Kerala govt honours Cannes Film Festival winners Kani Kusruti, Santosh Sivan, others

Kerala government has honoured the Malayali film professionals who shone at the Cannes Film Festival, including cast of Payal Kapadia's All We Imagine as Light.

The Kerala Government has honoured the Malayali film professionals who shone at the Cannes Film Festival. The cast of the film All We Imagine as Light, which won the Grand Prix award, including Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Hridhu Haroon, and Aziz Nedumangad, were recognised for their achievements. (Also Read – Cannes 2024: Times when India shone bright at the film festival this year)

Kerala government honours Kani Kusruti and other achievers at Cannes Film Festival

Additionally, Santosh Sivan, who received the Pierre Angenieux ExcelLens in Cinematography Award, was also honoured.

Filmmaker Payal Kapadia made history on May 25, bagging the Grand Prix Award for the film All We Imagine As Light. It premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival in its much-feted 'competition section' on May 23. It was the first Indian film to feature in the festival's main segment in 30 years.

All We Imagine As Light follows the lives of two nurses from Kerala – Prabha (Kani Kusruti) and Anu (Divyaprabha) – colleagues at a Mumbai hospital and roommates. When Prabha receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband, her regular life is disrupted. In the space-crunched city, her younger roommate Anu struggles to find a spot to be intimate with her boyfriend. When they take a trip to a coastal town, their lives undergo a change.