cannes grand prix

Three very different women living in crowded but sometimes-isolating modern-day Mumbai navigate work, relationships, and social norms in writer/director Payal Kapadia’s understated but powerful drama All We Imagine as Light. Winner of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival’s Grand Prize, Kapadia’s second feature is a compelling mix of beautifully observed reality and poignant magical realism that boasts excellent performances by its three female leads. Thoughtful, relatable, and full of meaning, All We Imagine as Light is an excellent example of what “female-forward filmmaking” really looks like.