Amid the heady haze, unrelenting traffic, and humidity of the city of Mumbai, three complex women sit at the core of Payal Kapadia's All We Imagine As Light. Written and directed by the Mumbai-based A Night of Knowing Nothing filmmaker in her first fiction feature, the film is as much an ode to modern womanhood as it is to the bustling city itself.

C oming in hot from winning the Grand Prix at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, All We Imagine as Light is a hopeful story. The themes revolved around sisterhood, keeping the dying h

Written and directed by Payal Kapadia, All We Imagine As Light is the first Indian film to win the Grand Prix at Festival de Cannes. It is currently playing at select theaters across India.

Filmmaker Payal Kapadia begins her first narrative film, “All We Imagine as Light,” observing. Bringing in her documentary roots, she focuses on the streets of Mumbai through the lens of a passing bus.