Prabha and Anu are Malayali nurses living in Mumbai who are both troubled by their relationships. The two embark on a road trip to a beach town where “the mystical forest becomes a space for their dreams to manifest.”
Cast and Crew
Directed by: Payal Kapadia
Written by: Payal Kapadia
Produced by: Thomas Hakim, Julien Graff
Starring: Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Chhaya Kadam and Hridhu Haroon
Cinematography: Ranabir Das
Edited by: Clément Pinteaux
Music by: Topshe
Production companies: Petit Chaos Chalk & Cheese Films, BALDR Film, Les Films Fauves
Another Birth, Pulpa Films, Arte France Cinéma
Distributed by: Condor Entertainment (France)
September Film (Netherlands)
Release date: 23 May 2024 (Cannes)
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Production
The film was produced by Thomas Hakim and Julian Graff through their French-based company Petit Chaos, in co-production with the Indian companies Chalk & Cheese Films and Another Birth, as well as by the Netherlands’s BALDR Film, Luxembourg’s Les Films Fauves, Italy’s Pulpa Films and France’s Arte France Cinéma. Hakim first met Kapadia at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival in 2018. This was the first feature film produced by Chalk & Cheese, which previously produced commercials for nine years.
Kapadia used money from the Huub Bals grant and Cinéfondation to reside in Europe in order to plan the film production with Hakim. Financing for the film was obtained from Arte, Cineworld, CNC, Condor, Eurimages, Gan Foundation, Hubert Bals Fund, Luxbox, Pulpa Film, and Visions Sud Est.
Filming was done in Mumbai over the course of twenty-five days and then in Ratnagiri for fifteen days.
All We Imagine as Light was selected to compete for the Palme d’Or at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, where it had its world premiere on 23 May, and received an eight minute standing ovation at the end of its screening. This is the first film from India to compete in the main competition at Cannes since Swaham in 1994, and Kapadia is the first Indian female filmmaker to do so. It won the Grand Prix, becoming the first Indian film to do so. Janus Films and distribution partner Sideshow acquired the North American rights for the film on 20 May.
