Payal Kapadia

Directing·Jan 4, 1986·Mumbai, India

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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.

Film	Credit
All We Imagine as Light2024 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
A Night of Knowing Nothing2022 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Between Day and Night2021 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
And What Is the Summer Saying?2018 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Afternoon Clouds2017 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Last Mango Before the Monsoon2015 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Watermelon, Fish and Half Ghost2014 · Director	Director
Memory Of Being Here2014 · Director	Director
Weapons of Mass Destruction2012 · Director	Director
KKapadia's Second Film in Mumbai TrilogyWriter, Director	Writer, Director
The Last of Them PlaguesProducer	Producer