Payal Kapadia (filmmaker)

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| birth_place = Mumbai, India

| nationality = Indian

| alma_mater = Film and Television Institute of India

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| years_active = 2014–present

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Payal Kapadia (born 4 January 1986){{Cite tweet |number=1875580991458439419 |user=janusfilms |title=Happy Birthday to the luminous Payal Kapadia! Her Golden-Globe nominated ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT has taken the awards season by storm. |author=Janus Films |date=4 January 2025 |access-date=5 January 2025 |language=en}} is an Indian filmmaker. In 2017, her short film Afternoon Clouds was the only Indian film selected for the 70th Cannes Film Festival.{{Cite web|date=2017-06-10|title=Meet FTII student Payal Kapadia, whose film Afternoon Clouds, was selected for Cannes 2017|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/meet-ftii-student-payal-kapadia-whose-film-afternoon-clouds-was-selected-for-cannes-2017-3533891.html|access-date=2021-07-20|website=Firstpost|archive-date=7 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240507030404/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/meet-ftii-student-payal-kapadia-whose-film-afternoon-clouds-was-selected-for-cannes-2017-3533891.html|url-status=live}} In 2021, she won the Golden Eye award for best documentary film at the 74th Cannes Film Festival for her debut feature A Night of Knowing Nothing.{{Cite magazine |date=18 July 2021 |title=Payal Kapadia wins best documentary award in Cannes |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/hollywood/story/payal-kapadia-wins-best-documentary-award-in-cannes-1829513-2021-07-18 |access-date=20 July 2021 |magazine=India Today |language=en |archive-date=5 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240505125133/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/hollywood/story/payal-kapadia-wins-best-documentary-award-in-cannes-1829513-2021-07-18 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=18 July 2021 |title=Cannes 2021: India's Payal Kapadia wins best documentary award |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/others/cannes-2021-india-s-payal-kapadia-wins-best-documentary-award-101626609832371.html |access-date=20 July 2021 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en |archive-date=9 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009083027/https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/others/cannes-2021-india-s-payal-kapadia-wins-best-documentary-award-101626609832371.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |date=19 July 2021 |title=Mumbai-based film-maker Payal Kapadia wins Best Documentary Award at Cannes |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/mumbai-based-film-maker-payal-kapadia-wins-best-documentary-award-at-cannes/articleshow/84549199.cms |access-date=13 September 2022 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389 |archive-date=19 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519001012/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/mumbai-based-film-maker-payal-kapadia-wins-best-documentary-award-at-cannes/articleshow/84549199.cms |url-status=live }}

In 2024, she won the Grand Prix at the 77th Cannes Film Festival for her fiction feature debut All We Imagine as Light.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-25 |title=The 77th Festival de Cannes winners' list |url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/the-77th-festival-de-cannes-winners-list/ |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=Festival de Cannes |language=en-US |archive-date=28 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528023700/https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/the-77th-festival-de-cannes-winners-list/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Mogul |first=Rhea |date=2024-05-27 |title=India celebrates historic Grand Prix win at the Cannes Film Festival |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/27/style/payal-kapadia-india-cannes-grand-prix-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=24 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240924111139/https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/27/style/payal-kapadia-india-cannes-grand-prix-intl-hnk/index.html |url-status=live }} It also earned her a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Director.{{Cite magazine |date=December 9, 2024 |title=2025 Golden Globes nominations revealed: See the full list of nominees |url=https://ew.com/2025-golden-globes-nominations-full-list-8756192 |access-date=December 9, 2024 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archive-date=9 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209144451/https://ew.com/2025-golden-globes-nominations-full-list-8756192 |url-status=live }}

Early life and education

Payal Kapadia was born in Mumbai on 4 January 1986{{Cite web |date=12 February 2018 |title=An interview with Payal Kapadia about "And What Is the Summer Saying" |url=https://shortsblog.berlinale.de/2018/02/17/an-interview-with-payal-kapadia-about-and-what-is-the-summer-saying/ |access-date=26 May 2024 |website=Berlinale Shorts |language=de-DE}} to painter and video artist Nalini Malani and psychoanalyst Shailesh Kapadia.{{cite book |author=Geeta Kapur |date=2000 |title=When Was Modernism: Essays on Contemporary Cultural Practice in India |url=https://cdn.aaa.org.hk/_source/digital_collection/fedora_extracted/10349.pdf |location=Delhi |publisher=Tulika |page=57 |isbn=81-89487-24-8 |archive-date=22 August 2019 |access-date=15 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822222555/https://cdn.aaa.org.hk/_source/digital_collection/fedora_extracted/10349.pdf |url-status=live }}{{Better source needed|date=January 2025}}

Kapadia went to Rishi Valley School, a boarding school in Andhra Pradesh. Here she had her first exposure to avant-garde filmmakers like Ritwik Ghatak and Andrei Tarkovsky, as she was part of the school's film club. She studied at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai,and also earned a one-year master's degree from Sophia College for Women.{{Cite web|last=Dore|first=Bhavya|date=7 June 2017|title=Payal Kapadia: Over the Clouds|url=https://openthemagazine.com/cinema/payal-kapadia-over-the-clouds/|website=Open: The Magazine|access-date=20 July 2021|archive-date=17 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240217131336/https://openthemagazine.com/cinema/payal-kapadia-over-the-clouds/|url-status=live}}

She then went on to study film direction at the Film and Television Institute of India,{{Cite web|title=Who Is Payal Kapadia? The Director Wins Best Documentary Award In Cannes|url=https://www.shethepeople.tv/drafts/who-is-payal-kapadia-indian-female-director-wins-best-documentary-award-in-cannes/|access-date=2021-07-20|language=en-US|archive-date=20 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720021717/https://www.shethepeople.tv/drafts/who-is-payal-kapadia-indian-female-director-wins-best-documentary-award-in-cannes/|url-status=live}} where she was selected on her second attempt in 2012. In between for five years she worked in Mumbai, in advertising and assisting a video artist.

Career

In 2017, Kapadia's short film Afternoon Clouds was the only Indian film selected for the 70th Cannes Film Festival.

