All We Imagine as Light

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Country India, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Italy
Language Malayalam, Hindi, Marathi
GenreDrama
Release date23 May 2024 (Cannes)
21 September 2024 (India)
2 October 2024 (France)
Running time1hr 55min
CertificateA
StarringKani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Chhaya Kadam, Hridhu Haroon
Directed by Payal Kapadia
Written byPayal Kapadia
Produced byThomas Hakim, Julien Graff
Cinematography by Ranabir Das
Edited by Clément Pinteaux
Music byTopshe
Production CompanyPetit Chaos
Chalk & Cheese Films
BALDR Film
Les Films Fauves
Another Birth
Pulpa Films
Arte France Cinéma
Distributor Condor Distribution (France)
Spirit Media (India)
September Film (Netherlands)

Cast & Characters

  • Kani Kusruti as Prabha
  • Divya Prabha as Anu
  • Chhaya Kadam as Parvaty
  • Hridhu Haroon as Shiaz
  • Azees Nedumangad as Dr. Manoj
  • Anand Sami as Drowned Man
  • Lovleen Mishra as Dr. Supriya
  • Madhu Raja as Kaki
  • Shweta Prajapati as Young Woman
  • Tintumol Joseph as Nurse Shanet
  • Ardra K.S. as Nurse 1
  • Sisira Anil CK as Nurse 2
  • Aparna Ram as Nurse 3
  • Kashish Singh as Young Nurse
  • Nikhil Mathew as Male Nurse
  • Bipin Nadkarni as Advocate Desai
  • Snehalata Siddarth Tagde as Union Leader
  • Saee Abhay Limaye as Teenager at the Shack
  • Sanjay Balu Ghanekar as Father
  • Shailaja Shrikant as Lady in Doctor’s House

Storyline

In Mumbai, Nurse Prabha’s routine is troubled when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a spot in the city to be intimate with her boyfriend. A trip to a beach town allows them to find a space for their desires to manifest.

About All We Imagine as Light Movie

All We Imagine as Light is a drama film written and directed by Payal Kapadia. The cast includes Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Chhaya Kadam and Hridhu Haroon. The film was an international co-production involving companies from India, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Italy.

The film was produced by Thomas Hakim and Julian Graff through their French-based company Petit Chaos, in co-production with the Indian companies Chalk & Cheese Films and Another Birth, as well as by the Netherlands’s BALDR Film, Luxembourg’s Les Films Fauves, Italy’s Pulpa Films and France’s Arte France Cinéma. Hakim first met Kapadia at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival in 2018. This was the first feature film produced by Chalk & Cheese, which previously produced commercials for nine years.

Kapadia used money from the Huub Bals grant and Cinéfondation to reside in Europe in order to plan the film production with Hakim. Financing for the film was obtained from Arte, Cineworld, CNC, Condor, Eurimages, Gan Foundation, Hubert Bals Fund, Luxbox, Pulpa Film, and Visions Sud Est.

Filming was done in Mumbai over the course of twenty-five days and then in Ratnagiri for fifteen days.

All We Imagine as Light was selected to compete for the Palme d’Or at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, where it had its world premiere on May 23, 2024, and received an eight minute standing ovation at the end of its screening. This is the first film from India to compete in the main competition at Cannes since Swaham in 1994, and Kapadia is the first Indian female filmmaker to do so. It won the Grand Prix, becoming the first Indian film to do so.

Janus Films and distribution partner Sideshow acquired the North American rights for the film on 20 May 2024, and released the film on 15 November 2024 in New York and Los Angeles, with a nationwide expansion planned. The film was also played at the Toronto International Film Festival on 5 September 2024. It was released in France by Condor Distribution on 2 October 2024.

The film has been selected as the opening film for the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2024. The film was released theatrically in India on 22 November 2024.

