Premium

Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine as Light wins best international film at New York Film Critics Circle

Earlier this year, Payal Kapadia's All We Imagine as Light, starring Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha and Chhaya Kadam, won the prestigious Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival.

All We Imagine as Light director Payal Kapadia at Express Film Club by SCREEN in New Delhi. (Express photo by Amit Mehra, AWIAL/Instagram)

Filmmaker Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine as Light has won the Best International at the New York Film Critics Circle. The update was shared by US-based portal Deadline. The outlet also reported that the Best Animated Feature award went to Gints Zilbalodis’ Flow.

This is the 90th anniversary of NYFCC whose members include Indiewire’s David Ehlrich (2024 vice chair) and Kate Erbland, New York Magazine’s Alison Wilmore and Bilge Ebiri, The Atlantic’s David Sims (2024 chair), and Time’s Stephanie Zacharek.

Express Opinion | All We Imagine As Light: On Mumbai’s trains, the small, warm world of women

Story continues below this ad

Notably, on Monday, All We Imagine as Light won Best International Feature trophy at the reputed Gotham Awards 2024. Other nominees in the category included, Green Border, Hard Truths, Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell and Vermiglio. The Gothams Film Awards were held at Cipriani Wall Street on Monday in New York.

Starring Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha and Chhaya Kadam, the film is an official Indo-French co-production between petit chaos from France and Chalk & Cheese and Another Birth from India.

Watch All We Imagine as Light director Payal Kapadia at Express Film Club by SCREEN here:

The film follows Prabha, a troubled nurse who receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband, and Anu, her young roommate seeking intimacy with her boyfriend. A trip to a beach town allows them to confront their desires. Earlier this year, the film won the prestigious Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival.

Click here to follow Screen Digital on YouTube and stay updated with the latest from the world of cinema.

Tags:
New York
US

US President Donald Trump speaks at the Kennedy Center, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Ahead of Putin meeting, Trump says India tariffs helped push Russia to talks

World4 hr ago

Ahead of his high-stakes summit with Vladimir Putin Friday, US president Donald Trump suggested that his tariffs on India “essentially took them out of buying oil from Russia,” and may have played a role in bringing Moscow to the negotiating table. Trump said he believes Putin “wants to get it done,” ahead of their summit in Alaska tomorrow.

View all shorts

More Entertainment

Entertainment Weapons: Indian directors are more terrified of making meaningful horror movies than you are of watching them