Filmmaker Payal Kapadia’s “All We Imagine as Light” has received a nomination in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 30th annual Critics’ Choice Awards.
The nominations for the awards ceremony to be held on January 12, 2025, were announced by the Critics’ Choice Association (CCA) on Thursday evening.
In the Best Foreign Language Film category, “All We Imagine as Light” is up against France’s “Emilia Perez”, Latvia’s “Flo”, Ireland’s “Kneecap”, Brazil’s “I’m Still Here” and Germany’s “The Seed of From “The Sacred”. Fig”, directed by dissident Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof.
The Critics’ Choice Awards nod for “All We Imagine as Light” comes just days after the film received two nominations at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards.
The Malayalam-Hindi film, which marks Kapadia’s feature directorial debut, is nominated for Best Motion Picture Non-English Language and Best Direction – Motion Picture at the upcoming awards.
The film, an official Indo-French co-production, created history by becoming the first Indian title to win the Grand Prix award at the Cannes Film Festival in May.
It is the story of two nurses Prabha (Kani Kusruti) and Anu (Divya Prabha) from Kerala who journey through life and love in Mumbai with their friend and cook Parvati (Chhaya Kadam).
More recently, the film was named Best International Film by the New York Film Critics Circle and won an award in the same category at the Gotham Awards.
“All We Imagine as Light” claimed the top spot on Sight & Sound magazine’s annual list of the 50 best films of the year.
The film is being distributed in the US by Janus Films and Sideshow. Rana Daggubati’s Spirit Media released the film across India in November.
The 30th Critics’ Choice Awards will be hosted by Chelsea Handler. The awards ceremony will be livestreamed in India on Lionsgate Play.
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