Awards & Nominations

AwardDate of CeremonyCategoryRecipient(s)Result
Alliance of Women Film Journalists7 January 2025Best International FilmAll We Imagine as LightNominated
Alliance of Women Film Journalists7 January 2025Best DirectorPayal KapadiaNominated
Alliance of Women Film Journalists7 January 2025Best Original ScreenplayPayal KapadiaNominated
Alliance of Women Film Journalists7 January 2025Best Woman DirectorPayal KapadiaWon
Alliance of Women Film Journalists7 January 2025Best Woman ScreenwriterPayal KapadiaWon
Asia Pacific Screen Awards30 November 2024Best FilmThomas Hakim, Julien Graff, Payal KapadiaNominated
Asia Pacific Screen Awards30 November 2024Best DirectorPayal KapadiaNominated
Asia Pacific Screen Awards30 November 2024Best ScreenplayPayal KapadiaNominated
Asia Pacific Screen Awards30 November 2024Best PerformanceKani KusrutiNominated
Asia Pacific Screen Awards30 November 2024Best CinematographyRanabir DasNominated
Asia Pacific Screen Awards30 November 2024Jury Grand PrizeAll We Imagine as LightWon
Asian Film Awards16 March 2025Best FilmAll We Imagine as LightPending
Asian Film Awards16 March 2025Best DirectorPayal KapadiaPending
Asian Film Awards16 March 2025Best ScreenplayPayal KapadiaPending
Asian Film Awards16 March 2025Best ActressKani KusrutiPending
Asian Film Awards16 March 2025Best Supporting ActressDivya PrabhaPending
Asian Film Awards16 March 2025Best EditingClément PinteauxPending
Astra Film Awards8 December 2024Best International FeatureAll We Imagine as LightNominated
Black Film Critics Circle19 December 2024Best Foreign FilmAll We Imagine as LightWon
British Academy Film Awards16 February 2025Best Film Not in the English LanguageAll We Imagine as LightPending
British Independent Film Awards8 December 2024Best International Independent FilmPayal Kapadia, Thomas Hakim, Julien GraffNominated
Cahiers du Cinéma2024Annual Top 10All We Imagine as Light5th Place
Cannes Film Festival25 May 2024Palme d’OrPayal KapadiaNominated
Cannes Film Festival25 May 2024Grand PrixPayal KapadiaWon
Cannes Film Festival25 May 2024Prix des Cinémas Art et Essai – Special MentionPayal KapadiaWon
Chicago Film Critics Association11 December 2024Milos Stehlik Award for Breakthrough FilmmakerPayal KapadiaNominated
Chicago Film Critics Association11 December 2024Best Foreign Language FilmAll We Imagine as LightWon
Chicago Indie Critics18 January 2025Best International FilmAll We Imagine as LightNominated
Chicago International Film Festival27 October 2024Gold HugoAll We Imagine as LightNominated
Chicago International Film Festival27 October 2024Silver Hugo – Jury PrizeAll We Imagine as LightWon
Columbus Film Critics Association2 January 2025Best Foreign Language FilmAll We Imagine as LightRunner-up
Critics’ Choice Movie Awards7 February 2025Best Foreign Language FilmAll We Imagine as LightNominated
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association18 December 2024Best Foreign Language FilmAll We Imagine as Light3rd place
Denver Film Critics Society24 January 2025Best Non-English Language FeatureAll We Imagine as LightWon
Directors Guild of America Awards8 February 2025Outstanding Directing – First-Time Feature FilmPayal KapadiaNominated
DiscussingFilm Critic Awards4 January 2025Best International Feature FilmAll We Imagine as LightRunner-up
Dorian Awards13 February 2025Non English Film Of The YearAll We Imagine as LightNominated
Dublin Film Critics’ Circle19 December 2024Best FilmAll We Imagine as LightNominated
Film Comment Magazine12 December 2024Best FilmAll We Imagine as LightWon
Florida Film Critics Circle21 December 2024Best International FilmAll We Imagine as LightWon
Florida Film Critics Circle21 December 2024Best EnsembleAll We Imagine as LightNominated
Florida Film Critics Circle21 December 2024Best DirectorPayal KapadiaNominated
Georgia Film Critics Association7 January 2025Best International FilmAll We Imagine as LightRunner-up
Girls on Film Awards26 January 2025Best Feature FilmAll We Imagine as LightNominated
Girls on Film Awards26 January 2025Best Female Friendship on ScreenAll We Imagine as LightWon
Girls on Film Awards26 January 2025Ensemble Cast AwardAll We Imagine as LightNominated
Golden Globe Awards5 January 2025Best Foreign Language FilmAll We Imagine as LightNominated
Golden Globe Awards5 January 2025Best DirectorPayal KapadiaNominated
Göteborg Film Festival29 January 2025International CompetitionAll We Imagine as LightNominated
Gotham Awards2 December 2024Best DirectorPayal KapadiaNominated
Gotham Awards2 December 2024Best International FeaturePayal Kapadia, Thomas Hakim, Julien GraffWon
Greater Western New York Film Critics Association4 January 2025Best Foreign Language FilmAll We Imagine as LightNominated
Hawaii Film Critics Society13 January 2025Best Foreign Language FilmAll We Imagine as LightNominated
Houston Film Critics Society14 January 2025Best Foreign Language FeatureAll We Imagine as LightNominated
Independent Spirit Awards22 February 2025Best International FilmAll We Imagine as LightPending
Indiana Film Journalists Association16 December 2024Best Foreign Language FilmAll We Imagine as LightNominated
