Chhaya Kadam, Kani Kusruti, Payal Kapadia, Divya Prabha and Hridhu Haroon arrive for the screening of their film at the festival
Payal Kapadia
made history on Thursday by becoming the first
female filmmaker
from India whose
film
was screened in the
main competition section
at Cannes. Her film, All We Imagine As Light, is also the first Indian production in competition for the Palme d’Or in three decades. The film received an eightminute ovation at
Cannes
and glowing reviews from international film critics.
A French-Indo co-production and Malayalam-Hindi language feature, it tells the story of two young women – Prabha, a nurse from Mumbai, and Anu, her roommate.
Global film critics have praised the film for its “exquisite poetry within the banal blank verse of everyday Indian life.” Critics said that it is a tender, enthralling, and intimate film about female desires and insecurities.
TNN
