Payal Kapadia

Payal Kapadia

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Payal Kapadia is a Mumbai based filmmaker and artist. She studied Film Direction at the Film & Television Institute of India. 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. Her much acclaimed short film Afternoon Clouds was India’s sole official selection in Cannes film Festival, 2017, in Cinefondation section.

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All We Imagine As Light
All We Imagine As Light
Writer
Prabha, a nurse, receives an unexpected gift from her long estranged husband that throws her life into disarray. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a private spot in the big city to be alone with her boyfriend. One day the two nurses go on a road trip to a beach town where the mystical forest becomes a space for their dreams to manifest.
All We Imagine As Light
All We Imagine As Light
Director
Prabha, a nurse, receives an unexpected gift from her long estranged husband that throws her life into disarray. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a private spot in the big city to be alone with her boyfriend. One day the two nurses go on a road trip to a beach town where the mystical forest becomes a space for their dreams to manifest.
무지의 밤
무지의 밤
Writer
인도의 어느 대학 영화과 학생 L이 멀리 떨어져 있는 연인에게 쓴 편지가 내레이션으로 낭독되는 가운데 영화는 인도 대학생들의 삶을 담은 파운드 푸티지들을 재구성하여 전개하면서 개인적인 이야기와 가장 첨예한 정치적인 이슈들을 탁월하게 엮어낸다. 2021년 칸영화제 감독주간 상영, 황금눈상 수상.
무지의 밤
무지의 밤
Director
인도의 어느 대학 영화과 학생 L이 멀리 떨어져 있는 연인에게 쓴 편지가 내레이션으로 낭독되는 가운데 영화는 인도 대학생들의 삶을 담은 파운드 푸티지들을 재구성하여 전개하면서 개인적인 이야기와 가장 첨예한 정치적인 이슈들을 탁월하게 엮어낸다. 2021년 칸영화제 감독주간 상영, 황금눈상 수상.
And What Is the Summer Saying
And What Is the Summer Saying
Director
The camera sways slightly, setting in a majestic black and white on the intimate stories of a small village bordering the jungle. A mystical and poetic cinematic experience, in which one gladly gets lost in.
Afternoon Clouds
Afternoon Clouds
Writer
Kaki is a 60-year-old widow who lives with her Nepali maid, Malti. The film takes place on one afternoon in their house where a flower blossoms in the balcony. Malti meets a boy (a sailor) from her hometown unexpectedly.
Afternoon Clouds
Afternoon Clouds
Director
Kaki is a 60-year-old widow who lives with her Nepali maid, Malti. The film takes place on one afternoon in their house where a flower blossoms in the balcony. Malti meets a boy (a sailor) from her hometown unexpectedly.
The Last Mango Before the Monsoon
The Last Mango Before the Monsoon
Writer
Two technicians set up cameras in a forest to capture animal activity at night. A woman moved away from the forest a long time ago. She yearns for her late husband and the forest.
The Last Mango Before the Monsoon
The Last Mango Before the Monsoon
Director
Two technicians set up cameras in a forest to capture animal activity at night. A woman moved away from the forest a long time ago. She yearns for her late husband and the forest.
Watermelon, Fish and Half Ghost
Watermelon, Fish and Half Ghost
Director
A fable about life in a chawl (urban middle class housing society) where superstitions, relationships and crisis combines the families into a unified community. The film follows a folk tale like structure to talk about a kind of society in old Bombay city and the people that belonged to it in a fantasy tale of lost loves. the film also looks at the idea of infinite time and life cycles.
Memory Of Being Here
Memory Of Being Here
Director
A movement montage exercise.
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Director
Food and eating habits are deeply ingrained in the spiritual understanding of the human body and mind. For instance, in Hindu traditions, food is referred to as ‘Brahaman’, or God. This led me to consider, on a spiritual level, what we are doing with food today. What happens if we mutilate the basis for our existence?