{"id":20407,"date":"2024-11-05T11:35:22","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T11:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/khabarok.com\/entertainment\/20407\/"},"modified":"2024-11-05T11:35:22","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T11:35:22","slug":"kannada-short-film-sunflowers-were-the-first-ones-to-know-qualifies-for-oscar-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/khabarok.com\/?p=20407","title":{"rendered":"Kannada short film \u2018Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know\u2019 qualifies for Oscar 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Kannada short film Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know <\/i>has qualified for the Oscars 2025. The movie, directed by Chidananda S Naik, has got selected in the Live Action Short Film category.<\/p>\n

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The 15-minute film was part of Chidananda\u2019s year-end exercise at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII). In May, 2024, Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know <\/i>had clinched the La Cinef for Best Short at the Cannes Film Festival.<\/p>\n

On November 05, 2024, the FTII took to social media to announce that the Kannada film has been qualified for the Oscars. The movie\u2019s qualification comes after it emerged winner at the Bengaluru International Short Film Festival.<\/p>\n

The film\u2019s narrative is centred around an elderly woman who steals the village rooster. This act sets the villagers on a desperate quest to retrieve the missing bird and restore the sun\u2019s light.<\/p>\n

ALSO READ:<\/b>Cannes 2024: Kannada short film \u2018Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know\u2019 to be screened<\/p>\n

Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know <\/i>is derived from Kannada folklore. Suraj Thakur is the cinematographer while Manoj V is the movie\u2019s editor. Abhishek Kadam has done the sound designing.<\/p>\n

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