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All We Imagine As Light

  • France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg | 2024 | Malayalam, Hindi, Marathi
  • Original Title:
  • Director: Payal Kapadia
  • Screenplay: Payal Kapadia
  • DoP: Ranabir Das
  • Editor: Clément Pinteaux
  • Cast: Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Chhaya Kadam, Hridhu Haroon, Azees Nedumangad
  • Premiere:
  • Tags: Films by Women, Festival Hits, De/Gendered, LGBTQIA+

Festivals :

Cannes Film Festival 2024, Toronto International Film Festival 2024, San Sebastián International Film Festival 2024

Award :

Grand Prix, Cannes Film Festival 2024 | RTVE Another Look Award, San Sebastián International Film Festival 2024


Synopsis :

In Mumbai, Nurse Prabha’s routine is troubled when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a spot in the city to be intimate with her boyfriend. A trip to a beach town allows them to find a space for their desires to manifest.


Directors Bio :

Payal Kapadia is a Mumbai based filmmaker. She studied Film Direction at the Film & Television Institute of India. Her short films Afternoon Clouds (2017) and And What Is The Summer Saying (2018) premiered respectively at the Cinéfondation and the Berlinale. Her first feature film A Night of Knowing Nothing (2021) premiered at Cannes, Director’s Fortnight, where it won the Golden Eye for Best Documentary. Her Filmograohy includes - All We Imagine As Light, Cannes Official Competition 2024; A Night of Knowing Nothing (2021) Cannes Director’s Fortnight, Oeil d’Or for Best Documentary; and And What Is The Summer Saying (short, documentary) (2018).


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