Directing
Payal Kapadia
Born January 4, 1986 · Mumbai, India (age 40)
Payal Kapadia (born 4 January 1986) is an Indian filmmaker. She is best known for having won the Grand Prix at Cannes Film Festival in 2024 for her film "All We Imagine As Light" which was also nominated for two Golden Globe Awards.
Known For
All We Imagine as Light · 2024All We Imagine as Light
★ 6.82024
MovieDramaRomance
In Mumbai, Nurse Prabha's routine is troubled 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. A trip to a beach town allows them to find a space for their desires to manifest.
A Night of Knowing Nothing · 2022A Night of Knowing Nothing
★ 7.42022
MovieDocumentary
L, a student in India witness to the government's violent response to university protests, writes letters to her estranged lover while he is away.
Afternoon Clouds · 2017Afternoon Clouds
★ 6.02017
MovieDrama
Kaki is a 60-year-old widow who lives with her Nepali maid, Malti. The film takes place on one afternoon in their house where a flower blossoms in the balcony. Malti meets a boy (a sailor) from her hometown unexpectedly.
Shape of Momo · 2026Shape of Momo
2026
MovieDramaFamily
Bishnu returns to her Himalayan village after quitting her job, only to face mounting family pressures and societal expectations. As tensions rise with her pregnant sister's arrival and a budding relationship with a "suitable" boy from her community, Bishnu must choose between conforming to tradition or claiming her independence.
If on a Winter's Night · 2025If on a Winter's Night
2025
MovieDrama
Portrays a couple form Kerala who lost their house during harsh winter days while trying settle down in Delhi, building a bond amid challenges in a strange city.

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The Dead Sing for the Living · 2026The Dead Sing for the Living
2026
Movie
Presented by Payal Kapadia, and built around the words of Palestinian poet Shadi Zaqtan, this film carries the names, memories, and echoes of Palestinian children and families who can no longer speak for themselves. “The Dead Sing for the Living” is a poetic and political meditation on erasure, memory, and resilience in Palestine. Through a haunting roll call of names and a litany of what has been destroyed homes, schools, trees, birds, and dreams
The Last Mango Before the Monsoon · 2015The Last Mango Before the Monsoon
2015
MovieDocumentaryDrama
Two technicians set up cameras in a forest to capture animal activity at night. A woman moved away from the forest a long time ago. She yearns for her late husband and the forest.
Watermelon, Fish and Half Ghost · 2014Watermelon, Fish and Half Ghost
2014
MovieDocumentary
A fable about life in a chawl (urban middle class housing society) where superstitions, relationships and crisis combines the families into a unified community. The film follows a folk tale like structure to talk about a kind of society in old Bombay city and the people that belonged to it in a fantasy tale of lost loves. the film also looks at the idea of infinite time and life cycles.




