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All We Imagine as Light
by Payal Kapadia

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.

Original Title: All We Imagine as Light
Countries: France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg
Year: 2024
Ratio: 1:66
Sound: 5.1
Length: 118 min
Language: Malayalam, Hindi
Festivals & Awards
2024
  • Cannes Film Festival – Competition – Grand Prix
  • Sydney Film Festival – Competition
  • Shanghai Film Festival – International Panorama
  • FICUNAM – International Competition – Audience Award
  • Durban Film Festival – Official Selection – Best Feature Film
  • Toronto Film Festival – Special Presentations Program
  • San Sebastian Film Festival – Perlak Selection
  • Telluride Film Festival – Main Program
  • New York Film Festival – Main Slate
  • Busan Film Festival – A Window on Asian Cinema
  • BFI London Film Festival – Special Presentations
  • Viennale – Features – Grand Prix
  • Chicago Film Festival – International Competition – Silver Hugo, Jury Prize
  • Mostra Internacional de Cinema de São Paulo – New Directors Competition
  • Marrakech Film Festival – Special Screenings
About Director
Payal Kapadia

Payal Kapadia is a Mumbai based filmmaker. She studied Film Direction at the Film & Television Institute of India. Her short films "Afternoon Clouds" and "And What Is The Summer Saying" premiered respectively at the Cinéfondation and the Berlinale. Her first feature film "A Night of Knowing Nothing" premiered at 2021 Director's Fortnight, where it won the Golden Eye for best documentary.

FILMOGRAPHY
  • All We Imagine as Light – 2024
  • A Night of Knowing Nothing – 2024
  • And What is the Summer Saying – 2018 – Short film
  • Afternoon Clouds – 2017 – Short film
  • The Last Mango before the Monsson – 2015 – Short film
Cast & Crew
Cast

Kani Kusruti
Divya Prabha
Chhaya Kadam
Hridhu Haroon

Crew

Screenwriter: Payal Kapadia
DOP: Ranabir Das
Editor: Clément Pinteaux
Costume Design: Maxima Basu
Sound: Benjamin Silvestre, Romain Ozanne, Olivier Voisin
Music: Dhritiman Das
Production: petit chaos
Coproduction: Chalk and Cheese, Arte France Cinéma, Baldr Film, Another Birth, Les Films Fauves, Pulpa Film
World Sales: Luxbox

“Glorious and modern Mumbai tale is a triumph.”
★★★★★
“A glowing portrait of urban connection and unexpected sisterhood that illuminates the Cannes Competition.”
“A moving and luminous chronicle.”
“An eloquent fiction debut which is a light for audiences to surrender to.”