Payal Kapadia's 'All We Imagine As Light' nominated for BAFTA 2025

After getting nominated at Golden Globes Payal Kapadias film All We Imagine As Light has now bagged a nomination at BAFTA 2025All We Imagine As Light scored a single nomination in the Best Film Not in the English Language category The movie was longlisted in three categories at the BAFTA including Best Director Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Not in the English Language However it garnered only one nominationIn 2024 the film made history by becoming the first Indian film to win the prestigious Grand Prix at the Cannes Film FestivalPayal was nominated in the Best Director category at the Golden Globe Awards this year She did not win the award but still it was a moment of pride for Indian fans All We Imagine As Light was also nominated in the Best Film Not in the English Language Category but lost to Emilia PerezAll We Imagine as Light is currently streaming on Disney Hotstar in India where it premiered from January 3The BAFTA 2025 awards will be streaming live and exclusively in India on Lionsgate Play this February 16About All We Imagine As LightStarring Kani Kusruti Divya Prabha and Chhaya Kadam the film is an official IndoFrench coproduction between Petit Chaos from France and Chalk amp Cheese and Another Birth from India The film follows Prabha a troubled nurse who receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband and Anu her young roommate seeking intimacy with her boyfriend A trip to the beach town of Ratnagiri allows them to confront their desiresIn 2024 the film won the prestigious Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival It recently won the Best International Feature at the New York Film Critics Circle as well as the Best International Feature trophy at the reputed Gotham Awards 2024 Former President of the United States Barack Obama also mentioned it in his list of favorite movies of 2024All We Imagine As Light trimmed for OTT releaseThe autonomy that web platforms exercise while censoring shows became evident in May 2024 when Jio Cinema dropped from its platform a 2019 episode by British comedian John Oliver that revolved around Indian elections In the latest case of selfcensorship select scenes of Payal Kapadiarsquos All We Imagine as Light were altered for its digital release on Disney Hotstar Interestingly additional disclaimers relating to the consumption of cigarettes and alcohol have also been added to the OTT draftA source tells midday ldquoAbout 30 seconds of the film has been trimmed but none of the key scenes have been tampered with Even a contentious scene involving frontal nudity has been left untouched With that said at a later point in the film when the characters are seen drinking a disclaimer has been added This wasnrsquot in accordance with the recommendation of the CBFC but an additional call taken by the platformrdquo