Born in Kerala, India, Krishna Chandran A. Nair was always fascinated by storytelling and animation. After graduating in Animation Film Design from the National Institute of Design (India, 2011), Krishna specialised in animation film direction at La Poudrière in France (2014 – 2016). Pdingpoong (2009), a claymation film co-directed at NID, and Chandran’s Café, his final year film at La Poudrière (distributed by Arte, 2016), were both nominated and awarded at several film festivals worldwide.