All We Imagine As Light Makes History At Golden Globes

Payal
Kapadia
may
have


missed
her
chance
at
the
Oscars,
but
her
acclaimed
film

All
We
Imagine
As
Light
has
been
acknowledged
by
the
Golden
Globes.

It
has
received
two
nominations
in
the
Best
Director
(Motion
Picture)
and
Best
Motion
Picture
(Non
English
Language
Film)
categories.

This
marks
the
first
time
an
Indian
director
has
been
nominated
in
the
Director
category.

Starring
Kani
Kusruti,
Divya
Prabha
and
Chhaya
Kadam,

AWIAL
is
an
Indo-French
co-production
between
Petit
Chaos
from
France
and
Chalk
&
Cheese
and
Another
Birth
from
India.

The
film
follows
Prabha,
a
troubled
nurse
who
receives
an
unexpected
gift
from
her
estranged
husband,
and
Anu,
her
young
roommate
seeking
intimacy
with
her
boyfriend.
A
trip
to
a
beach
town
allows
them
to
confront
their
desires.
The
film
stars
Kani
Kusruti,
Divya
Prabha
and
Hridhu
Haroon,
all
hailing
from
Kerala.

Earlier
this
year,
the
film
created
history
by
winning
the
prestigious
Grand
Prix
at
the
Cannes
Film
Festival.

AWIAL
premiered
at
Cannes
in
its
much-feted
‘competition
section’
on
May
23.
It
was
the
first
Indian
film
to
feature
in
the
festival’s
main
segment
in
30
years.
The
last
Indian
movie
to
make
it
to
the
competition
section
was
Shaji
N
Karun’s

Swaham
in
1994.

AWIAL
also
won
the
Best
International
at
the
New
York
Film
Critics
Circle
and
the
Best
International
Feature
trophy
at
the
Gotham
Awards
2024.

 

The
film’s
title
has
been
taken
from
a
2016
painting
of
the
same
name
by
Kapadia’s
mother,
the
celebrated
painter
Nalini
Malini.
In
the
painting,
grey
and
red
figures
are
shown
fighting
each
together,
with
the
text,
‘One
day
the
streets
all
over
the
world
will
be
empty.
From
every
tomb
I’ll
learn
all
we
imagine
of
light.’

In
an


interview
with

Rediff,
Payal
had
explained
why
she
chose
this
title
for
her
film:
“When
I
make
films,
it
takes
a
long
time.
So
over
the
years,
some
lines
get
stuck
in
your
head.

A
Night
of
Knowing
Nothing
was
the
title
of
a
poem.

All
We
Imagine
as
Light
is
actually
the
title
of
one
of
my
mother’s
paintings.
It
stayed
with
me
for
a
long
time
and
I
thought
it
really
resonated
with
my
thoughts
in
this
film.
So
I
borrowed
it
from
her.”

The
prestigious

Sight
And
Sound
magazine
hailed

AWIAL
the
best
film
of
2024.

It
has
got

Rediff’s
thumbs
up
as
well.

Sukanya
Verma
writes
in
her


review,
‘With
this
just
one
115-minutes
long
film,
she
packs
in
days
of
reflection,
hours
of
insight
and
moments
of
joy.
And
light.’

Mayur
Sanap
calls
it
‘exquisite’,
adding,
‘In
Payal
Kapadia’s
poetically
titled

All
We
Imagine
As
Light,
the
wonderful
sense
of
place
and
real
life
feels
refreshingly
novel
due
to
the
tenderness
with
which
the
director
paints
her
vision
that
finds
beauty
in
the
ordinary.’

The
other
nominees
in
the
Best
Director
category
include
Jacques
Audiard
for

Emilia
Perez,
Sean
Baker
for

Anora;
Edward
Berger
for

Conclave;
Brady
Corbet
for

The
Brutalist;
and
Coralie
Fargeat
for

The
Substance.

The
Golden
Globes
will
stream
live
on
Lionsgate
Play
on
January
6,
from
6:30
am
IST.

With
inputs
from
ANI.