International Cinephile Society9 February 2025Best PictureAll We Imagine as LightWon
International Cinephile Society9 February 2025Best EnsembleAll We Imagine as LightWon
International Cinephile Society9 February 2025Best DirectorPayal KapadiaWon
International Cinephile Society9 February 2025Best Original ScreenplayPayal KapadiaRunner-up
International Cinephile Society9 February 2025Best ActressKani KusrutiNominated
International Cinephile Society9 February 2025Best Supporting ActressChhaya KadamNominated
International Cinephile Society9 February 2025Best Supporting ActressDivya PrabhaNominated
International Cinephile Society9 February 2025Best CinematographyRanabir DasNominated
International Cinephile Society9 February 2025Best EditingClément PinteauxNominated
Jerusalem Film Festival25 July 2024International CompetitionAll We Imagine as LightNominated
Kansas City Film Critics Circle4 January 2025Best Foreign Language FilmAll We Imagine as LightNominated
Kyiv International Film Festival “Molodist”2 November 2024Best Full Length FilmAll We Imagine as LightWon
London Film Critics’ Circle2 February 2025Film of the YearAll We Imagine as LightNominated
London Film Critics’ Circle2 February 2025Foreign Language Film of the YearAll We Imagine as LightWon
Los Angeles Film Critics Association8 December 2024Best Foreign Language FilmAll We Imagine as LightWon
Lumière Awards20 January 2025Best FilmAll We Imagine as LightNominated
Montclair Film Festival28 October 2024Fiction Feature PrizeAll We Imagine as LightWon
Munich International Film Festival6 July 2024Best International FilmAll We Imagine as LightNominated
National Board of Review4 December 2024Top Five International FilmsAll We Imagine as LightWon[a]
National Society of Film Critics4 January 2025Best FilmAll We Imagine as LightRunner-up
National Society of Film Critics4 January 2025Best Film Not In English LanguageAll We Imagine as LightWon
National Society of Film Critics4 January 2025Best DirectorPayal KapadiaWon
New York Film Critics Circle3 December 2024Best International FilmAll We Imagine as LightWon
New York Film Critics Online16 December 2024Best International FeatureAll We Imagine as LightWon
North Carolina Film Critics Association3 January 2025Best Foreign Language FilmAll We Imagine as LightWon
North Dakota Film Society Awards13 January 2025Best International FeatureAll We Imagine as LightNominated
North Texas Film Critics Association30 December 2024Best Foreign Language FilmAll We Imagine as LightNominated
Online Association of Female Film Critics23 December 2024Best International FeatureAll We Imagine as LightWon
Online Film & Television Association23 February 2025Best Foreign Language FilmAll We Imagine as LightPending
Online Film Critics Society27 January 2025Best Film Not in the English LanguageAll We Imagine as LightWon
Philadelphia Film Critics Circle21 December 2024Best Foreign FilmAll We Imagine as LightWon
Phoenix Critics Circle13 December 2024Best Foreign Language FilmAll We Imagine as LightWon
Portland Critics Association14 January 2025Best Film Not in the English LanguageAll We Imagine as LightNominated
Puerto Rico Critics Association12 January 2025Best DirectorPayal KapadiaNominated
Puerto Rico Critics Association12 January 2025Best International FeatureAll We Imagine as LightNominated
San Diego Film Critics Society9 December 2024Best Foreign Language FilmAll We Imagine as LightWon
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle15 December 2024Best International Feature FilmAll We Imagine as LightNominated
San Sebastián International Film Festival28 September 2024RTVE-Another Look AwardAll We Imagine as LightWon
St. Louis Film Critics Association15 December 2024Best International Feature FilmAll We Imagine as LightNominated
Sydney Film Festival16 June 2024Best FilmAll We Imagine as LightNominated
Toronto Film Critics Association15 December 2024Best DirectorPayal KapadiaRunner-up
Toronto Film Critics Association15 December 2024Best Original ScreenplayPayal KapadiaWon
Toronto Film Critics Association15 December 2024Best International FeatureAll We Imagine as LightWon
Utah Film Critics Association11 January 2025Best Non-English FeatureAll We Imagine as LightNominated
Vancouver Film Critics Circle19 February 2025Best International Film in Non-English LanguageAll We Imagine as LightPending
VHS AwardsFebruary 2025Best FilmAll We Imagine as LightPending
VHS AwardsFebruary 2025Best DirectorPayal KapadiaPending
VHS AwardsFebruary 2025Best Original ScreenplayPayal Kapadia, Robin Joy, Himanshu PrajapatiPending
VHS AwardsFebruary 2025Best ActressKani KusrutiPending
VHS AwardsFebruary 2025Best Supporting ActressDivya PrabhaPending
Women Film Critics Circle15 January 2025Best Movie About WomenAll We Imagine as LightNominated
Women Film Critics Circle15 January 2025Best Foreign Film By Or About WomenAll We Imagine as LightNominated
Women Film Critics Circle15 January 2025Best Movie By Women (Directing)Payal KapadiaNominated
Women Film Critics Circle15 January 2025Best Women Storyteller (Screenwriting Award)Payal KapadiaRunner-up

Budget & Box Office Collection

BudgetN/A
Worldwide Collection$3.1 million
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