Payal Kapadia
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A brief biography
Payal Kapadia
Payal Kapadia is a Mumbai-based filmmaker and artist Who has won more and higher awards at the Cannes Film Festival than any other Indian.
She studied Film Direction at the Film & Television Institute of India.
Payal's work
Her work deals with that which is not easily visible, hidden somewhere in the folds of memory and dreams. It is between minor, ephemeral feminine gestures where she tries to find the truth that makes up her practice.
The Last Mango Before Monsoon 2015 Kapadia’s experimental short The Last Mango Before Monsoon was premiered at Oberhausen International Film Festival (2015), where she was awarded FIPRESCI award and Special Jury Prize.
Afternoon Clouds 2017 Her much acclaimed short film was India’s sole official selection in Cannes film Festival, 2017, in Cinefondation section.
And what was the Summer Saying 2018 Her experimental short had its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival (2018). It also received the Special Jury Prize at the International Documentary Film Festival of Amsterdam IDFA (2018) and the Pramod Pati Best Experimental Film Prize at the Mumbai International Film festival (2020).
All We Imagine as Light Payal worked on making her first feature film All We Imagine as Light which she developed at the Cinefondation Cannes Residency in Paris (2019-20). She received the Hubert Bals Script and Development Fund as well as the CICLIC Development fund for this project.
Filmography
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2021 A Little Late with Lilly Singh TV Series
2021 To Dine For with Kate Sullivan TV Series
2022 Bollywood, NYC (USA) documentary Actress
2022 The School of Greatness Podcast Series Guest
2022 Dhar Mann TV Series Actress