In 2021, she won the Golden Eye award for best documentary film at the 74th Cannes Film Festival for her debut feature A Night of Knowing Nothing.

In 2024, Kapadia won the Grand Prix at the 77th Cannes Film Festival for her fiction feature debut All We Imagine as Light.{{Cite web |last=Mogul |first=Rhea |date=2024-05-27 |title=India celebrates historic Grand Prix win at the Cannes Film Festival |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/27/style/payal-kapadia-india-cannes-grand-prix-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=CNN |language=en}} It also earned her a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Director, and was a special feature in the Limelight section of the 54th International Film Festival Rotterdam, where it will be screened on 30 January 2025.{{cite web|url=https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2025/films/all-we-imagine-as-light |title=Limelight: All We Imagine as Light|work=International Film Festival Rotterdam|access-date=7 January 2025}}

Filmography

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2014 \|Watermelon, Fish and Half Ghost \|{{Yes}} \|{{No}} \|{{No}} \|rowspan="4"\|Short film
2015 \|The Last Mango Before the Monsoon \|{{Yes}} \|{{Yes}} \|{{Yes\|Editor}}
2017 \|Afternoon Clouds \|{{Yes}} \|{{Yes}} \|{{No}}
2018 \|And What is the Summer Saying † \|{{Yes}} \|{{Yes}} \|{{No}}
2021 \|A Night of Knowing Nothing † \|{{Yes}} \|{{Yes}} \|{{No}} \|
2024 \|All We Imagine as Light \|{{Yes}} \|{{Yes}} \|{{No}} \|

