Set against the restless pulse of Mumbai, All We Imagine As Light follows nurse Prabha as an unexpected gift from her estranged husband unsettles her carefully ordered life. Alongside her, her younger roommate Anu searches for intimacy in a city that offers little privacy. A tender, atmospheric portrait of love, solitude, and the search for connection.

Rialto Recommends: All We Imagine As Light The conversation around the female gaze in contemporary cinema finds a compelling and deeply human expression in Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine as Light. Following her Cannes-winning documentary A Night of Knowing Nothing (2021), Kapadia returned to the festival as the first Indian filmmaker in competition in 30 years - and emerged with the Grand Prix in 2024.