
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 Institute of India, where she was selected on her second attempt.
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All We Imagine as Light (2024)
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A Night of Knowing Nothing (2022)
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Weapons of Mass Destruction (2012)
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Between Day and Night (2021)
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Afternoon Clouds (2017)
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The Last Mango Before the Monsoon (2015)
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Watermelon, Fish and Half Ghost (2014)
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And What Is the Summer Saying? (2018)
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Memory Of Being Here (2014)
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Kapadia's Second Film in Mumbai Trilogy (—)
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