All We Imagine As Light Earns Dual Gotham Nominations for Best International Film And Best Director

Payal Kapadia's All We Imagine as Light has received two notable nominations at the 2024 Gotham Awards: Best International Film Category and Best Director Category. These annual awards, held by the Gotham Film & Media Institute, celebrate achievements in independent filmmaking and will take place on December 2 at Cipriani Wall Street, New York City.

The film, which previously made waves by winning the Grand Prix at Cannes, explores the intersecting lives of two Kerala nurses, Prabha and Anu, navigating personal and cultural challenges in Mumbai. These nominations mark the first time an Indian film has been recognized in these categories, with Best Director introduced this year and Best International Film in its fourth year.

Being nominated at the Gotham Awards is proof of the film's cinematic excellence and another feather in its journey post its debut at the Cannes Film Festival. The film has been released to rave reviews and packed cinemas in France and Italy, and is now scheduled to release in the US before its homecoming on the 22nd of November across theaters in India.

The Gotham Awards are American film awards, presented annually to the makers of independent films at a ceremony in New York City Part of the Gotham Film & Media Institute (formerly Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP)), "the largest membership organization in the United States dedicated to independent film" (founded in 1979), the awards were inaugurated in 1991, making this the 34th edition of the Award.

The film is an official Indo-French co-production between petit chaos from France and Chalk & Cheese and Another Birth from India.

The film is being distributed in India by Spirit Media across all major cities.