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2014

|Watermelon, Fish and Half Ghost

|{{Yes}}

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2015

|The Last Mango Before the Monsoon

|{{Yes}}

|{{Yes|Editor}}

2017

|Afternoon Clouds

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

2018

|And What is the Summer Saying †

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

2021

|A Night of Knowing Nothing †

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

2024

|All We Imagine as Light

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

Accolades

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scope="col" \| Award ! scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Category ! scope="col" \| Work ! scope="col" \| Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| {{Refh}}
rowspan="3" scope="row" \| Asian Film Awards \| rowspan="3" \| 2025 \| Best Film \| rowspan="3" \| All We Imagine as Light \| {{won}} \| rowspan="3" \| {{Cite web \|last=Brzeski \|first=Patrick \|date=March 16, 2025 \|title=Asian Film Awards: ‘All We Imagine as Light’ Wins Best Picture, Yoshida Daihachi Takes Best Director for ‘Teki Cometh’ \|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/asian-film-awards-2025-winners-list-1236162661/ \|access-date=March 16, 2025 \|website=The Hollywood Reporter \|language=en-US}}
Best Director \| {{nom}}
Best Screenplay \| {{nom}}
rowspan="5" scope="row" \| Asia Pacific Screen Awards \| 2021 \| rowspan="2" \| Best Film \| A Night of Knowing Nothing \| {{nom}} \| {{Cite web \|last=Slatter \|first=Sean \|date=2021-10-13 \|title=Essie Davis, Leah Purcell nominated for Asia Pacific Screen Awards \|url=https://if.com.au/essie-davis-leah-purcell-nominated-for-asia-pacific-screen-awards/ \|access-date=2024-10-30 \|website=IF Magazine \|language=en-AU \|archive-date=16 December 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241216024533/https://if.com.au/essie-davis-leah-purcell-nominated-for-asia-pacific-screen-awards/ \|url-status=live }}
rowspan="4" \| 2024 \| rowspan="4" \| All We Imagine as Light \| {{nom}} \| rowspan="3" \| {{Cite web \|date=2024-10-16 \|title=17th ASIA PACIFIC SCREEN AWARDS NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED \|url=https://www.asiapacificscreenawards.com/news-events/17th-asia-pacific-screen-awards-nominations-announced \|access-date=2024-10-30 \|website=Asia Pacific Screen Awards \|language=en}}
Best Director \| {{nom}}
Best Screenplay \| {{nom}}
Jury Grand Prize \| {{won}} \| {{Cite web \|last=Frater \|first=Patrick \|date=2024-11-30 \|title=‘April’ Takes Double Win at Asia Pacific Screen Awards \|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/asia-pacific-screen-awards-april-all-we-imagine-as-light-1236231276/ \|access-date=2025-03-16 \|website=Variety \|language=en-US}}
scope="row" \| British Academy Film Awards \| 2025 \| Best Film Not in the English Language \| All We Imagine as Light \| {{nom}} \| {{Cite web \|date=15 January 2025 \|title=BAFTAs 2025: the nominations in full \|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/news/baftas-2025-nominations-full \|access-date=15 January 2025 \|website=British Film Institute \|language=en}}
scope="row" \| British Independent Film Awards \| 2024 \| Best International Independent Film \| All We Imagine as Light \| {{nom}} \| {{Cite web \|last=Szalai \|first=Georg \|date=2024-11-05 \|title=British Independent Film Awards: 'Kneecap,' 'Love Lies Bleeding' Lead Nominations \|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/bifa-2024-nominations-british-independent-film-awards-kneecap-1236052845/ \|access-date=2024-12-04 \|website=The Hollywood Reporter \|language=en-US}}
scope="row" \| Cahiers du Cinéma \| 2024 \| Annual Top 10 \| All We Imagine as Light \| {{won\|place=5th Place}} \| {{Cite web \|date=29 November 2024 \|title=TOP 10 – Rédaction 2024 \|url=https://www.cahiersducinema.com/top-10-redaction/top-10-redaction-2024/ \|access-date=2024-12-04 \|website=Cahiers du Cinéma \|language=fr-FR \|archive-date=4 December 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204093630/https://www.cahiersducinema.com/top-10-redaction/top-10-redaction-2024/ \|url-status=live }}
scope="row" \| Camden International Film Festival \| 2021 \| Cinematic Vision Award \| A Night of Knowing Nothing \| {{won}} \| {{Cite web \|last=Carey \|first=Matthew \|date=2021-09-21 \|title=Camden International Film Festival Welcomes Doc Filmmakers Out Of Pandemic Hibernation, Awards Prizes \|url=https://deadline.com/2021/09/camden-international-film-festival-ciff-founder-ben-fowlie-interview-news-2-1234841572/ \|access-date=2024-10-30 \|website=Deadline Hollywood \|language=en-US \|archive-date=6 February 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206235622/https://deadline.com/2021/09/camden-international-film-festival-ciff-founder-ben-fowlie-interview-news-2-1234841572/ \|url-status=live }}
rowspan="5" scope="row" \| Cannes Film Festival \| rowspan="2" \| 2021 \| Caméra d'Or \| rowspan="2" \| A Night of Knowing Nothing \| {{nom}} \| {{Cite web \|date=2021-06-29 \|title=The actress Mélanie Thierry, President of the Camera d'or Jury \|url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/the-actress-melanie-thierry-president-of-the-camera-d-or-jury/ \|access-date=2024-10-30 \|website=Festival de Cannes \|language=en \|archive-date=15 December 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215104044/https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/the-actress-melanie-thierry-president-of-the-camera-d-or-jury/ \|url-status=live }}
L'Œil d'or \| {{won}} \| {{Cite web \|title=L'Œil d'or 2021 - "A night of knowing nothing" by Payal Kapadia \|url=https://loeildor.scam.fr/oeuvre/loeil-dor-2021-a-night-of-knowing-nothing-by-payal-kapadia/ \|access-date=2024-10-30 \|website=Scam : Société civile des auteurs multimédia \|language=fr-FR \|archive-date=15 December 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215103819/https://loeildor.scam.fr/oeuvre/loeil-dor-2021-a-night-of-knowing-nothing-by-payal-kapadia/ \|url-status=live }}
rowspan="3" \| 2024 \| Palme d'Or \| rowspan="3" \| All We Imagine as Light \| {{nom}} \| {{cite web\|url=https://deadline.com/2024/04/cannes-film-festival-lineup-2024-live-francis-ford-coppola-thierry-fremaux-1235881376/\|title=Cannes Film Festival Lineup Set: Competition Includes Coppola, Audiard, Cronenberg, Arnold, Lanthimos, Sorrentino & Abbasi's Trump Movie — Full List\|last=Ntim\|first=Zac\|date=11 April 2024\|website=Deadline Hollywood\|access-date=9 May 2024\|archive-date=10 May 2024\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510021739/https://deadline.com/2024/04/cannes-film-festival-lineup-2024-live-francis-ford-coppola-thierry-fremaux-1235881376/\|url-status=live}}
Grand Prix \| {{won}} \| {{cite web\|url=https://www.indiewire.com/awards/results/cannes-2024-awards-winners-list-palme-dor-1235009040/\|title='Anora' Wins the Palme d'Or at Cannes (Complete Winners List)\|last=Richlin\|first=Harrison\|date=25 May 2024\|website=Indiewire\|access-date=20 October 2024\|archive-date=11 June 2024\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611204034/https://www.indiewire.com/awards/results/cannes-2024-awards-winners-list-palme-dor-1235009040/\|url-status=live}}
