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.

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

BIOGRAPHY

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 Not Knowing - 2021

And What is the Summer Saying - 2018 - Short Film

Afternoon Clouds - 2017 - Short Film

The Last Mango before the Monsoon - 2015 - Short Film

CREW

Director and 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 & Cheese, Arte France Cinéma, Baldr Film, Another Birth, Les Films Fauves, Pulpa Film World Sales: Luxbox

CAST

Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Chhaya Kadam, Hridhu Haroon

FESTIVALS & AWARDS

Cannes Film Festival - Competition - Grand Prix - 2024

Sydney Film Festival - Official Competition - 2024

Shanghai International Film Festival - International Panorama - 2024

FICUNAM - International Competition - Audience Award - 2024

Durban International Film Festival - Official Selection - Best Feature Film - 2024

Toronto International Film Festival - Special Presentations Programme - 2024

San Sebastian Film Festival - Perlak section - 2024

Telluride Film Festival - 2024

New York Film Festival - 2024

29th BUSAN International Film Festival - A Window on Asian Cinema - 2024

BFI London Film Festival -Special presentations - 2024

Valdivia International Film Festival - Closing Film - 2024

VIENNALE - Feature - 2024

48th Mostra São Paulo International Film - 2024

Chicago International Film Festival - International Competition - Silver Hugo, Jury Prize - Best of Fest screening Sun - 2024

Payal Kapadia

Writer-Director