New Delhi: Indian films are also going to dominate the Oscars 2025. The list of nominated films to be included in the Oscars has already been revealed and another film has been added to this list which was also honored at Cannes 2024. This film is Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know.

Kannada film Sunflowers Ver The First Ones To No Row has qualified for Oscars 2025. This short Kannada film has qualified in the Live Action Short Film category. This film has been produced by the Film and Television Institute of India .

Kannada film goes to Oscars

On November 4, FTII shared this good news on social media. They wrote, "FTII's student film 'Sunflowers Where the First Ones Used to Know' is officially qualified for the 2025 Oscars in the Live Action Short Film category. The film's touching and profound narrative focuses on an elderly woman who steals the village chicken."

The film won this award at Cannes 2024

The student film 'Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know' won the La Cinéf Award at the Cannes Film Festival 2024 this year. This qualification comes after winning at the Bengaluru International Short Film Festival. This short film is directed by Chidanand S Nayak. Suraj Thakur was the cameraman and Manoj V did the editing while Abhishek Kadam was responsible for the music.

These films also qualified for Oscar 2025

Before Sunflowers, Laapataa Ladies also got an official entry in the Oscars. The film was directed by Kiran Rao, while it was produced by Aamir Khan. The film may have failed, but it was well liked on OTT. Along with Laapataa Ladies, the film Santosh has also gone to the Oscars.

Apart from this, Randeep Hooda's film Swatantrya Veer Savarkar has also got a place in Oscar 2025. Randeep has worked as a director for the first time with this film, and has also co-produced it. Ankita Lokhande is also in the lead role in it.