After her 2024 Cannes Grand Pix win for All We Imagine As Light, Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia has returned to the 78th edition of the festival as a jury member. On Tuesday, May 13, she made an appearance for a photocall at the opening ceremony of the prestigious film festival. Kapadia was seen alongside Cannes jury president and French star Juliette Binoche, and other jury members- American actor-filmmaker Halle Berry, Italian actor 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.
She later attended a press meet along with the jury panel where she spoke about her Mumbai trilogy.
Payal Kapadia opens up on her Mumbai trilogy at Cannes 2025
Payal thanked the press for the recognition her film All We Imagine As Light got last year. She said, “Our film coming to Cannes and getting the recognition, and all of you (press) writing about it, really helped us to get the film out. And, even the distribution in India was really helped by that. So, I’m really grateful. One thing as a filmmaker is that your film should be watched by your own country and everywhere else. So, that was a really big bonus for me."
Speaking about her upcoming two films, she said both are also set in Mumbai and follow All We Imagine As Light.
“I am right now working on two more films based on my city, which is Mumbai. So, to have like a trilogy but with different characters. It라이브 바카라 a city that is complex and full of contradictions. There라이브 바카라 a lot for me to explore still, and I need to get that out before I move on to anything else," she added.
Later, Payal Kapadia graced the Cannes red carpet in an oversized grey suit by Arjun Saluja. She was styled by costume designer and fashion stylist Indrakshi Pattanaik. She completed her look with statement silver jewellery.