Prix des Cinémas Art et Essai – Special Mention \| {{won}} \| {{Cite web \|title=Prix des Cinémas Art et Essai 2024 : LES GRAINES DU FIGUIER SAUVAGE de Mohammad Rasoulof \|trans-title=2024 art house cinema awards: SEEDS OF THE WILD FIG TREE by Mohammad Rasoulof \|url=https://www.art-et-essai.org/manifestations/1201606/prix-des-cinemas-art-et-essai-2024-les-graines-du-figuier-sauvage-de-mohammad \|access-date=20 October 2024 \|website=Association Française des Cinémas d'Art et d'Essai \|language=fr \|archive-date=5 June 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605040747/https://www.art-et-essai.org/manifestations/1201606/prix-des-cinemas-art-et-essai-2024-les-graines-du-figuier-sauvage-de-mohammad \|url-status=live }}
scope="row" \| Chicago Film Critics Association \| 2024 \| Milos Stehlik Award for Breakthrough Filmmaker \| All We Imagine as Light \| {{nom}} \| {{Cite web \|last=Tallerico \|first=Brian \|date=December 10, 2024 \|title="The Brutalist" Leads Chicago Film Critics Association Nominees \|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals/the-brutalist-leads-chicago-film-critics-association-nominees \|access-date=December 10, 2024 \|website=RogerEbert.com \|language=en-US \|archive-date=11 December 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241211081413/https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals/the-brutalist-leads-chicago-film-critics-association-nominees \|url-status=live }}
scope="row" \| Chicago International Film Festival \| 2024 \| Silver Hugo – Jury Prize \| All We Imagine as Light \| {{won}} \| {{Cite web \|last=Blauvelt \|first=Christian \|date=2024-10-25 \|title=Chicago International Film Festival Awards Top Prizes to 'Vermiglio,' 'All We Imagine as Light' \|url=https://www.indiewire.com/news/festivals/2024-chicago-international-film-festival-awards-winners-list-1235060146/ \|access-date=2024-10-30 \|website=IndieWire \|language=en-US \|archive-date=13 November 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241113011616/https://www.indiewire.com/news/festivals/2024-chicago-international-film-festival-awards-winners-list-1235060146/ \|url-status=live }}
rowspan="3" scope="row" \| Cinema Eye Honors \| rowspan="3" \| 2023 \| Outstanding Nonfiction Feature \| rowspan="3" \| A Night of Knowing Nothing \| {{nom}} \| rowspan="3" \| {{Cite web \|last=Feinberg \|first=Scott \|date=2022-11-10 \|title=Cinema Eye Honors: 'Fire of Love' and 'The Territory' Score Field-Leading Seven Nominations \|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/cinema-eye-honors-awards-nominations-fire-of-love-territory-1235259516/ \|access-date=2024-10-30 \|website=The Hollywood Reporter \|language=en-US}} {{Cite web \|title=Cinema Eye Honors Announces Full Slate of Nominations for 16th Annual Nonfiction Film Awards \|url=https://cinemaeyehonors.com/news/cinema-eye-honors-announces-full-slate-of-nominations-for-16th-annual-nonfiction-film-awards/ \|date=November 10, 2022 \|access-date=2024-10-30 \|website=Cinema Eye Honors \|language=en-US \|archive-date=15 December 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215104347/https://cinemaeyehonors.com/news/cinema-eye-honors-announces-full-slate-of-nominations-for-16th-annual-nonfiction-film-awards/ \|url-status=live }}
Outstanding Direction \| {{nom}}
Outstanding Debut \| {{nom}}
scope="row" \| Directors Guild of America Awards \| 2025 \| Michael Apted Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Theatrical Feature Film \| All We Imagine as Light \| {{nom}} \| {{Cite web \|date=January 8, 2025 \|title=DGA Announces Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for 2024 \|url=https://www.dga.org/News/PressReleases/2025/250108_77thAnnualDGAAwardsFeatureFilmNomineesAnnounced \|access-date=January 8, 2025 \|website=Directors Guild of America \|language=en}}
scope="row" \| Fribourg International Film Festival \| 2019 \| Best International Short Film Award \| And What Is the Summer Saying? \| {{won}} \| {{Cite web \|title=Women and Latin America win big at FIFF 2019 {{!}} Award Winners FIFF 2019 \|url=https://www.fiff.ch/en/award-winners-fiff-2019-0 \|access-date=2024-10-30 \|website=Festival International de Films de Fribourg \|language=en \|archive-date=15 December 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215103612/https://www.fiff.ch/en/award-winners-fiff-2019-0 \|url-status=live }}
scope="row" \| Golden Globe Awards \| 2025 \| Best Director – Motion Picture \| All We Imagine as Light \| {{nom}} \| {{Cite web \|last=Barnard \|first=Matthew \|date=December 9, 2024 \|title=NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED FOR 82nd ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBES® \|url=https://goldenglobes.com/articles/nominations-announced-for-82nd-annual-golden-globes/ \|access-date=December 9, 2024 \|website=Golden Globes \|language=en-US \|archive-date=9 December 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209150741/https://goldenglobes.com/articles/nominations-announced-for-82nd-annual-golden-globes/ \|url-status=live }}
rowspan="2" scope="row" \| Gotham Awards \| rowspan="2" \| 2024 \| Best Director \| rowspan="2" \| All We Imagine as Light \| {{nom}} \| rowspan="2" \| {{Cite web \|last=Zilko \|first=Christian \|date=2024-12-02 \|title='A Different Man' Wins Best Feature at Gotham Awards (Complete Winners List) \|url=https://www.indiewire.com/awards/results/gotham-awards-2024-winners-list-1235071809/ \|access-date=2024-12-04 \|website=IndieWire \|language=en-US \|archive-date=4 December 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204024524/https://www.indiewire.com/awards/results/gotham-awards-2024-winners-list-1235071809/ \|url-status=live }}
Best International Feature \| {{won}}
scope="row" \| Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival \| 2021 \| Best Film Award \| A Night of Knowing Nothing \| {{won}} \| {{Cite web \|title=15ª Edição 2021 \|url=https://leffest.com/en/archives/2021 \|access-date=2024-10-30 \|website=LEFFEST - Lisboa Film Festival \|language=en \|archive-date=15 December 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215104202/https://leffest.com/en/archives/2021 \|url-status=live }}
scope="row" \| Mill Valley Film Festival \| 2024 \| Mind the Gap Award \| {{n/a}} \| {{honored}} \| {{Cite web \|last=Johnson \|first=G. Allen \|date=2024-09-11 \|title=Exclusive: 47th Mill Valley Film Festival \|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/47th-mill-valley-ff-lineup-19746462.php \|access-date=2024-10-30 \|website=San Francisco Chronicle \|archive-date=18 November 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241118075613/http://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/47th-mill-valley-ff-lineup-19746462.php \|url-status=live }} {{Cite web \|title=All We Imagine as Light \|url=https://www.mvff.com/program/all-we-imagine-as-light/ \|access-date=2024-10-30 \|website=Mill Valley Film Festival \|archive-date=14 September 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914162051/https://www.mvff.com/program/all-we-imagine-as-light/ \|url-status=live }}
