Overview

• Payal Kapadia was conferred the Officier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by French Consul General Jean-Marc Sere-Charlet in Mumbai on Wednesday.
• The honor acknowledges her significant achievements in cinema and her role in strengthening cultural dialogue between France and India.
• Kapadia’s debut fiction feature, 'All We Imagine as Light,' won the Grand Prix at the 77th Cannes Film Festival in 2024, breaking a 30-year drought for Indian films in Cannes’ main competition.
• The film, an official Indo-French co-production, also earned accolades at the Asian Film Awards, British Independent Film Awards, and San Sebastian Film Festival.
• Kapadia expressed gratitude for the French government's support of independent cinema and joins a distinguished list of Indian artists previously recognized with this honor.