Payal Kapadia, which earned subtitles last year and improved its name in history by securing the Grand Prix for its debut feature film “All We Imate as Light”, came on board as a member of the Jury at the Film Festival 2025. Cannes.
On Tuesday, the 39 -year -old filmmaker was seen on the red carpet 78. The edition of the prestigious gala as one of the prefabs.
Payal Kapadia Early Life
Payal Kadadia, born on January 4 in 1986, was able to explore films and theater at a very young age when the painter and video artists were born, Malani, while her father, Shailesh Kadadia, was a psychoanalyst.
Alumnus School Rishi Valley School Andhra Pradesh has graduated from the St X Xavier College school and won a master’s degree at Sophia College for Women. Later she won the title in the film direction from the Indian film and the TV Institute.
Her time at the film and television institute was remarkable when she played a decisive role in protest against the appointment of actor-politician Gajendra Chauhan as chairman of the Institute. Her awards are not limited to the recent Grand Prix, other remarkable achievements include the selection of her short film – the only Indian film – the “afternoon clouds” in 2017 for the 70.
She was honored by the Golden Eye Award for her debut function “Night About” in the best category of documentary films at 74. It is important to realize that “everything we imagine as light” also found a place in the list of Golden Globe Award nominations for the best director.
In Cannes 2025 Payal Kadadia told reporters: “Our film comes to Cannes and has gained recognition and everyone (press) writing about it, really helped us get the movie out. And even the distribution in India really helped. So I’m really grateful.”
Members of the Cannes 2025 Film Festival Jury
Other members of the Cannes 2025 jury include Juliette Binoche, Halle Berry, Jeremy Strong, Alba Rohrwacher, Lež Slimani, Dieudo Hamadi, Hong Sangsoo and Carlos Reygadas.
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