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"All We Imagine As Light" director Payal Kapadia will be the president of the jury for the 65th Cannes Critics Week, which runs parallel to the main festival and nurtures emerging voices in cinema.
Kapadia, who became the first Indian filmmaker to win the Grand Prix award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2024, will lead a panel of international jury members, including Quebecois actor Théodore Pellerin, singer-songwriter Oklou, Ghanaian-British producer Ama Ampadu, and journalist and director of the Bangkok World Film Festival Donsaron Kovitvanitcha.
The festival sidebar, known as 'Semaine de la critique', is organised by the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics. The 65th edition will run from May 13 to 21.
“At a time where independent cinema is being eroded in every country, supporting the first works of filmmakers is almost a resistance to the market forces. Film criticism is one of the key components of the independent and art house film ecosystem.
"The first films are often freer, more daring and fearless, having an individual voice and to champion those is absolutely essential. First films are also fragile and to be nurtured in a section like Critics Week, helps them blossom amongst already established filmmaker's work," Kapadia said in a statement.
Kapadia studied at the Film & Television Institute of India, Pune. Her short films "Afternoon Clouds" and "And What is the Summer Saying" were selected at the Cinéfondation and the Berlinale.
Her first feature documentary "A Night of Knowing Nothing" was selected at the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes in 2021 and won L’Oeil d’Or for Best Documentary.
"All We Imagine As Light", which documented the lives of two working women's lives in Mumbai, shot Kapadia among the most promising filmmakers across the world with its win at the Cannes Film Festival.
Kapadia will present La Semaine de la Critique Ami Paris Grand Prize for best feature film, the Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award for best actor or actress, and the Sony Discovery Prize for best short film.
The Cannes Film Festival will take place from May 12 to May 23.
In an exclusive interview with Firstpost’s Lachmi Deb Roy in 2024, the director of this gem, Payal Kapadia, poured her heart out and spoke about the city of Mumbai, the challenges of making independent cinema, the characters she has written for this film, and what we can expect next from her.
On Chhaya Kadam
It’s many, many different things that came together for this character. But since I’ve seen Mumbai for many years, for me, the area of the film is shot in, which is lower parallel and. There was a kid that time that used to be more with cotton mills. I remember when I was in Bombay, there were more cotton mills. Cotton mill area that used to be, and it should be all over there that used to be the main housing area.
With added inputs from the agency
Kapadia, who became the first Indian filmmaker to win the Grand Prix award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2024, will lead a panel of international jury members, including Quebecois actor Théodore Pellerin, singer-songwriter Oklou, Ghanaian-British producer Ama Ampadu, and journalist and director of the Bangkok World Film Festival Donsaron Kovitvanitcha.
The festival sidebar, known as 'Semaine de la critique', is organised by the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics. The 65th edition will run from May 13 to 21.
“At a time where independent cinema is being eroded in every country, supporting the first works of filmmakers is almost a resistance to the market forces. Film criticism is one of the key components of the independent and art house film ecosystem.
"The first films are often freer, more daring and fearless, having an individual voice and to champion those is absolutely essential. First films are also fragile and to be nurtured in a section like Critics Week, helps them blossom amongst already established filmmaker's work," Kapadia said in a statement.
Kapadia studied at the Film & Television Institute of India, Pune. Her short films "Afternoon Clouds" and "And What is the Summer Saying" were selected at the Cinéfondation and the Berlinale.
Her first feature documentary "A Night of Knowing Nothing" was selected at the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes in 2021 and won L’Oeil d’Or for Best Documentary.
"All We Imagine As Light", which documented the lives of two working women's lives in Mumbai, shot Kapadia among the most promising filmmakers across the world with its win at the Cannes Film Festival.
Kapadia will present La Semaine de la Critique Ami Paris Grand Prize for best feature film, the Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award for best actor or actress, and the Sony Discovery Prize for best short film.
The Cannes Film Festival will take place from May 12 to May 23.
In an exclusive interview with Firstpost’s Lachmi Deb Roy in 2024, the director of this gem, Payal Kapadia, poured her heart out and spoke about the city of Mumbai, the challenges of making independent cinema, the characters she has written for this film, and what we can expect next from her.
On Chhaya Kadam
It’s many, many different things that came together for this character. But since I’ve seen Mumbai for many years, for me, the area of the film is shot in, which is lower parallel and. There was a kid that time that used to be more with cotton mills. I remember when I was in Bombay, there were more cotton mills. Cotton mill area that used to be, and it should be all over there that used to be the main housing area.
With added inputs from the agency
