Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know, an award-winning short film by Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) student, has qualified for the 2025 Oscars in the live action short film category, the Pune-based school announced earlier this week.
In May, Sunflowers... earned the first prize under the La Cinef section at this year's Cannes Film Festival.
The short is directed by Chidanand S Naik and has cinematography by Suraj Thakur, editing by Manoj V and sound by Abhishek Kadam. It was produced by FTII as part of the students' final-year exercise, according to a release issued by the Press Information Bureau.
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