Cannes Film Festival 2024: Payal Kapadia's 'All We Imagine As Light' Scripts History, Wins Grand Prix Award
Cannes Film Festival 2024: Payal Kapadia's 'All We Imagine As Light' scripted history as it became the first Indian film to win Grand Prix award.
Payal Kapadia's 'All We Imagine As Light' scripted history as it became the first Indian film to win a Grand Prix award at the Cannes Film Festival. The official announcement was made on Saturday evening at the 77th Cannes Film Festival. For the unversed, the Grand Prix is the second-most coveted prize of the prestigious film festival after the Palme d'Or. 'All We Imagine as Light' had premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival in the competition section on May 23.
'All We Imagine as Light' was the first Indian film to feature in the festival's main segment in 30 years. The last Indian movie to make it to the competition section was Shaji N Karun’s 'Swaham' in 1994.
PAYAL KAPADIA, lauréate du Grand Prix pour ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT.
— Festival de Cannes (@Festival_Cannes) May 25, 2024
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PAYAL KAPADIA, award winner of the Grand Prix for ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT.#Cannes2024 #Palmares #Awards #GrandPrix pic.twitter.com/nE16YOvLeC
The Indian film stars Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Chhaya Kadam, and Hridhu Haroon in leading roles. The film written by Payal Kapadia follows the lives of two nurses from Kerala.
'All We Imagine As Light' is Payal Kapadia's third time at Cannes after her short film 'Afternoon Clouds' featured in the Cinefondation section in 2017 and 'A Night of Knowing Nothing' won the Oeil d’Or (Golden Eye) Award for Best Documentary Film in 2021.
Earlier talking about the film to Indian Express, Payal Kapadia said, "The story is about the city and the people who come to work in Mumbai. They have families back home. But they find new families in friends and colleagues in the city… As I grew older, I have started relying more on friendships. They are my support system too.”
The Palme d'Or at the 77th Cannes Film Festival was won by Sean Baker's 'Anora'.
The 77th Cannes Film Festival was exceptional for India as Anasuya Sengupta, who hails from Kolkata, also won the Un Certain Regard Prize for Best Actress for her performance in 'The Shameless'.