scope="row" \| Mirage Film Festival \| 2022 \| MIRAGE Award – Directing \| A Night of Knowing Nothing \| {{won}} \| {{Cite web \|date=2022-10-20 \|title=The Mirage Film Festival wraps its second edition \|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/432148/ \|access-date=2024-10-30 \|website=Cineuropa \|language=en \|archive-date=27 October 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027173240/https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/432148/ \|url-status=live }} {{Cite web \|title=MIRAGE 2022 {{!}} Award Winners \|url=https://www.mirage.no/news/mirage-2022-award-winners \|access-date=2024-10-30 \|website=MIRAGE \|archive-date=15 December 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215103847/https://www.mirage.no/news/mirage-2022-award-winners \|url-status=live }}
scope="row" \| Montclair Film Festival \| 2024 \| Fiction Feature Prize \| All We Imagine as Light \| {{won}} \| {{Cite web \|last=Bergeson \|first=Samantha \|date=2024-10-28 \|title=Montclair Film Festival Announces 2024 Winners: 'All We Imagine as Light' Takes Top Prize \|url=https://www.indiewire.com/news/festivals/montclair-film-festival-2024-winners-1235060613/ \|access-date=2024-10-30 \|website=IndieWire \|language=en-US \|archive-date=7 November 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241107035154/https://www.indiewire.com/news/festivals/montclair-film-festival-2024-winners-1235060613/ \|url-status=live }} {{Cite web \|title=Announcing The 2024 Montclair Film Festival Award Winners! \|url=https://montclairfilm.org/events/announcing-the-2024-montclair-film-festival-award-winners/ \|access-date=2024-10-30 \|website=Montclair Film \|language=en-US}}
rowspan="2" scope="row" \| National Society of Film Critics \| rowspan="2" \| 2025 \| Best Director \| rowspan="2" \| All We Imagine as Light \| {{won}} \| rowspan="2" \| {{Cite web \|last=McGovern \|first=Joe \|date=January 4, 2025 \|title='Nickel Boys' Wins Best Film from National Society of Film Critics \|url=https://www.thewrap.com/nickel-boys-wins-best-film-from-national-society-of-film-critics/ \|access-date=January 5, 2025 \|website=TheWrap \|language=en-US}} {{Cite web \|date=January 4, 2025 \|title='Nickel Boys' voted best picture of 2024 \|url=https://nationalsocietyoffilmcritics.com/2025/01/04/nickel-boys-voted-best-picture-of-2024/ \|access-date=January 5, 2025 \|website=National Society of Film Critics \|language=en}}
Best Foreign Language Film \| {{won}}
scope="row" \| New York Film Critics Circle \| 2024 \| Best International Film \| All We Imagine as Light \| {{won}} \| {{Cite web \|last=Ford \|first=Rebecca \|date=2024-12-03 \|title='The Brutalist' Tops NYFCC Awards \|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/nyfcc-winners-2024-awards-insider \|access-date=2024-12-04 \|website=Vanity Fair \|language=en-US \|archive-date=4 December 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204025916/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/nyfcc-winners-2024-awards-insider \|url-status=live }}
scope="row" \| San Diego Asian Film Festival \| 2017 \| Best International Short \| Afternoon Clouds \| {{won}} \| {{Cite web \|title=Announcing the 2017 SDAFF Award Winners \|url=http://festival.sdaff.org/2017/2017/san-diego-asian-film-festival-winners/ \|access-date=2024-10-30 \|website=San Diego Asian Film Festival \|language=en-US}}
scope="row" \| San Sebastián International Film Festival \| 2024 \| RTVE-Another Look Award \| All We Imagine as Light \| {{won}} \| {{Cite web \|title=Awards of the 72nd edition \|url=https://www.sansebastianfestival.com/2024/awards_and_jury_members/1/22283/in \|access-date=2024-10-30 \|website=San Sebastián International Film Festival \|language=en \|archive-date=7 October 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007142228/https://www.sansebastianfestival.com/2024/awards_and_jury_members/1/22283/in \|url-status=live }} {{Cite web \|date=2024-10-04 \|title=Busan, Gent and London next up for IFFR-backed titles after San Sebastián \|url=https://iffr.com/en/blog-busan-gent-london \|access-date=2024-10-30 \|website=IFFR \|language=en \|archive-date=15 December 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215104320/https://iffr.com/en/blog-busan-gent-london \|url-status=live }}
scope="row" \| Taiwan International Documentary Festival \| 2022 \| Merit Prize \| rowspan="3" \| A Night of Knowing Nothing \| {{won}} \| {{Cite web \|title=2022 TIDF Award-Winning List \|url=https://www.tidf.org.tw/en/competition-history/132980 \|access-date=2024-10-30 \|website=Taiwan International Documentary Festival \|date=11 December 2023 \|language=en \|archive-date=15 December 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215104324/https://www.tidf.org.tw/en/competition-history/132980 \|url-status=live }}
scope="row" \| Toronto International Film Festival \| 2021 \| Amplify Voices Award \| {{won}} \| {{Cite web \|last=Grobar \|first=Matt \|date=2021-09-19 \|title='Belfast' Claims TIFF People's Choice Award, As Jessica Chastain, Benedict Cumberbatch & Denis Villeneuve Nab Other Top Prizes — Complete Winners List \|url=https://deadline.com/2021/09/2021-toronto-film-festival-complete-winners-list-belfast-jessica-chasten-benedict-cumberbatch-denis-villeneuve-dune-1234839226/ \|access-date=2024-10-30 \|website=Deadline Hollywood \|language=en-US \|archive-date=30 September 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930151121/https://deadline.com/2021/09/2021-toronto-film-festival-complete-winners-list-belfast-jessica-chasten-benedict-cumberbatch-denis-villeneuve-dune-1234839226/ \|url-status=live }} {{Cite web \|last=Mullen \|first=Pat \|date=2021-09-19 \|title=The Rescue Wins TIFF People's Choice Award for Documentary \|url=https://povmagazine.com/the-rescue-wins-tiff-peoples-choice-award-for-documentary/ \|access-date=2024-10-30 \|website=POV Magazine \|language=en \|archive-date=21 June 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621232628/https://povmagazine.com/the-rescue-wins-tiff-peoples-choice-award-for-documentary/ \|url-status=live }} {{Cite web \|title=A Night of Knowing Nothing \|url=https://tiff.net/events/a-night-of-knowing-nothing \|access-date=2024-10-30 \|website=TIFF \|language=en}}
scope="row" \| Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival \| 2023 \| Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize \| {{won}} \| {{Cite web \|date=2023-11-15 \|title=Back up the Mountains: Yamagata 2023 \|url=https://www.documentary.org/online-feature/back-mountains-yamagata-2023 \|access-date=2024-10-30 \|website=International Documentary Association \|language=en \|archive-date=8 August 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240808170258/https://documentary.org/online-feature/back-mountains-yamagata-2023 \|url-status=live }} {{Cite web \|title=YIDFF 2023 \|url=https://www.yidff.jp/2023/2023-e.html \|access-date=2024-10-30 \|website=Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival \|archive-date=7 October 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007175440/http://www.yidff.jp/2023/2023-e.html \|url-status=live }}

