Director-writer Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine As Light secured two Golden Globe nominations in Best Motion Picture in a non-English language and Best Director categories. Kapadia, who won the Grand Prix award at the Cannes Film Festival in May this year, will compete with The Brutalist director Brady Corbet, The Substance's Coralie Fargeat, Conclave’s Edward Berger, Emilia Perez’s director Jacques Audiard and Anora's Sean Baker for the Best Director award. The 2025 Golden Globe awards ceremony is expected to be held on January 5 in Los Angeles. Commenting on the double nomination at the 82nd Golden Globe, Kapadia said: “I’m deeply honoured by this nomination and grateful to HFPA (Hollywood Foreign Press Association) for this recognition. This is a celebration for everyone who worked so passionately on the film. To everyone in India, All We Imagine as Light is still in theaters, please go watch it and support us.” For the Best Motion Picture in a non-English language category, Kapadia’s debut feature film is nominated along with Emilia Perez, The Girl With The Needle, I’m Still Here, The Seed of The Sacred Fig and Vermiglio. All We Imagine As Light earlier lost out to Laapataa Ladies as India’s official entry to the Academy Awards in the Best International Feature Film category. It is speculated to secure nominations at the Oscars as an independent entry. Also Read | All We Imagine As Light movie review: Payal Kapadia’s lyrical ode to working-class Mumbai and female friendship The Malayalam-Hindi film, featuring Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Chhaya Kadam, Hridhu Haroon and Azees Nedumangad, is the story of three working women navigating the harsh realities of Mumbai. Nurse Prabha's routine is upset when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a spot in the city to be intimate with her boyfriend. However, a trip to a beach town offers them closure and comfort. On behalf of all the producers of the film, Zico Maitra of Chalk and Cheese said, “We’re incredibly humbled and thrilled by the Golden Globe nominations. This recognition means the world to our entire team, who poured their hearts into making this film. We’re still playing in select theaters across India, thanks to the incredible efforts of Spirit Media (the distributor of the film). I urge everyone to experience the film on the big screen while you still can.” Ever since its Cannes win, All We Imagine as Light has been screened at multiple international festivals and won several major international awards.
