Cannes: Indian filmmaker Chidananda S Naik’s ‘Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know’ won the 1st prize of La Cinef for Best Short at Cannes 2024. Mansi Maheshwari’s ‘Bunnyhood’ won the third prize in the same category. While ‘Bunnyhood’ is a UK film, it is made by an Indian from Meerut. The La Cinef awards were announced on May 23.
Cannes will allocate a grant of 15,000 euros for the first prize and 11,250 euros and 7,500 euros for the second and third prizes, respectively.
Meanwhile, Preity Zinta is among the Indian contingent who will appear at the Cannes Film Festival this year. The actor, who left for the French Riviera on Wednesday, made her first appearance at the event, though she’s yet to walk the red carpet.
A video of Preity gearing up to walk the red carpet surfaced on social media on Friday. In the video, Preity posed for a boomerang, wearing a shimmery pearl white gown. She complemented the look with pearl earrings and hair tied behind her back. She looked elegant as she struck a pose on the riverside.
Actor Aditi Rao Hydari walked the red carpet of the 77th Cannes Film Festival in a classic black and white outfit. Several pictures and videos of the actor posing for the paparazzi emerged on social media platforms.
For the event, Aditi Rao Hydari wore a black-and-white off-shoulder dress by fashion designer Gaurav Gupta. She tied her hair into a bun and also wore pearl earrings and rings. An Instagram user shared several pictures of Aditi on the social media platform.
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