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scope="col" | Award

! scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Category

! scope="col" | Work

! scope="col" | Result

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Refh}}

rowspan="3" scope="row" | Asian Film Awards

| rowspan="3" | 2025

| Best Film

| rowspan="3" | All We Imagine as Light

| {{won}}

| rowspan="3" | {{Cite web |last=Brzeski |first=Patrick |date=March 16, 2025 |title=Asian Film Awards: ‘All We Imagine as Light’ Wins Best Picture, Yoshida Daihachi Takes Best Director for ‘Teki Cometh’ |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/asian-film-awards-2025-winners-list-1236162661/ |access-date=March 16, 2025 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}

Best Director

| {{nom}}

Best Screenplay

| {{nom}}

rowspan="5" scope="row" | Asia Pacific Screen Awards

| 2021

| rowspan="2" | Best Film

| A Night of Knowing Nothing

| {{nom}}

| {{Cite web |last=Slatter |first=Sean |date=2021-10-13 |title=Essie Davis, Leah Purcell nominated for Asia Pacific Screen Awards |url=https://if.com.au/essie-davis-leah-purcell-nominated-for-asia-pacific-screen-awards/ |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=IF Magazine |language=en-AU |archive-date=16 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241216024533/https://if.com.au/essie-davis-leah-purcell-nominated-for-asia-pacific-screen-awards/ |url-status=live }}

rowspan="4" | 2024

| rowspan="4" | All We Imagine as Light

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="3" | {{Cite web |date=2024-10-16 |title=17th ASIA PACIFIC SCREEN AWARDS NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED |url=https://www.asiapacificscreenawards.com/news-events/17th-asia-pacific-screen-awards-nominations-announced |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=Asia Pacific Screen Awards |language=en}}

Best Director

| {{nom}}

Best Screenplay

| {{nom}}

Jury Grand Prize

| {{won}}

| {{Cite web |last=Frater |first=Patrick |date=2024-11-30 |title=‘April’ Takes Double Win at Asia Pacific Screen Awards |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/asia-pacific-screen-awards-april-all-we-imagine-as-light-1236231276/ |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}

scope="row" | British Academy Film Awards

| 2025

| Best Film Not in the English Language

| All We Imagine as Light

| {{nom}}

| {{Cite web |date=15 January 2025 |title=BAFTAs 2025: the nominations in full |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/news/baftas-2025-nominations-full |access-date=15 January 2025 |website=British Film Institute |language=en}}

scope="row" | British Independent Film Awards

| 2024

| Best International Independent Film

| All We Imagine as Light

| {{nom}}

| {{Cite web |last=Szalai |first=Georg |date=2024-11-05 |title=British Independent Film Awards: 'Kneecap,' 'Love Lies Bleeding' Lead Nominations |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/bifa-2024-nominations-british-independent-film-awards-kneecap-1236052845/ |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}

scope="row" | Cahiers du Cinéma

| 2024

| Annual Top 10

| All We Imagine as Light

| {{won|place=5th Place}}

| {{Cite web |date=29 November 2024 |title=TOP 10 – Rédaction 2024 |url=https://www.cahiersducinema.com/top-10-redaction/top-10-redaction-2024/ |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=Cahiers du Cinéma |language=fr-FR |archive-date=4 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204093630/https://www.cahiersducinema.com/top-10-redaction/top-10-redaction-2024/ |url-status=live }}

scope="row" | Camden International Film Festival

| 2021

| Cinematic Vision Award

| A Night of Knowing Nothing

| {{won}}

| {{Cite web |last=Carey |first=Matthew |date=2021-09-21 |title=Camden International Film Festival Welcomes Doc Filmmakers Out Of Pandemic Hibernation, Awards Prizes |url=https://deadline.com/2021/09/camden-international-film-festival-ciff-founder-ben-fowlie-interview-news-2-1234841572/ |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=Deadline Hollywood |language=en-US |archive-date=6 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206235622/https://deadline.com/2021/09/camden-international-film-festival-ciff-founder-ben-fowlie-interview-news-2-1234841572/ |url-status=live }}

rowspan="5" scope="row" | Cannes Film Festival

| rowspan="2" | 2021

| Caméra d'Or

| rowspan="2" | A Night of Knowing Nothing

| {{nom}}

| {{Cite web |date=2021-06-29 |title=The actress Mélanie Thierry, President of the Camera d'or Jury |url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/the-actress-melanie-thierry-president-of-the-camera-d-or-jury/ |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=Festival de Cannes |language=en |archive-date=15 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215104044/https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/the-actress-melanie-thierry-president-of-the-camera-d-or-jury/ |url-status=live }}

L'Œil d'or

| {{won}}

| {{Cite web |title=L'Œil d'or 2021 - "A night of knowing nothing" by Payal Kapadia |url=https://loeildor.scam.fr/oeuvre/loeil-dor-2021-a-night-of-knowing-nothing-by-payal-kapadia/ |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=Scam : Société civile des auteurs multimédia |language=fr-FR |archive-date=15 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215103819/https://loeildor.scam.fr/oeuvre/loeil-dor-2021-a-night-of-knowing-nothing-by-payal-kapadia/ |url-status=live }}

rowspan="3" | 2024

| Palme d'Or

| rowspan="3" | All We Imagine as Light

| {{nom}}

| {{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/04/cannes-film-festival-lineup-2024-live-francis-ford-coppola-thierry-fremaux-1235881376/|title=Cannes Film Festival Lineup Set: Competition Includes Coppola, Audiard, Cronenberg, Arnold, Lanthimos, Sorrentino & Abbasi's Trump Movie — Full List|last=Ntim|first=Zac|date=11 April 2024|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=9 May 2024|archive-date=10 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510021739/https://deadline.com/2024/04/cannes-film-festival-lineup-2024-live-francis-ford-coppola-thierry-fremaux-1235881376/|url-status=live}}

Grand Prix

| {{won}}

| {{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/awards/results/cannes-2024-awards-winners-list-palme-dor-1235009040/|title='Anora' Wins the Palme d'Or at Cannes (Complete Winners List)|last=Richlin|first=Harrison|date=25 May 2024|website=Indiewire|access-date=20 October 2024|archive-date=11 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611204034/https://www.indiewire.com/awards/results/cannes-2024-awards-winners-list-palme-dor-1235009040/|url-status=live}}

