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Just a year after winning the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival in 2024, filmmaker and All We Imagine As Light director, Payal Kapadia, is all set to return to the festival. This time, she has become part of the prestigious jury as one of the judges. The filmmaker will be joining the jury for the 78th Festival de Cannes, chaired by Juliette Binoche, the festival organisers shared this Monday.
The Jury for Cannes 2025
Payal will be part of the jury along with several other members, including American actress and filmmaker Halle Berry, Italian actress Alba Rohrwacher, French-Moroccan writer Leïla Slimani, Congolese director, documentarist, and producer Dieudo Hamadi, Korean director and screenwriter Hong Sangsoo, Mexican director, screenwriter, and producer Carlos Reygadas, and American actor Jeremy Strong.
About Payal Kapadia’s journey at Cannes
Kapadia, a Film and Television Institute of India graduate, went to the festival to present her short film Afternoon Clouds at the Cannes La Cinéfondation in 2017, followed by her non-fiction film A Night of Knowing Nothing, which won the L’Œil d’Or award for best documentary in 2021.
Her film All We Imagine As Light, an ode to female friendship, love, and longing in Mumbai, became the first film from India to be part of the Cannes Competition after a 30-year gap.
About the Cannes Film Festival 2025
The panel will award its top prize, the Palme d`Or, to one of the 21 films in competition. Greta Gerwig awarded Sean Baker’s Anora the award in 2024. According to the official Cannes Film Festival website, the winners will be announced on May 24 at the closing ceremony of the gala.
Binoche, one of the most renowned actors from France, is known for her illustrious career, which includes credits like Certified Copy, The English Patient, Three Colours: Blue, Chocolat, and most recently The Taste of Things.
Indian actors at Cannes
In the past, several Indian film personalities have been a part of the Cannes jury, including Mrinal Sen, Mira Nair, Shekhar Kapur, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Nandita Das, Sharmila Tagore, Vidya Balan, and Deepika Padukone.
(With inputs from PTI)
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