Payal Kapadia
Profession
Director, Writer
Awards
- 2021Asia Pacific Screen Award - Best Film:Nominated
- 2021Golden Athena - Best Documentary:Nominated
- 2021Emerging Cinematic Vision AwardWinner
- 2021Golden CameraNominated
- 2021Golden EyeWinner
- 2021SACD Prize - Directors' Fortnight:Nominated
- 2021Grand Prize of the Jury - Best Film:Nominated
- 2021Best Film AwardWinner
- 2021Altered States CompetitionWinner
- 2021Amplify Voices Award - Special Mention:Winner
- 2022Doc Alliance Award - Best Documentary Film:Winner
- 2022Depth of Field CompetitionNominated
- 2022Film Comment's Year-End Critics' Poll - Best Film:Nominated
- 2022Mirage - Directing:Winner
- 2022First Appearance AwardNominated
- 2022Grand Prix Bank Millenium AwardNominated
- 2022Asian Vision Competition - Grand Prize:Nominated
- 2022Asian Vision Competition - Merit Prize:Winner
- 2022Big Stamp - International Competition:Nominated
- 2023Cinema Eye Honors Award - Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking:Nominated
- 2023Cinema Eye Honors Award - Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film:Nominated
- 2023Cinema Eye Honors Award - Outstanding Achievement in Direction:Nominated
- 2023Jury Prize - Best Feature Film:Nominated
- 2023Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize - International Competition:Winner
- 2024Abraccine Award - Best International Feature Film (Melhor Longa Estrangeiro):Nominated
- 2024Jury Grand PrizeWinner
- 2024Asia Pacific Screen Award - Best Film:Nominated
- 2024Asia Pacific Screen Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2024Asia Pacific Screen Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2024British Independent Film Award - Best International Independent Film, Sponsored by Champagne Taittinger:Nominated
- 2024Top 10 Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
- 2024Grand Prize of the FestivalWinner
- 2024Palme d'OrNominated
- 2024Milos Stehlik Award - Breakthrough Filmmaker:Nominated
- 2024Gold Hugo - Best Feature:Nominated
- 2024Silver Hugo - Jury Prize:Winner
- 2024Krzysztof Kieslowski Award - Best Feature Film:Nominated
- 2024Special Mention - Best Feature Film:Winner
- 2024Film Comment's Year-End Critics' Poll - Best Film:Winner
- 2024FFCC Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2024Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2024Gotham Independent Film Award - Best International Feature:Winner
- 2024ICP Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2024ICP Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2024Award for International Cinema - The Nechama Rivilin Award for Best International Film:Nominated
- 2024Kingfisher Award - Best Film of the Perspectives Section:Nominated
- 2024Mind the Gap Award - Best Film:Winner
- 2024Scythian Deer - International Competition: Full-Length Films:Winner
- 2024Fiction Feature CompetitionWinner
- 2024ARRI/OSRAM Award - Best International Film:Nominated
- 2024RTVE-Otra Mirada AwardWinner
- 2024Sydney Film Prize - Best Film:Nominated
- 2024New Directors Competition - Best Fiction:Nominated
- 2024Jury Award - Best Feature Narrative:Winner
- 2024TFCA Award - Best Original Screenplay:Winner
- 2024TFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2024VHS Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2024VHS Award - Best Original Screenplay:Winner
- 2025EDA Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
- 2025EDA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2025EDA Female Focus Award - Best Woman Screenwriter:Winner
- 2025EDA Female Focus Award - Best Woman Director:Winner
- 2025Asian Film Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2025Asian Film Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2025BAFTA Film Award - Best Film Not in the English Language:Nominated
- 2025Cinema for Peace Award - Cinema for Peace Dove for The Most Valuable Film of the Year:Nominated
- 2025Feature Film Award - Best Writing:Nominated
- 2025Feature Film Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2025DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Theatrical Feature Film:Nominated
- 2025Independent Spirit Award - Best International Film:Nominated
- 2025Gold Derby Film Award - Original Screenplay:Nominated
- 2025Gold Derby Film Award - International Feature:Nominated
- 2025Golden Globe - Best Director - Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2025Dragon Award - International Competition:Nominated
- 2025ICS Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2025ICS Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
- 2025Lumiere Award - Best Film (Meilleur Film):Nominated
- 2025Luxembourg Film Award - Best Co-Production (Beschte Co-Produktioun):Winner
- 2025NSFC Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2025Pinoy Rebyu Award - Best International Film:Winner
- 2025SIIMA - Malayalam - Best Debutant Director:Nominated
- 2025NETPAC Aruna Vasudev Award - Best Asia-Pacific Film 2024:Winner
- 2025WFCC Award - Best Movie by a Woman:Nominated
- 2025WFCC Award - Best Woman Storyteller:Nominated