Prix des Cinémas Art et Essai – Special Mention

| {{won}}

| {{Cite web |title=Prix des Cinémas Art et Essai 2024 : LES GRAINES DU FIGUIER SAUVAGE de Mohammad Rasoulof |trans-title=2024 art house cinema awards: SEEDS OF THE WILD FIG TREE by Mohammad Rasoulof |url=https://www.art-et-essai.org/manifestations/1201606/prix-des-cinemas-art-et-essai-2024-les-graines-du-figuier-sauvage-de-mohammad |access-date=20 October 2024 |website=Association Française des Cinémas d'Art et d'Essai |language=fr |archive-date=5 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605040747/https://www.art-et-essai.org/manifestations/1201606/prix-des-cinemas-art-et-essai-2024-les-graines-du-figuier-sauvage-de-mohammad |url-status=live }}

scope="row" | Chicago Film Critics Association

| 2024

| Milos Stehlik Award for Breakthrough Filmmaker

| All We Imagine as Light

| {{nom}}

| {{Cite web |last=Tallerico |first=Brian |date=December 10, 2024 |title="The Brutalist" Leads Chicago Film Critics Association Nominees |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals/the-brutalist-leads-chicago-film-critics-association-nominees |access-date=December 10, 2024 |website=RogerEbert.com |language=en-US |archive-date=11 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241211081413/https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals/the-brutalist-leads-chicago-film-critics-association-nominees |url-status=live }}

scope="row" | Chicago International Film Festival

| 2024

| Silver Hugo – Jury Prize

| All We Imagine as Light

| {{won}}

| {{Cite web |last=Blauvelt |first=Christian |date=2024-10-25 |title=Chicago International Film Festival Awards Top Prizes to 'Vermiglio,' 'All We Imagine as Light' |url=https://www.indiewire.com/news/festivals/2024-chicago-international-film-festival-awards-winners-list-1235060146/ |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=IndieWire |language=en-US |archive-date=13 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241113011616/https://www.indiewire.com/news/festivals/2024-chicago-international-film-festival-awards-winners-list-1235060146/ |url-status=live }}

rowspan="3" scope="row" | Cinema Eye Honors

| rowspan="3" | 2023

| Outstanding Nonfiction Feature

| rowspan="3" | A Night of Knowing Nothing

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="3" | {{Cite web |last=Feinberg |first=Scott |date=2022-11-10 |title=Cinema Eye Honors: 'Fire of Love' and 'The Territory' Score Field-Leading Seven Nominations |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/cinema-eye-honors-awards-nominations-fire-of-love-territory-1235259516/ |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}
{{Cite web |title=Cinema Eye Honors Announces Full Slate of Nominations for 16th Annual Nonfiction Film Awards |url=https://cinemaeyehonors.com/news/cinema-eye-honors-announces-full-slate-of-nominations-for-16th-annual-nonfiction-film-awards/ |date=November 10, 2022 |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=Cinema Eye Honors |language=en-US |archive-date=15 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215104347/https://cinemaeyehonors.com/news/cinema-eye-honors-announces-full-slate-of-nominations-for-16th-annual-nonfiction-film-awards/ |url-status=live }}

Outstanding Direction

| {{nom}}

Outstanding Debut

| {{nom}}

scope="row" | Directors Guild of America Awards

| 2025

| Michael Apted Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Theatrical Feature Film

| All We Imagine as Light

| {{nom}}

| {{Cite web |date=January 8, 2025 |title=DGA Announces Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for 2024 |url=https://www.dga.org/News/PressReleases/2025/250108_77thAnnualDGAAwardsFeatureFilmNomineesAnnounced |access-date=January 8, 2025 |website=Directors Guild of America |language=en}}

scope="row" | Fribourg International Film Festival

| 2019

| Best International Short Film Award

| And What Is the Summer Saying?

| {{won}}

| {{Cite web |title=Women and Latin America win big at FIFF 2019 {{!}} Award Winners FIFF 2019 |url=https://www.fiff.ch/en/award-winners-fiff-2019-0 |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=Festival International de Films de Fribourg |language=en |archive-date=15 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215103612/https://www.fiff.ch/en/award-winners-fiff-2019-0 |url-status=live }}

scope="row" | Golden Globe Awards

| 2025

| Best Director – Motion Picture

| All We Imagine as Light

| {{nom}}

| {{Cite web |last=Barnard |first=Matthew |date=December 9, 2024 |title=NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED FOR 82nd ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBES® |url=https://goldenglobes.com/articles/nominations-announced-for-82nd-annual-golden-globes/ |access-date=December 9, 2024 |website=Golden Globes |language=en-US |archive-date=9 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209150741/https://goldenglobes.com/articles/nominations-announced-for-82nd-annual-golden-globes/ |url-status=live }}

rowspan="2" scope="row" | Gotham Awards

| rowspan="2" | 2024

| Best Director

| rowspan="2" | All We Imagine as Light

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="2" | {{Cite web |last=Zilko |first=Christian |date=2024-12-02 |title='A Different Man' Wins Best Feature at Gotham Awards (Complete Winners List) |url=https://www.indiewire.com/awards/results/gotham-awards-2024-winners-list-1235071809/ |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=IndieWire |language=en-US |archive-date=4 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204024524/https://www.indiewire.com/awards/results/gotham-awards-2024-winners-list-1235071809/ |url-status=live }}

Best International Feature

| {{won}}

scope="row" | Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival

| 2021

| Best Film Award

| A Night of Knowing Nothing

| {{won}}

| {{Cite web |title=15ª Edição 2021 |url=https://leffest.com/en/archives/2021 |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=LEFFEST - Lisboa Film Festival |language=en |archive-date=15 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215104202/https://leffest.com/en/archives/2021 |url-status=live }}

scope="row" | Mill Valley Film Festival

| 2024

| Mind the Gap Award

| {{n/a}}

| {{honored}}

| {{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=G. Allen |date=2024-09-11 |title=Exclusive: 47th Mill Valley Film Festival |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/47th-mill-valley-ff-lineup-19746462.php |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=San Francisco Chronicle |archive-date=18 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241118075613/http://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/47th-mill-valley-ff-lineup-19746462.php |url-status=live }}
{{Cite web |title=All We Imagine as Light |url=https://www.mvff.com/program/all-we-imagine-as-light/ |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=Mill Valley Film Festival |archive-date=14 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914162051/https://www.mvff.com/program/all-we-imagine-as-light/ |url-status=live }}

