Payal Kapadia is the name that is doing rounds all over the internet as her film, All We Imagine As Light becomes the first Indian film in the last 30 years to compete in the Cannes Film Festival. The last time an Indian film entered the main competition of the prestigious Cannes Film Festival, was back in 1994. It was a Malayalam film titled, Swaham, which was directed by iconic Indian film director and cinematographer, Shaji N. Karun.
All We Imagine As Light becomes the first Indian film in the last 30 years to get selected for the Cannes Film Festival
Unfortunately, since 1994, Indian filmmakers haven’t been able to make a film that has the potential to impress selectors and get an entry to the Cannes Film Festival. However, after a long wait of 30 years, finally, it was Payal Kapadia, who ended India’s drought at Cannes with her film, All We Imagine As Light. What’s even more interesting is the fact that Payal Kapadia’s film that got selected at the Cannes Film Festival was her debut narrative feature.
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Over the decades, we have seen so many filmmakers trying to compete for the Palme d’Or with multiple films, and it’s incredible how Payal achieved it with her debut narrative feature film.
Talking about the Indian films that had fought for the Palme d’Or award at the Cannes Film Festival. It includes the likes of Mrinal Sen’s Kharij (1983), V. Shantaram’s Amar Bhoopali (1952), Chetan Anand’s Neecha Nagar (1946), Raj Kapoor’s Awaara, M. S. Sathyu’s Garm Hava (1974), and Satyajit Ray’s Parash Pathar (1958). All these films competed for the Palme d’Or award but couldn’t win it.
Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine As Light will compete with Francis Ford Coppola and many other iconic filmmakers
The 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival will be held from May 14, 2024, to May 25, 2024. It will be interesting to see whether Payal Kapadia’s film, All We Imagine As Light, will go on to beat the promising films from iconic foreign filmmakers or not. It will be a tough competition as so many ace directors are coming with their promising films at the Cannes Film Festival.
The list of directors and their films that have been selected to compete for Palme d’Or includes Francis Ford Coppola (Megalopolis), Sean Baker (Anora), Yorgos Lanthimos (Kinds Of Kindness), Paul Schrader (Oh Canada), Magnus Von Horn (The Girl With The Needle) and Paolo Sorrentino (Parthenope).
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Who is All We Imagine As Light‘s director, Payal Kapadia?
Payal Kapadia was born in Mumbai but completed her schooling at Rishi Valley School in Andhra Pradesh. However, she came back to Mumbai and went to Mumbai’s St. Xavier’s College, from where she completed a bachelor’s degree in Economics.
Not only this, Payal also did a one-year Master’s degree from Sophia College and then took admission to the Film and Television Institute of India. However, not everyone is aware of the fact that she was rejected on her first attempt, but it was her love for direction that encouraged her to try again, and on her second attempt, she was selected at the FTII.
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Talking about her work as a filmmaker so far, Payal Kapadia has directed a series of documentaries like Watermelon, Fish and Half Ghost, Afternoon Clouds, The Last Mango Before the Monsoon, And What is the Summer Saying, A Night of Knowing Nothing, and All We Imagine as Light. Back in 2021, Payal created a stir across India when her documentary, A Night of Knowing Nothing, won the Oeil d’Or (Golden Eye) award for best documentary at the 74th Cannes Film Festival.
We hope Payal Kapadia continues to create history on national and international stages with her work.
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