2024’s big film stories: A costly Oscar snub to the Hema committee report
The year didn’t lack drama – or tragedy, as the case may be.
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From the short-sighted decision to pick Laapataa Ladies over All We Imagine as Light to the far-sighted commandeering of Bollywood talent for propaganda purposes, the year didn’t lack drama – or tragedy, as the case may be. Here are the biggest stories of 2024, some of which are still unravelling.
Payal Kapadia won over Cannes…
One of the year’s most endearing images was from May 23, the day Payal Kapadia won the Cannes Film Festival’s Grand Prix (Grand Jury) award for All We Imagine as Light. Grinning ear to ear along with her equally ecstatic cast, Kapadia signalled her arrival in global cinema with a movie that equalled the other titles at Cannes in its virtuosity.
Kapadia’s achievement cannot be overstated. Although an Indo-French co-production, her film is set in Mumbai and the Konkan and is mostly in Malayalam, while tapping into a global storytelling aesthetic. The Film and Television Institute alumnus was the first female Indian director to be selected for the prestigious Competition section at Cannes. She made history as the first ever Indian to win the Grand Prix.
…But didn’t impress the committee selecting India’s Oscar entry
The one lot that Kapadia’s debut feature didn’t impress was the Film Federation of India committee selecting India’s entry for the Best International Film category at the...