scope="row" | Mirage Film Festival

| 2022

| MIRAGE Award – Directing

| A Night of Knowing Nothing

| {{won}}

| {{Cite web |date=2022-10-20 |title=The Mirage Film Festival wraps its second edition |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/432148/ |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=Cineuropa |language=en |archive-date=27 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027173240/https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/432148/ |url-status=live }}
{{Cite web |title=MIRAGE 2022 {{!}} Award Winners |url=https://www.mirage.no/news/mirage-2022-award-winners |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=MIRAGE |archive-date=15 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215103847/https://www.mirage.no/news/mirage-2022-award-winners |url-status=live }}

scope="row" | Montclair Film Festival

| 2024

| Fiction Feature Prize

| All We Imagine as Light

| {{won}}

| {{Cite web |last=Bergeson |first=Samantha |date=2024-10-28 |title=Montclair Film Festival Announces 2024 Winners: 'All We Imagine as Light' Takes Top Prize |url=https://www.indiewire.com/news/festivals/montclair-film-festival-2024-winners-1235060613/ |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=IndieWire |language=en-US |archive-date=7 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241107035154/https://www.indiewire.com/news/festivals/montclair-film-festival-2024-winners-1235060613/ |url-status=live }}
{{Cite web |title=Announcing The 2024 Montclair Film Festival Award Winners! |url=https://montclairfilm.org/events/announcing-the-2024-montclair-film-festival-award-winners/ |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=Montclair Film |language=en-US}}

rowspan="2" scope="row" | National Society of Film Critics

| rowspan="2" | 2025

| Best Director

| rowspan="2" | All We Imagine as Light

| {{won}}

| rowspan="2" | {{Cite web |last=McGovern |first=Joe |date=January 4, 2025 |title='Nickel Boys' Wins Best Film from National Society of Film Critics |url=https://www.thewrap.com/nickel-boys-wins-best-film-from-national-society-of-film-critics/ |access-date=January 5, 2025 |website=TheWrap |language=en-US}}
{{Cite web |date=January 4, 2025 |title='Nickel Boys' voted best picture of 2024 |url=https://nationalsocietyoffilmcritics.com/2025/01/04/nickel-boys-voted-best-picture-of-2024/ |access-date=January 5, 2025 |website=National Society of Film Critics |language=en}}

Best Foreign Language Film

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scope="row" | New York Film Critics Circle

| 2024

| Best International Film

| All We Imagine as Light

| {{won}}

| {{Cite web |last=Ford |first=Rebecca |date=2024-12-03 |title='The Brutalist' Tops NYFCC Awards |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/nyfcc-winners-2024-awards-insider |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=Vanity Fair |language=en-US |archive-date=4 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204025916/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/nyfcc-winners-2024-awards-insider |url-status=live }}

scope="row" | San Diego Asian Film Festival

| 2017

| Best International Short

| Afternoon Clouds

| {{won}}

| {{Cite web |title=Announcing the 2017 SDAFF Award Winners |url=http://festival.sdaff.org/2017/2017/san-diego-asian-film-festival-winners/ |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=San Diego Asian Film Festival |language=en-US}}

scope="row" | San Sebastián International Film Festival

| 2024

| RTVE-Another Look Award

| All We Imagine as Light

| {{won}}

| {{Cite web |title=Awards of the 72nd edition |url=https://www.sansebastianfestival.com/2024/awards_and_jury_members/1/22283/in |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=San Sebastián International Film Festival |language=en |archive-date=7 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007142228/https://www.sansebastianfestival.com/2024/awards_and_jury_members/1/22283/in |url-status=live }}
{{Cite web |date=2024-10-04 |title=Busan, Gent and London next up for IFFR-backed titles after San Sebastián |url=https://iffr.com/en/blog-busan-gent-london |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=IFFR |language=en |archive-date=15 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215104320/https://iffr.com/en/blog-busan-gent-london |url-status=live }}

scope="row" | Taiwan International Documentary Festival

| 2022

| Merit Prize

| rowspan="3" | A Night of Knowing Nothing

| {{won}}

| {{Cite web |title=2022 TIDF Award-Winning List |url=https://www.tidf.org.tw/en/competition-history/132980 |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=Taiwan International Documentary Festival |date=11 December 2023 |language=en |archive-date=15 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215104324/https://www.tidf.org.tw/en/competition-history/132980 |url-status=live }}

scope="row" | Toronto International Film Festival

| 2021

| Amplify Voices Award

| {{won}}

| {{Cite web |last=Grobar |first=Matt |date=2021-09-19 |title='Belfast' Claims TIFF People's Choice Award, As Jessica Chastain, Benedict Cumberbatch & Denis Villeneuve Nab Other Top Prizes — Complete Winners List |url=https://deadline.com/2021/09/2021-toronto-film-festival-complete-winners-list-belfast-jessica-chasten-benedict-cumberbatch-denis-villeneuve-dune-1234839226/ |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=Deadline Hollywood |language=en-US |archive-date=30 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930151121/https://deadline.com/2021/09/2021-toronto-film-festival-complete-winners-list-belfast-jessica-chasten-benedict-cumberbatch-denis-villeneuve-dune-1234839226/ |url-status=live }}
{{Cite web |last=Mullen |first=Pat |date=2021-09-19 |title=The Rescue Wins TIFF People's Choice Award for Documentary |url=https://povmagazine.com/the-rescue-wins-tiff-peoples-choice-award-for-documentary/ |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=POV Magazine |language=en |archive-date=21 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621232628/https://povmagazine.com/the-rescue-wins-tiff-peoples-choice-award-for-documentary/ |url-status=live }}
{{Cite web |title=A Night of Knowing Nothing |url=https://tiff.net/events/a-night-of-knowing-nothing |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=TIFF |language=en}}

scope="row" | Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival

| 2023

| Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize

| {{won}}

| {{Cite web |date=2023-11-15 |title=Back up the Mountains: Yamagata 2023 |url=https://www.documentary.org/online-feature/back-mountains-yamagata-2023 |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=International Documentary Association |language=en |archive-date=8 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240808170258/https://documentary.org/online-feature/back-mountains-yamagata-2023 |url-status=live }}
{{Cite web |title=YIDFF 2023 |url=https://www.yidff.jp/2023/2023-e.html |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival |archive-date=7 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007175440/http://www.yidff.jp/2023/2023-e.html |url-status=live }}

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