Winning the Grand Prix at the Festival de Cannes 2024 with All We Imagine as Light, Payal Kapadia makes a triumphant entry with her first feature film. This ode to friendship and Mumbai, on which she worked during her stay at La Résidence de La Cinéfondation in 2019, helped bring India back into the Festival de Cannes Competition after a thirty-year absence. The film has continued its run to the Golden Globes 2025 (nominations for Best Director and Best Foreign Language Film) and won numerous awards, including Best Film Prize at the Asian Film Awards 2025 in Hong Kong. Trained at the Film and Television Institute of India, she directed several short films, including Afternoon Clouds, presented at La Cinéfondation 2017, she made a name for herself with her non-fiction film A Night of Knowing Nothing. She shares her unique vision on cinemas the world over.
Jury attendance
- Member Feature films, 2025
