20TH edition NOVEMBER 24 TO DECEMBER 2, 2023
20th edition
November 24 to December 2, 2023
Payal Kapadia is a Mumbai-based filmmaker. She studied film directing at the Film and Television Institute of India. Her short films Afternoon Clouds (2015) and And What Is the Summer Saying (2018) premiered respectively at the Cinéfondation at the Festival de Cannes and the Berlin International Film Festival. A Night of Knowing Nothing (2021), her first feature-length film, had its premiere in the Director's Fortnight at Cannes, where it won the Œil d’Or for Best Documentary. Her most recent film, All We Imagine as Light, premiered at Cannes, where it was awarded the Grand Prix.
In Mumbai, Nurse Prabha’s routine is disturbed when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a spot in the city to be intimate with her boyfriend. A trip to a beach town allows them to find a space for their desires to manifest.
Director Payal Kapadia
Producer Thomas Hakim
Screenwriter Payal Kapadia
Cinematographer Ranabir Das
Editor Clément Pinteaux
Sound Benjamin Silvestre, Romain Ozanne, Olivier Voisin
Music Dhritiman Das
Color Color
Production Company Petit chaos, Chalk and Cheese, Arte France Cinéma, Baldr Film, Another Birth, Les Films Fauves, Pulpa Film
International Sales Company Luxbox
Distributor Krisco
Founded by His Majesty King Mohammed VI in July 2002, the Marrakech International Film Festival Foundation is a non-profit organization of public interest.
Presided over by His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid, the Foundation has as its primary objective the organisation of the Marrakech International Film Festival and any related events, all of which aim to encourage the creation, promotion, and distribution of works of cinema throughout the Kingdom of Morocco and around the globe.
Founded by His Majesty King Mohammed VI in July 2002, the Marrakech International Film Festival Foundation is a non-profit organization of public interest.
Presided over by His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid, the Foundation has as its primary objective the organisation of the Marrakech International Film Festival and any related events, all of which aim to encourage the creation, promotion, and distribution of works of cinema throughout the Kingdom of Morocco and around the globe.