Payal Kapadia

Director, Screenwriter

Winner of the Grand Prix at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival with All We Imagine as Light, Payal Kapadia made a triumphant entrance onto the film scene with her first feature-length fiction film. This ode to friendship and Mumbai, on which she worked during her stay at La Résidence de La Cinéfondation in 2019, brought India back into the Cannes Competition after a thirty-year absence. The film continued its run at the 2025 Golden Globes( nominations for Best Director and Best Foreign Language Film), and received numerous awards, including Best Film at the 2025 Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong. Trained at the Film and Television Institute of India, Payal Kapadia has directed several short films, including Afternoon Clouds, presented at La Cinéfondation 2017, and she became known for her documentary film Toute une nuit sans savoir. Today, she shares her unique perspective in cinemas around the world.

India