Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine As Light has earned another prestigious nomination. The film has made the list in the best Film Not in the English Language at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards aka the BAFTA. All We Imagine As Light, is a moving exploration of life in contemporary India. With a compelling and contemplative story, this outstanding film features brilliant performances by Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, and Chhaya Kadam.
The film, which won the Grand Prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, won Best International Feature Winner at the Gotham Awards and was nominated for a Golden Globe in the Best Picture category is a soulful study of three women living in contemporary working-class Mumbai. As we said in our rave review: “All We Imagine As Light explores their experiences and focuses on the expressions of their individual light. It is complex, beautiful, sad, full of darkness and light, both imagined and real, and it’s utterly brilliant.”
The film, All We Imagine As Light, which has won won numerous accolades, is also nominated at Director’s Guild of America, Independent Spirit Awards and the Asian Film Awards, and numerous other award ceremonies.