj V and sound by Abhishek Kadam. These students worked on the film as part of their final year coordinated exercise and passed out from FTII in 2023.<\/p>\n This is the first time a film by a student from 1-year Television course of FTII has been selected and won at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. Before joining FTII in 2022, Chidanand S Naik was also selected as one of the 75 Creative Minds at the 53rd<\/sup> International Film Festival of India (IFFI), an initiative of the Ministry of I&B to recognize and support budding young artists in the field of Cinema.<\/p>\n Shri R. Madhavan, President of FTII has congratulated the entire student unit of the film. He said \u201cCongratulations to Mr. Chidananda Naik and the entire team of \u2018Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know\u2019 for this very prestigious honour. May this be just the beginning of an illustrious career with much more extraordinary recognition and love. Also, a big cheer and respect to all staff and administration of FTII for churning out such world-class talent.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2018La Cinef\u2019 is an official section of the festival aimed at encouraging new talents and recognising films from film schools across the world. The film was among 18 shorts (14 live-action and 4 animated films) selected from a total of 2,263 films submitted by 555 film schools all over the world.<\/p>\n FTII\u2019s unique pedagogy & focus on the practice-based co-learning approach to education in the field of Cinema & Television have resulted in the Institute\u2019s students and its alumni winning accolades in various National and International Film festivals over the years. The reception of this prestigious award is a historical achievement for Indian Cinema. Film and Television Institute of India stands tall among the best Film schools in the world and made India Proud today.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n [ad_2] [ad_1] New Delhi: \u201cSUNFLOWERS WERE THE FIRST ONES TO KNOW\u201d, a course-end film by Chidanand Naik, a student of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), received the Cannes\u2019 La Cinef Award for Best Short at the 77th Cannes Film Festival in France. 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