A movie by Payal Kapadia France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg | 2024 | 118m | Malayalam, Hindi All we imagine as light is an exquisitely beautiful and heartfelt film that follow two nurses experiencing personal turning points tinged with the possibility of romance. Moving from urban bustle to seaside idyll, celebrated filmmaker Payal Kapadia locates the beating heart of Mumbai in images as simple as people wending through a crowded marketplace or women retrieving laundry from a rooftop clothesline. As a minor character puts it in a line of poetry, “My dreams are made of everyday things.” Yet for all the rapturous visuals, perhaps the most memorable element is the profound sisterhood at the centre of the film, which emerges slowly and is all the more moving for its measured pace. Winner of the Grand Prix Award at this year’s Cannes Film Festival (a historic first for an Indian film), All We Imagine as Light is a moving portrait of resistance and camaraderie, a film that finds beauty and solace in the unlikeliest of places.