Since its release in cinemas on 29 November 2024, the film has taken over £370K at the
box office so far. Subscribers to BFI Player will now be able to watch it in the comfort of the
own homes – via BFI Player’s website, mobile and connected TV apps – wherever they are
in the UK. Alongside the release will sit a 30-minute filmed interview with Payal Kapadi
hosted by broadcaster and film critic Ashanti Omkar, intended to provide an insightf
accompaniment for viewers to see once they have watched the film. Newly available
subscribers on an expanded range of leading devices, BFI Player is curated by the BFI
(British Film Institute) and features a diverse collection of films, from exclusive new releas
to acclaimed masterpieces. Following a free 14-day trial, a contract-free subscription is just
£6.99 per month or £65 per year.
Featuring Kani Kusruti (Prabha) Divya Prabha (Anu) and Chhaya Kadam (Parvaty) in the
lead roles, All We Imagine as Light was the first Indian film to be selected in Of
Competition at Cannes in three decades. Payal Kapadia also made history as the first fema
Indian filmmaker ever to have a film in this prestigious section of the festi
After winning the Cannes Grand Prix, the film has gone on to receive internation
recognition. As well as the BAFTA nomination, there have been two Golden Globe
nominations, for Foreign Language Film and Director of a Motion Picture, a British
Independent Film Awards (BIFA) nomination for Best International Independent Film and two
London Critics’ Circle Film Awards nominations for Film of the Year and Foreign Language
Film of the Year. Award wins include the Gotham Award for Best International Feature, the
Asian Pacific Screen Awards Grand Jury Prize, and the Silver Hugo at the Chica
International Film Festival. All We Imagine as Light has Best International Feature wins from
the New York Film Critics Circle, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, Chicago Film Critics
Association and San Diego Film Critics Society. In the end of year polls for 2024 it was
named Film of the Year by the UK’s Sight and Sound magazine, The New York Times,
Associated Press and Film Comment critics’ polls. It recently won a Golden Tomato from the
Rotten Tomatoes website for ‘Best Limited Release Movie’.
In Mumbai, thoughtful Nurse Prabha’s routine is upset when she receives an unexpected gift
from her estranged husband. Her younger, flightier and rebellious roommate, Anu, tries
vain to find a spot in the city to be intimate with her secret boyfriend. Their friend Parva
fights to stay in her home without any requisite paperwork left by her late husband. A trip to
beach town allows them each to find a space for their desires to manifes
Payal Kapadia studied Film Direction at the Film & Television Institute of India. Her short
films, Afternoon Clouds (2017) and And What Is The Summer Saying (2018), premiered
the Cannes Cinéfondation and the Berlinale respectively. Her first feature film, A Nigh
Knowing Nothing (2021) premiered at the 2021 Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, where it won
the Golden Eye Documentary Prize.
All We Imagine as Light is a France-India-The Netherlands-Luxembourg co-production. The
producers are Thomas Hakim and Julien Graff of Petit Chaos in Paris, and Zico Maitra of
Chalk & Cheese Films in Mumbai.
All We Imagine as Light will be released exclusively on BFI Player on 17 February 2025
France/India/Netherlands/Luxembourg / Malayalam, Hindi with English subtitles
2024 / 115 mins / cert 15
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