All We Imagine as Light (15)

All We Imagine as Light is a beautiful, sweeping, emotional film that explores the complexities of female friendship and captures the frantic pace, the vibrant colours and the heady atmosphere of modern Mumbai.

In the city, 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 in vain to find a spot in the city to be intimate with her secret boyfriend. Their colleague Parvaty fights to stay in her home without any requisite paperwork left by her late husband. A trip to a beachtown allows them each to find a space for their desires to manifest.

Payal Kapadia’s hugely acclaimed fiction debut was the first Indian film to be selected in Official Competition at Cannes in three decades, where it was awarded the Grand Prix.

Running time: 118 minutes
Language: Malayalam and Hindi with English subtitles

Accolades:

• Winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes Film Festival
• Sight & Sound’s Best Film of 2024
• Winner of Best International Film at New York Film Critics Circle Awards
• Winner of Best International Film at Gotham Awards
• Nominated for Best International Independent Film at British Independent Film Awards