Sunflowers: Darkness at noon
Updated On: 02 June, 2024 06:55 AM IST | Mumbai | Meenakshi Shedde
When the protagonist says, “The memory of daylight seemed like a distant dream,” it evokes a Marquez novel
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Illustration/Uday Mohite
Among the glorious array of Indian and South Asian films and talent that was on display –and awarded—at the Cannes Film Festival this year—Payal Kapadia won the Grand Prix for All We Imagine As Light, Anasuya Sengupta won Best Actress in Un Certain Regard at Cannes; Chidananda Naik’s 16-min short Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know won the first prize in the La Cinef section for film school entries; and Santosh Sivan won the Pierre Angenieux Excel Lens Award for Cinematography. Additionally, Mansi Maheshwari won third prize for Bunnyhood (NFTS, UK).
There is no doubt that Chidananda Naik is exceptionally gifted. Mark my words. His film, Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know, in Kannada, produced by the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII, Pune), was one of 18 shorts selected from 2,263 submissions. Previous recent FTII alumni selected at Cannes include Ashmita Guha Neogi’s CatDog in 2020, and Yudhajit Basu’s diploma film Nehemich/Always.
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