Payal Kapadia

Payal Kapadia

Payal Kapadia (born 1986; Mumbai) 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.

  • Title: Payal Kapadia
  • Popularity: 4.134
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1986-01-01
  • Place of Birth: Mumbai, India
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  • Also Known As: Паял Кападия
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Payal Kapadia Movies

  • 2022
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    A Night of Knowing Nothing
    A Night of Knowing Nothing

    6.938 2022 HD

    L, a student in India witness to the government's violent response to university protests, writes letters to her estranged lover while he is away.

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  • 2022
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    A Night of Knowing Nothing
    A Night of Knowing Nothing

    6.938 2022 HD

    L, a student in India witness to the government's violent response to university protests, writes letters to her estranged lover while he is away.

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  • 2015
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    The Last Mango Before the Monsoon
    The Last Mango Before the Monsoon

    1 2015 HD

    Two technicians set up cameras in a forest to capture animal activity at night. A woman moved away from the forest a long time ago. She yearns for...

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  • 2015
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    The Last Mango Before the Monsoon
    The Last Mango Before the Monsoon

    1 2015 HD

    Two technicians set up cameras in a forest to capture animal activity at night. A woman moved away from the forest a long time ago. She yearns for...

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  • 2024
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    All We Imagine as Light
    All We Imagine as Light

    1 2024 HD

    In Mumbai, Nurse Prabha's routine is troubled when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in...

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  • 2024
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    All We Imagine as Light
    All We Imagine as Light

    1 2024 HD

    In Mumbai, Nurse Prabha's routine is troubled when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in...

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  • 2018
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    And What Is the Summer Saying
    And What Is the Summer Saying

    9 2018 HD

    The camera sways slightly, setting in a majestic black and white on the intimate stories of a small village bordering the jungle. A mystical and...

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  • 2021
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    Between Day & Night
    Between Day & Night

    1 2021 HD

    Without a love of my own.

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  • 2015
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    The Last Mango Before the Monsoon
    The Last Mango Before the Monsoon

    1 2015 HD

    Two technicians set up cameras in a forest to capture animal activity at night. A woman moved away from the forest a long time ago. She yearns for...

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  • 2018
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    And What Is the Summer Saying
    And What Is the Summer Saying

    9 2018 HD

    The camera sways slightly, setting in a majestic black and white on the intimate stories of a small village bordering the jungle. A mystical and...

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  • 2021
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    Between Day & Night
    Between Day & Night

    1 2021 HD

    Without a love of my own.

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  • 2017
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    Afternoon Clouds
    Afternoon Clouds

    1 2017 HD

    Kaki is a 60-year-old widow who lives with her Nepali maid, Malti. The film takes place on one afternoon in their house where a flower blossoms in...

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  • 2017
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    Afternoon Clouds
    Afternoon Clouds

    1 2017 HD

    Kaki is a 60-year-old widow who lives with her Nepali maid, Malti. The film takes place on one afternoon in their house where a flower blossoms in...

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  • 2014
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    Memory Of Being Here
    Memory Of Being Here

    1 2014 HD

    A movement montage exercise.

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  • 2014
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    Watermelon, Fish and Half Ghost
    Watermelon, Fish and Half Ghost

    1 2014 HD

    A fable about life in a chawl (urban middle class housing society) where superstitions, relationships and crisis combines the families into a unified...

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  • 2012
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    Weapons of Mass Destruction
    Weapons of Mass Destruction

    1 2012 HD

    Food and eating habits are deeply ingrained in the spiritual understanding of the human body and mind. For instance, in Hindu traditions, food is...

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