After its successful run at festival circuits and theatres, Payal Kapadia's All We Imagine As Light now has an OTT release date. The film hits Disney+ Hotstar platform on January 3, 2025.
AWIAL, which had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival this year, secured the prestigious Grand Prix award at the event, making it a historic win for Indian cinema. The Malayalam-Hindi bilingual drama explores the lives of three women navigating personal and societal challenges in Mumbai, with Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, and Chhaya Kadam in the lead roles. The film, which was in top contention in the Best International Feature Film category at the upcoming Oscars, was not chosen as India’s official entry. Kiran Rao’s Laapataa Ladies was chosen instead which did not make the cut for the nominations.
The film is an official Indo-French co-production between Petit Chaos from France and Chalk & Cheese and Another Birth from India. Actor-producer Rana Daggubati's company Spirit Media is distributing the film in the country. AWIAL was given a limited release in Kerala on September 21 and later had its countrywide theatrical release on November 22. Since then, the film has been receiving rave reviews from audiences.
The film has been receiving multiple awards and nominations across the world including two Golden Globe nominations for Best Director and Best Foreign Language Film, 30th annual Critics Choice Awards nomination for Best Foreign Language Film, Best International Feature at Gotham Awards, Jury Grand Prize at Asia Pacific Screen Awards, and Best International Film at the New York Film Critics Circle, among many others.
