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Payal Kapadia

Indian filmmaker · India · On the map · Directors · Born 1986 · age 40

Payal Kapadia is an Indian filmmaker. In 2017, her short film Afternoon Clouds was the only Indian film selected for the 70th Cannes Film Festival. In 2021, she won the Golden Eye award for best documentary film at the 74th Cannes Film Festival for her debut feature A Night of Knowing Nothing.

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2026Shape of MomoFilm, ProducerThe Dead Sing for the LivingFilm, 2026Producer2025If on a Winter's NightFilm, Producer2024Cannes Film Festival Grand PrixAwardAll We Imagine as LightFilm, 2024Director, Writer2022A Night of Knowing NothingFilm, Director, Writer2021Between Day and NightFilm, Director, Writer2018And What Is the Summer Saying?Film, Director, Writer2017Afternoon CloudsFilm, Director, Writer2015The Last Mango Before the MonsoonFilm, Director, Writer2014Memory Of Being HereFilm, DirectorWatermelon, Fish and Half GhostFilm, 2014Director2012Weapons of Mass DestructionFilm, Director1986Born4 January 1986

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Filmography 15

24 credits on file

Television 1

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Awards

Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix2024

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Country
India
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1986 · age 40