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![Kapadia, Payal](/images/Payal Kapadia-02.PNG) Kapadia, Payal |
Date of birth
1986, Mumbai, India
Payal Kapadia (1986, Mumbai, India)
Payal Kapadia is an Indian filmmaker. She is best known for having won the Golden Eye award for best documentary film at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival for her film A Night of Knowing Nothing.
In 2017, her film Afternoon Clouds was the only Indian film that was selected for the 70th Cannes Film Festival.
“Cinema has the potential to open up imagination.”
Born in Mumbai, Kapadia went to Rishi Valley School in Andhra Pradesh. She got a Bachelor's degree in economics from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. She did a one-year Master's degree from Sophia college.
She then went on to study film direction at the Film and Television Institute of India, where she was selected on her second attempt.
Filmography
Director
2014 Watermelon, Fish and Half Ghost (Short film) 2015 Afternoon Clouds (Short film) 2017 The Last Mango Before the Monsoon (Short film) 2018 And What is the Summer Saying (Short film) 2021 A Night of Knowing Nothing 2024 All We Imagine as Light
Selected filmography of
Kapadia, Payal
2024
All We Imagine as Light (2024)
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