Payal
Kapadia,
who
is
a
filmmaker
from
Mumbai,
has
won
big
at
the
Cannes
Film
Festival.
Her
film
titled
A
Night
Of
Knowing
Nothing
has
bagged
the
Oeil
D
or
Golden
Eye
Award
for
Best
Documentary
in
the
festival.
The
movie
has
emerged
victorious
out
of
28
documentaries
that
were
submitted
from
across
the
globe.
The
same
was
announced
by
the
official
social
media
handle
of
the
Cannes
Independent
movie
selection
page
that
is
Quinzaine
Des
Real
on
Saturday
(July
17).
The
tweet
read
as,
"The
Oeil
d'Or,
the
award
for
best
documentary
presented
at
the
Cannes
Film
Festival
all
sections
combined,
goes
to
A
NIGHT
OF
KNOWING
NOTHING
by
Payal
Kapadia,
a
film
selected
at
the
Directors'
Fortnight.
Our
warmest
congratulations
to
Payal
Kapadia
and
the
entire
film
crew."
Take
a
look
at
the
same.
The
Oeil
d’Or,
the
award
for
best
documentary
presented
at
the
Cannes
Film
Festival
all
sections
combined,
goes
to
A
NIGHT
OF
KNOWING
NOTHING
by
Payal
Kapadia,
a
film
selected
at
the
Directors’
Fortnight.
Our
warmest
congratulations
to
Payal
Kapadia
and
the
entire
film
crew!
🎉
pic.twitter.com/s0e5ZwyUze
Talking
about
the
movie
A
Night
Of
Knowing
Nothing,
it
revolved
around
a
college
student
who
used
to
writes
letters
to
her
beau
when
he
is
away
from
her.
The
jury
for
the
award
was
headed
by
American
documentary
producer
Ezra
Edelman.
The
other
members
included
film
critic
Iris
Brey,
director
Julie
Bertuccelli,
French
actress
Deborah
Francois
and
IDFA
(International
Documentary
Film
Festival
Amsterdam)
artistic
director
Orwa
Byrabia.