New Delhi:
Filmmaker Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine as Light, a Mumbai story about three women and their friendship, received two nominations in the Best Motion Picture Non-English Language and Best Direction – Motion Picture categories at the 82nd Golden Globes on Monday. Happened.
The film, which created history by becoming the first Indian film to win the Grand Prix award at Cannes in May, comes as Hollywood prepares for its annual awards season, which culminates with the Oscars, and is recording wins and nominations.
At the Golden Globes, All We Imagine as Light competed against Emilia Pérez (France), The Girl with the Needle (Poland), I’m Still Here (Brazil), The Seed of the Sacred Fig (US) and Vermiglio (Italy) for best non-film. -In the English Language Motion Picture category.
Kapadia will be up against The Brutalist director Brady Corbett, The Substance director Coralie Farguet, Conclave’s Edward Berger, Emilia Perez director Jacques Audiard and Enora’s Shawn Baker in the Best Director category at the 82nd Golden Globes.
“I am deeply honored by this nomination and grateful to the HFPA for this recognition. This is a celebration of everyone who worked so diligently on the film. To everyone in India, All We Imagine as Light is still is in theaters – please go watch it and support us,” Kapadia said in a statement.
Kapadia’s feature debut has received considerable international acclaim since its premiere at Cannes, where it not only recorded the second best award but was also one of the best-reviewed films.
The director, a graduate of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), has previously directed the acclaimed short film Afternoon Clouds and the docu-feature A Night of Knowing Nothing.
Although the film was not selected as India’s official entry for the Academy Awards in the International Feature Film category, it is expected to receive Oscar nominations in the general categories. Kiran Rao will represent India in the Missing Ladies category.
The film was named Best International Film by the New York Film Critics Circle and recently 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 Malayalam-Hindi feature is being distributed in the US by Janus Films and Sideshow. Rana Daggubati’s Spirit Media released the film across India in November.
Starring Kani Kushruti, Divya Prabha and Chhaya Kadam, Kapadia’s film explores love and friendship in the bustling city of Mumbai through three women, two Malayali nurses – Prabha and Anu – and their friend Parvati.
In 2022, SS Rajamouli’s RRR earned two nominations at the Globes in Best Non-English Language Film and Best Song for Natu Natu. It ultimately won in the song category, a win the film repeated at the Oscars. Shekhar Kapur was nominated in the director category at the 1999 Globes for his Hollywood Elizabeth and Mira Nair’s Salaam Bombay (1989) and Monsoon Wedding (2002) were nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, now renamed Best Foreign Language Film. The motion feature has been non-English. , The 2025 Golden Globes will take place on January 5 in Los Angeles. It will stream live on Lionsgate Play in India.
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