Payal Kapadia gets nominated at DGA awards

Filmmaker Payal Kapadia and her film ‘

All We Imagine As Light

‘ may have missed out on winning at the Golden Globes, but she continues to make the country proud as the filmmaker has now been nominated at the prestigious DGA awards.
On January 8, 2025, the nominations for the 77th

Directors Guild of America

(DGA) awards were announced, revealing that Kapadia is in contention for the

Michael Apted Award

for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Theatrical Feature Film.

She is competing against other talented directors, including Megan Park for ‘My Old Ass,’ RaMell Ross for ‘Nickel Boys,’ Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel for ‘Armand,’ and Sean Wang for ‘Dìdi.’ The awards will be announced on February 8, 2025. This nomination reflects Kapadia’s skill and brings pride to Indian cinema on an international stage.

Payal Kapadia and the film ‘All We Imagine As Light’ have been widely discussed following their triumph at Cannes, where they received the Grand Prix, one of the festival’s highest honors. The film is notable for being Kapadia’s first fiction feature, and it has already earned her acclaim in various international awards.

Despite not winning in the Best Director category at the Golden Globes, where she was nominated alongside prominent directors, her nomination for the DGA Awards marks another significant achievement for the film and Payal. At the Golden Globe Awards 2025, she competed in the Best Director—Motion Picture category, and the film ‘All We Imagine As Light’ was also nominated for Best Foreign Language Film but lost out to Brady Corbet for ‘The Brutalist’ and ‘Emilia Pérez,’ respectively.
The cast of ‘All We Imagine As Light’ features talented actors such as Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Chhaya Kadam, and Hridhu Haroon. Despite losing out on the Golden Globes, fans are hopeful and will cheer for Payal Kapadia for the DGA Awards and are eager to see what lies ahead for this promising director.