Payal Kapadia

Payal Kapadia

Directing
Born 1986-01-04 Mumbai, India 14 credits Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix 1

Awards

Won 1 Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix Award

Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix 1 won

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Payal Kapadia (born 4 January 1986) is an Indian filmmaker. She is best known for having won the Golden Eye award for best documentary film at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival for her film A Night of Knowing Nothing. In 2017, her film Afternoon Clouds was the only Indian film that was selected for the 70th Cannes Film Festival. Born in Mumbai, Kapadia went to Rishi Valley School in Andhra Pradesh. She got a Bachelor's degree in economics from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. She did a one-year Master's degree from Sophia college. She then went on to study film direction at the Film and Television Institute of India, where she was selected on her second attempt.
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Filmography
Directing 10 credits
All We Imagine as Light
All We Imagine as Light
2024 · 73% · Director, Writer
A Night of Knowing Nothing
A Night of Knowing Nothing
2022 · 78% · Director, Writer
Afternoon Clouds
Afternoon Clouds
2017 · Director, Writer
Between Day and Night
Between Day and Night
2021 · Director, Writer
The Last Mango Before the Monsoon
The Last Mango Before the Monsoon
2015 · Director, Writer, Editor
And What Is the Summer Saying?
And What Is the Summer Saying?
2018 · Director, Writer
Watermelon, Fish and Half Ghost
Watermelon, Fish and Half Ghost
2014 · Director
Memory Of Being Here
Memory Of Being Here
2014 · Director
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Weapons of Mass Destruction
2012 · Director
Kapadia's Second Film in Mumbai Trilogy
Kapadia's Second Film in Mumbai Trilogy
· Director, Writer
Writing 7 credits
All We Imagine as Light
All We Imagine as Light
2024 · 73% · Director, Writer
A Night of Knowing Nothing
A Night of Knowing Nothing
2022 · 78% · Director, Writer
Afternoon Clouds
Afternoon Clouds
2017 · Director, Writer
Between Day and Night
Between Day and Night
2021 · Director, Writer
The Last Mango Before the Monsoon
The Last Mango Before the Monsoon
2015 · Director, Writer, Editor
And What Is the Summer Saying?
And What Is the Summer Saying?
2018 · Director, Writer
Kapadia's Second Film in Mumbai Trilogy
Kapadia's Second Film in Mumbai Trilogy
· Director, Writer
Producing 3 credits
Shape of Momo
Shape of Momo
2026 · Executive Producer
If on a Winter's Night
If on a Winter's Night
2025 · Executive Producer
The Last of Them Plagues
The Last of Them Plagues
· Producer
Acting 1 credit
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · 60% · Self - Nominee
Other credits 1 credit
The Last Mango Before the Monsoon
The Last Mango Before the Monsoon
2015 · Director, Writer, Editor
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