Grand Prix Award at Cannes Festival

Current Context : Payal Kapadia wins Grand Prix Award for her film ‘All We Imagine as Light’.

• For the first time in 30 years an Indian film, Payal Kapadia’s ‘All We Imagine as Light’ which centers around the lives of two nurses, was nominated for the Palme d’or, the highest award in the festival.
• With this win she becomes the first Indian to bag this prestigious award.
• This comes after 30 years when Shaji N Karun’s ‘Swaham’ competed for highest honour.
• Her film was granted official Indo-French co production status by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, under the signed Audio-Visual treaty between India and France.