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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Payal Kapadia

Payal KAPADIA (1986, India) is a film director and screenwriter. Her film Afternoon Clouds (2017) was the only Indian film selected for the 70th Cannes Film Festival, while A Night of Knowing Nothing (2021) earned the Golden Eye award for best documentary film at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. She is also a winner of the Grand Prix at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival for her film All We Imagine as Light (2024).

Filmography

Watermelon, Fish and Half Ghost (2014, short), Afternoon Clouds (2015, short), The Last Mango Before the Monsoon (2017, short), And What is the Summer Saying (2018, short doc), A Night of Knowing Nothing (2021, doc), All We Imagine as Light (2024)

More info: Wikipedia, Payal Kapadia

Payal Kapadia at IFFR