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Payal Kapadia’s ‘All We Imagine As Light’, The First Indian Film In The Cannes Competition In 30 Years, Gets 8-Minute Ovation Following World Premiere


‘All We Imagine As Light’ is the first Indian film to screen in the Cannes competition in 30 years.

Ranabir Das, Julien Graff, Hridhu Haroon, Chhaya Kadam, Divya Prabha, Payal Kapadia, Kani Kusruti, Zico Maitra and Thomas Hakim.Kristy Sparow/Getty Images The pic, which screened in the late night competition slot this evening in Cannes, is Kapadia’s debut fiction feature. The story opens as Prabha’s daily routine is broken when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Kapadia is best known internationally for her feature doc A Night of Knowing Nothing(2021), which screened in Director’s Fortnight, where it won the Golden Eye for best documentary.

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