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‘All We Imagine as Light’ Director Payal Kapadia Looks Beyond India’s Oscar Snub, Talks Identity Politics With Kore-eda Hirokazu at Tokyo Festival
Payal Kapadia and Kore-eda Hirokazu explore her film's Oscar journey, language diversity, and gender representation in contemporary Indian cinema.
Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia remains gracious about her film “All You Imagine as Light” not being selected as India’s Oscar submission, despite strong buzz around the title. So, everything that comes its way is a bonus,” Kapadia said on Tuesday during a conversation with Japanese auteur Kore-eda Hirokazu at the Tokyo International Film Festival ‘s TIFF Lounge series of talks between filmmakers. The filmmaker noted the dual nature of language barriers in urban settings, describing how they can both create distance and provide intimate spaces for private conversations in public places.
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