Meet Payal Kapadia, The History Creator at Cannes Film Festival 2024

Payal Kapadia's "All We Imagine as Light" made history at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, winning the Grand Prix.

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This is the first Indian entry in 30 years and the first ever from an Indian female director to feature in the main competition.

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Grand Prix is the Festival’s second-most prestigious prize after the legendary Palme d'Or.

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Audience members gave the film an eight-minute standing ovation during its screening.

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She is also renowned for another documentary "A Night of Knowing Nothing," which won the Golden Eye award at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.

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Born in Mumbai, Payal Kapadia is an alum of the prestigious Film and Television Institute of India (FTII).

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Payal Kapadia is facing disciplinary action and was branded as anti-national for staging a protest in 2015.

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