The director told IndieWire that she was happy to cede the Oscar race to Kiran Rao's "Lost Ladies" after her film's Cannes success afforded it a large international platform.

Select public screenings of All We Imagine As Light, the second feature from rising Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia, began in early May, a few weeks ahead of the film's splashy competition debut at the Cannes Film Festival.

Payal Kapadia’s ‘All We Imagine as Light’, after winning at the Cannes Film Festival and Gotham Awards, has emerged triumphant at the New York Film Critics Circle