PRESENTS
ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT
A FILM by payal Kapadia
WINNER - GRAND PRIX
2024 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
For Immediate Release – Films We Like, in partnership with Janus Films and Sideshow Pictures, has acquired Canadian distribution rights to 2024 Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix winner All We Imagine as Light, the second highest prize after the Palme d’Or. It was the first Indian film in three decades to compete in Cannes main competition and received an 8 minute standing ovation. Kapadia had previously won the festival’s L’Oeil d’Or award in 2021 for her acclaimed documentary “A Night of Knowing Nothing,”
Payal Kapadia’s film is a drama centered on two Malayali nurses who have moved to a beautifully shot Mumbai, and are navigating life, love and sisterhood.
“An absorbing story of three nurses that is full of humanity.”
Peter Bradshaw, Guardian
Running time: 115 minutes
County of origin: France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg, 2024
Language: Malayalam, Hindi
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About Films We Like
Founded by award-winning documentary filmmaker Ron Mann (Grass, Comic Book Confidential, Carmine Street Guitars) Films We Like is a boutique distributor of documentary, independent, and international films in Canada. Recent releases include Last Summer, Return to Reason and Academy Award winning director Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s Evil Does Not Exist..