A Night of Knowing Nothing
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SYNOPSIS An impossible love story against a reflection on contemporary India. L, a university student in India, writes letters to her estranged lover, while he is away. Through these letters, we get a glimpse into the drastic changes taking place around her. Merging reality with fiction, dreams, memories, fantasies and anxieties, an amorphous narrative unfolds. |
DIRECTOR
Payal Kapadia is a Mumbai based filmmaker. She studied Film Direction at the Film & Television Institute of India. Her short films AFTERNOON CLOUDS (2017) and AND WHAT IS THE SUMMER SAYING (2018) premiered respectively at the Cinéfondation and the Berlinale. Her first feature, A NIGHT OF KNOWING NOTHING, was part of the 2021 Director's Fortnight selection. Festivals and Awards Camera D’or and Golden Eye awards at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight 2021 Amplify Voices award at the Toronto International Film Festival, 2021 Best Documentary, Indian Film Festival of Melbourne, 2022 |