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A Kannada short film inspired by folklore, 'Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know' has wooed audiences worldwide, earning top honours at Cannes and now setting its sights on the Oscars.

Becoming a mother through IVF, Anindita Sarbadhicari brought her son into this world entirely on her own. She wasn’t married and didn’t have a partner. Her decision to enter motherhood was a choice she controlled from the start.

Well-versed in Marathi, 78-year-old ‘Parubai’ as she is fondly called, started earning her living at the film school, sifting through glass, metal, used papers and plastic to be sold as scrap.

Through Cinevidya, cinematographer-producer Amitabha Singh is trying to take filmmaking to children in all corners of India.