Payal Kapadia directorial All We Imagine As Light, grabs global attention even before its release. The film is produced by France’s Petit Chaos with co-producers including India’s Chalk & Cheese, France’s Arte France Cinema, the Netherlands’ Baldr Film, India’s Another Birth, Luxembourg’s Les Films Fauves and Italy’s Pulpa Film. The film gained attention after being featured and winning in the Cannes Film Festival.
The film will be released in France by Luxbox, who further signed deals with Rialto for Australia and New Zealand, Rapid Eye Movies for Austria and Germany, Mostra de São Paulo and Telecine in Brazil, Beta Film in Bulgaria, Aerofilms in the Czech Republic, Camera Film in Denmark and Cinemanse Oy in Finland. Further it has signed deals with Edko Films in Hong Kong, Mozinet in Hungary, Bio Paradis in Iceland, Falcon in Indonesia, Europictures in Italy, Cetera in Japan, Canibal Networks in Mexico, Another World Entertainment in Norway, Voodoo Films in Romania, Exponenta Film for CIS, Njutafilms in Sweden, Swallow Wings Films in Taiwan, Sahamongkolfilm in Thailand, and Bir Film in Turkey.
The film will be the debut fiction film for Payal Kapadia. Before this she won Cannes’ l’Oeil d’Or prize for best documentary in 2021 for her Directors’ Fortnight premiere A Night Of Knowing Nothing. The film contains a highly talented cast including Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Chhaya Kadam and Hridhu Haroon. The film is set in Mumbai and revolves around the life of two nurses who are troubled by their relationships. The film embarks their journey on a road trip to a beach town. The film will be released in France by Condor on October 2, Sideshow and Janus Films will release it in New York and Los Angeles on November 15, followed by nationwide expansion, and BFI Distribution will release it in UK and Irish cinemas on November 29.
With a global recognition even before release and the film set for stage in many countries, it is sure to receive a huge attention. The film winning the Grand Prix already created a recognition of the makers along with the film. After 30 years of long gap, a film was featured in Cannes, and now the film is on its journey to become a global hit.