The last day of the 77th Cannes Film Festival came as a bliss for India. Cannes felicitated Payal Kapadia's film All We Imagine as Light with the Grand Prix award. For those who don't know, the Grand Prix is the film festival's second most prestigious award, after the Palme d'Or. Directed by Payal Kapadia, the film stars Kani Kushruti, Divya Prabha, Chhaya Kadam and Hridayu Haroon in lead roles. At the same time, the Palme d'Or Award has fallen in the bag of 'Anora'. Check out the full winners list here.
The list of Cannes 2024 awards winners is as follows:
Palme d'Or- Anora
Director: Shawn Baker
Grand Prix - All We Imagine as Light
Director: Payal Kapadia
Jury Award
Emilia Perez
Best Director
Miguel Gomes, Grand Tour
Special Award
Mohammed Rasoulof for The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Best Actor
Jesse Plemons, Kinds of Kindness
Best Actress
Emilia Perez Ensemble: Adriana Paz, Zoe Saldana, Carla Sofia Gascón, Selena Gomez
Best Screenplay
The Substance, Coralie Farguet
Camera d'Or- Armand
Director: Halfdan Ulman Tandel
Special Mention- Mongrel
Director: Chiang Wei Liang
Short Film Palm D'Or- The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
Director: Nebojsa Slijepcevic
Special Mention- Bad for a Moment
Director: Daniel Soares
About the Grand Prix Award-winning film
'All We Imagine as Light' was premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival on May 23 in its highly anticipated 'Competition Section'. It became the first Indian film to be screened in the main section of the festival in 30 years. The last Indian film to make it to the competition section was Shaji N Karun's 'Swaham' in 1994.
Cannes Film Festival 2o24 ends
The Cannes Film Festival 2024 saw a lot of Indian appearances. From winning Grand Prix awards to Kiara Advani representing Indian actresses at the Red Sea Film Foundation's and Vanity Fair's Women in Cinema Gala dinner, Cannes marked several Indian representations this year. L'Oréal brand ambassadors Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Aditi Rao Hydari along with several Indian Indian content creators such as Ankush Bahuguna, Vishnu Kaushal, RJ Karishma, Niharika NM, Aastha Shah, Viraj Ghelani, and Raj Shamani also marked their presence at 77th Cannes Film Festival.
