Payal Kapadia | |
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Born | Mumbai, India | 4 January 1986
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | Film and Television Institute of India |
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Years active | 2014–present |
Payal Kapadia (born 4 January 1986)[1] is an Indian filmmaker. In 2017, her short film Afternoon Clouds was the only Indian film selected for the 70th Cannes Film Festival.[2] In 2021, she won the Golden Eye award for best documentary film at the 74th Cannes Film Festival for her debut feature A Night of Knowing Nothing.[3][4][5]
In 2024, she won the Grand Prix at the 77th Cannes Film Festival for her fiction feature debut All We Imagine as Light.[6][7] It also earned her a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Director.[8]