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Payal Kapadia, director of ‘All We Imagine as Light,’ sees another way
Kapadia’s first fully narrative film, “All We Imagine as Light,” begins more like a documentary, surveying Mumbai, particularly at night, before gently gravitating toward three women, all of them hospital workers, who are juggling their workaday realities, and those of India’s stratified society, with their own aspirations.
All We Imagine As Light review: Payal Kapadia's profound ode to Mumbai is the finest film of the year
A delicate, lyrical drama of sisterhood echoing through the sights and sounds of modern India, All We Imagine As Light cements Payal Kapadia as a major voice.
Watch ‘All We Imagine as Light’ Director Payal Kapadia Share Her Picks from the Criterion Closet
Kapadia’s extensive knowledge of cinema should come as no surprise. In a recent interview with IndieWire’s Anne Thompson, the auteur explained that years of following the arthouse and festival ecosystem helped her cast the film’s two leads, Divya Prabha and Kani Kusruti.
Love Is Political: Payal Kapadia on "All We Imagine as Light"
Across the two features she's made to date, Payal Kapadia has emerged as a luminous new voice in Indian cinema, exploring the personal as political through her shimmering, empathetic portraits of working-class Mumbai.
All We Imagine As Light: Payal Kapadia on characters, grainy cinematography and more
Director Payal Kapadia, in an interview with India Today Digital, spoke about the movie and the nuances of making the same. She even shared the inspiration behind the characters in the movie.
Payal Kapadia on the Gently Radical Drama 'All We Imagine as Light'
O n May 26, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated filmmaker Payal Kapadia on the Cannes success of All We Imagine as Light, her drama slated for U.S. release on Nov. 15. Not only was it the first Indian film to play in competition at Cannes in 30 years,
Review: ‘All We Imagine as Light’ begins in Mumbai and quietly tells a city-full of stories
Every day, the world over, we feel these things because we’re human: Longing. Peace, where we can find it. Belonging. Loneliness, sometimes. Unsteadiness in an ever-expiring present tense. If we’re city dwellers in a great urban center that feeds millions while starving millions more,
All We Imagine As Light: Payal Kapadia`s film is an honest portrayal of Mumbai
Almost 12 years ago, on my first day in the city, this was the first picture I clicked, with the sun setting behind the dargah. Then it is almost befitting that I am staring at the same view, so many years later as I am writing the review of the most honest portrayal of Mumbai in a film.
'All We Imagine As Light' review: A resplendent portrait of womanhood
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,
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'All We Imagine As Light' movie review: Payal Kapadia's film is an honest portrayal of Mumbai
All We Imagine as Light (AWIAL) might be a story of women finding their own in a space that feels free, but before ...
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All We Imagine As Light: Kinship & Hope In Isolation
Payal Kapadia’s film, a Grand Prix winner at the Cannes Film Festival, takes us through the crowded streets of Mumbai, where ...