Filmmaker Payal Kapadia‘s “All We Imagine As Light“, a Mumbai-set story about three women and their friendship, on Monday received two nominations at the 82nd Golden Globes in Best Motion Picture Non-English Language and the Best Direction – Motion Picture categories. It will compete with “Emilia Perez” (France), “The Girl With the Needle” (Poland), “I’m Still Here” (Brazil), “The Seed of the Sacred Fig (US) and “Vermiglio” (Italy) in the Best Non-English Language Motion Picture category.
In the Best Director category, Kapadia will compete with “The Brutalist” director Brady Corbet, Coralie Fargeat of “The Substance”, Edward Berger of “Conclave”, “Emilia Perez” director Jacques Audiard and Sean Baker for “Anora”.
“I’m deeply honoured by this nomination and grateful to the HFPA for this recognition. This is a celebration of everyone who worked so passionately on the film,” Kapadia said.
Musical thriller “Emilia Perez” and post-World War Two epic “The Brutalist” topped the roster of films nominated for the Globes with 10 and seven nods, respectively. Edward Berger’s papal selection story, “Conclave,” landed six nominations. while box office smash “Wicked,” adapted from a long-running Broadway play about the witches in “The Wizard of Oz,” landed four nominations.
In TV categories, restaurant tale “The Bear” received five nominations. Mystery comedy “Only Murders in the Building” and historical epic “Shogun” earned four each.