India, May 17 -- Last summer, a diploma film from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune lit up the Cannes Film Festival with a Banjara sunrise folk tale, winning the top prize for film school entries across the world.

As the curtain went up on the Cannes festival on May 13, another film school from India is hoping it could repeat FTII's remarkable success story this year.

A year after FTII's Sunflowers Were the First to Know directed by Chidananda S Naik won the First Prize in the Cannes festival's La Cinef competition for film schools, the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI), Kolkata is in contention for the 15,000-euro (about 14 lakh rupees) top prize.

A Doll Made Up of Clay by SRFTI student Kokob Geb...