Payal Kapadia’s ‘All We Imagine as Light’ enters the Cannes Film Fest

Malayalam By South First Desk Apr 12, 2024 Read the article

Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine As Light has been selected for the 2024 Cannes Film Festival in the prestigious “Competition” category.

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This is big news for Indian Cinema as the previous selection (Shaji N Karun’s Swaham) was 30 years ago in 1994.

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The 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival will begin with Quentin Dupieux’s The Second Act. The film festival will run from 14 to 25 May.

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Cannes Film Festival president Iris Knobloch and general delegate Thierry Fremaux announced the nominations on Thursday, 11 April.

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All We Imagine as Light is based on the lives of Prabha and Anu, nurses from Kerala working at a nursing home in Mumbai.

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Malayalam actors Divya Prabha and Kani Kusruti and veteran Marathi actor Chhaya Kadam play key roles in it.

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Previously Mrinal Sen’s Kharij bagged the “Special Jury” award prize of all films screened in 1983.

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Before that, only Chetan Anand’s Neecha Nagar (1946) became the first Indian film to gain recognition at the Cannes after it was awarded Palme d’Or.

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