Payal Kapadia

Payal Kapadia

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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…

Filmography

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Shape of Momo Shape of Momo 2026 If on a Winter's Night If on a Winter's Night 2025 All We Imagine as Light ★ 6.8 All We Imagine as Light 2024 A Night of Knowing Nothing ★ 7.5 A Night of Knowing Nothing 2022 Between Day and Night Between Day and Night 2021 And What Is the Summer Saying? ★ 8.2 And What Is the Summer Saying? 2018 Afternoon Clouds ★ 6.0 Afternoon Clouds 2017 The Last Mango Before the Monsoon The Last Mango Before the Monsoon 2015 Watermelon, Fish and Half Ghost Watermelon, Fish and Half Ghost 2014 Memory Of Being Here Memory Of Being Here 2014 Weapons of Mass Destruction Weapons of Mass Destruction 2012 Kapadia's Second Film in Mumbai Trilogy Kapadia's Second Film in Mumbai Trilogy The Last of Them Plagues The Last of Them Plagues