Golden Globes 2025: Payal Kapadia makes history with 2 nods for All We Imagine As Light

All We Imagine As Light gets two nominations at the 2025 Golden Globes (Image via Instagram/All We Imagine as Light)
All We Imagine As Light gets two nominations at the 2025 Golden Globes (Image via Instagram/@allweimagineaslightfilm)

Payal Kapadia's All We Imagine As Light is continuing its winning streak by scoring two nominations at the Golden Globes 2025, announced on Monday, December 9, 2024. The film secured spots in the 'Best Motion Picture - Non-English Language' and 'Best Director - Motion Picture' categories.

In the former, Kapadia's All We Imagine As Light is pitted against movies including Emilia Pérez, The Girl With the Needle, I'm Still Here, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, and Vermiglio.

Meanwhile, in the latter category, writer and director Payal Kapadia will be fighting for the top spot at the Golden Globes 2025 against Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez), Sean Baker (Anora), Edward Berger (Conclave), Brady Corbet (The Brutalist), and Coralie Fargeat (The Substance).


Payal Kapadia's All We Imagine As Light secures two nominations at the Golden Globes 2025

The list of nominations for the upcoming Golden Globes 2025 was announced this Monday in a press conference, ahead of its airing on January 5, 2025. While everyone enjoyed the event's outcomes, it was particularly gratifying for Indians, as Payal Kapadia's All We Imagine As Light secured two historic nominations.

Besides securing a spot among the 'Best Motion Picture - Non-English Language' category nominees, the film also got nominated in the 'Best Director - Motion Picture' category, which made Kapadia the first Indian to be nominated in this category at the esteemed award ceremony.


What is All We Imagine As Light about?

Payal Kapadia's All We Imagine As Light is a story of perseverance, longing, bonding, and love. It is about three women—Prabha, Anu, and Parvaty—who reside in the bustling city of Mumbai, India. While Prabha and Anu are nurses who live together, Parvaty is someone they meet at their place of work.

All three women are going through struggles of their own, however, somehow their lives are intricately intertwined by a sense of belonging, which is difficult to find in a city that harbors dreams and often forgets those who work from the sidelines.

The film's cast comprises Kani Kusruti (Prabha), Divya Prabha (Anu), and Chhaya Kadam (Parvaty). Its supporting cast includes Hridhu Haroon (Shiaz), Azees Nedumangad (Dr. Manoj), Tintumol Joseph (Nurse Shanet), and Anand Sami (the man who is saved from drowning by Prabha).


Other international accolades of All We Imagine As Light

The Golden Globes 2025 nominations for Payala Kapadia's All We Imagine As Light is the latest addition to the list of accolades the film has received internationally this year.

The first win that shot the film into international popularity was at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, where it bagged the Grand Prix (the second most prestigious prize of the festival after the Palme d'Or). Next, the film took home the RTVE-Another Look Award at the 2024 San Sebastián International Film Festival.

All We Imagine As Light also took home the Silver Hugo – Jury Prize at the 2024 Chicago International Film Festival and the Fiction Feature Prize at the 2024 Montclair Film Festival. Furthermore, at the 2024 Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Kapadia's film won the Jury Grand Prize.

Kapadia's film then went on to win Best International Feature at the Gotham Awards, Best International Film at the New York Film Critics Circle, and became a recipient of Top Five International Films at the National Board of Review.


As audiences await the Golden Globes 2025 winners' announcement, All We Imagine As Light is currently available for limited viewing in theatres across the United States.

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