"This is a celebration of everyone"
Payal Kapadia made history by becoming the first Indian female director to be nominated for a Golden Globe for her film All We Imagine As Light.
Since winning the Grand Prix at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, Payal has been riding a wave of success with her first full-length feature film.
All We Imagine As Light secured two Golden Globe nominations for Best Director and Best Motion Picture in a Non-English Language.
The Hindi-Malayalam language film combines the stories of three subaltern women through hardship, loneliness and empathy in Mumbai.
In a statement, the filmmaker said she was “deeply honoured by this nomination and grateful to the HFPA [Hollywood Foreign Press Association] for this recognition”.
“This is a celebration of everyone who worked so passionately on the film”.
All We Imagine As Light was released in theatres in India on November 22, 2024.
Payal Kapadia said the film will be re-released in selected theatres on December 13.
She will compete against Jacques Audiard for Emilia Pérez, Sean Baker, Anora, Edward Berger for Conclave, Brady Corbet for The Brutalist and Coralie Fargeat for The Substance for Best Director.
Payal’s film also won Best International Film at the New York Film Critics Circle and Gotham Awards and brought home the award for Best International Feature.
Despite being called one of the most acclaimed films of 2024, All We Imagine As Light was snubbed by India for its submission for Best International Film at the Oscars.
Ravi Kottarakara, president of the Film Federation of India, selected Kiran Rao’s Laapataa Ladies for the awards.
He explained that the selection committee felt “that they were watching a European film taking place in India, not an Indian film taking place in India”.
Payal said she was “really happy with the film they chose. It’s a really nice film. I liked it a lot. But I feel like these kind of statements, I don’t know what purpose they serve”.
“The committee that made the selection was 13 men. Is that very Indian? Then I don’t mind so much.”
The upcoming Golden Globes ceremony comes three years after its 2022 event was boycotted following a 2021 exposé by the Los Angeles Times, accusing the HFPA of a lack of diversity.
It has since reformed, expelling problematic voters and expanding its membership from around 85 to 300, including 10 per cent Black representation.
The 82nd Golden Globes will be held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles on January 5, 2025.
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