For the first time in Cannes, an Indian film won the Grand Prix Award: Payal Kapadia became the first Indian director to receive the honour, the country won a total of 4 awards
‘Thank you Cannes Film Festival for premiering our film here. Please don’t make us wait for another 30 years for another Indian film.’ Saying this on the stage of the 77th Cannes Film Festival on Saturday, Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia received the second most prestigious award of the festival. Payal’s film ‘All We Imagine As Light’ was awarded the Grand Prix Award here. With this, Payal has become the first Indian filmmaker to win this award. The film was premiered on May 23 under Cannes’ most prestigious category ‘Palme d’Or’. This was the Indian film to be selected in this category after 30 years. Earlier in 1994, the film ‘Swaham’ was nominated in this category. This news is being updated continuously… Also read these news related to this news… For the first time an Indian gets the Best Actress Award at Cannes: Anasuya Sengupta gets the honor for the film The Shameless, which tells the story of sex workers Kolkata-based actress Anasuya Sengupta has won the Best Actress Award at the 77th Cannes Film Festival. Read the full news here…
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