Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia has returned to Cannes Film Festival 2025,a year after her historic win. The All We Imagine As Light director returned to the prestigious film festival as a jury member. She made an appearance for a photocall at the opening ceremony of the 78th Cannes Film Festival as part of the prestigious gala's jury panel.

Payal Kapadia returns to Cannes 2025

This marks Kapadia's return to Cannes a year after she charted history as the first Indian director to win the Grand Prix for her debut feature film "All We Imagine As Light", a joint India and France production. The Malayalam-Hindi movie became the first film from India to be part of Cannes Competition after a 30-year gap. For the photocall, Kapadia appeared alongside Cannes jury president and French cinema star Juliette Binoche, American actor and filmmaker Halle Berry, Italian actor.