Payal Kapadia's Cannes winner 'All We Imagine as Light' will begin its Indian Oscar-qualifying run with a release in the southern state of Kerala.

Payal Kapadia's All We Imagine As Light, which won the prestigious Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, gets a limited release in India.

The Payal Kapadia directorial will finally hit the Indian theatres courtesy of Rana Daggubatti-backed Spirit Media. The film, majorly in Malayalam, became the first Indian project to bag the Grand Prix award at the Cannes Film Festival.

Payal Kapadia's Cannes Grand Prix winner 'All We Imagine as Light' might be the Oscar entry for international feature from both France and India.

Spirit Media, founded by Baahubali actor Rana Daggubati, has acquired the Indian distribution rights for All We Imagine as Light. The Malayalam and Hindi-language film will release in limited cinemas in Kerala starting on September 21,

All We Imagine as Light, a 2024 drama by Payal Kapadia, won the Grand Prix at Cannes and is shortlisted for the 2025 Oscars. Set for release in France on October 2, 2024.

Payal Kapadia’s acclaimed film, All We Imagine As Light, which won the prestigious Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, has been released in a limited number of theatres in Kerala.

Production house Spirit Media, founded by Rana Daggubati, has acquired the exclusive rights to distribute the Malayalam-Hindi film in India

All We Imagine As Light is hopeful of being picked up as India's entry for Oscars in Best International Feature Film category.