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How this African escaped war to study cinema in India and went to Cannes

Ethiopia’s Kokob Gebrehaweria Tesfay, a SRFTI Kolkata student made ‘A Doll Made Up of Clay’ featuring Nigerian Ibrahim Ahmed, who’d come to Kolkata to play seven-a-side football. The short film was selected at La Cinef competition of 78th Cannes Film Festival. Those behind the film talk about its making and the racism Africans face in India.
MIFF 2024 | Chidananda S Naik: ‘Medicine itself drew me towards art; while we delved into anatomy, I often pondered about emotions and feelings’

The 2024 Cannes' La Cinef winner, Mysuru filmmaker Chidananda S Naik, whose FTII diploma film 'Sunflowers Were the Last Ones to Know...' is in National Competition: Short Fiction at the ongoing Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF), talks about his journey.
India's Chidananda S Naik wins Cannes La Cinef first prize for Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know, Mansi Maheshwari wins third prize

Cannes Film Festival: Chidananda S Naik is a doctor who joined FTII, Pune, to pursue filmmaking. Chidananda made his FTII diploma short film 'Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know...' over four nights.
Cannes 2023: In this Marathi short film, COVID & menstrual taboo served a Kolkata man a female story

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