The Ile-de-France region backs Vanessa Filho s Le Consentement
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Winner of Best Documentary at Cannes Had Faced Disciplinary Action After 2015 FTII Protest
FTII had initially slashed Payal Kapadia s scholarship after her involvement in protests against the appointment of Gajendra Chauhan has chairperson.
Payal Kapadia. Photo: Twitter/@mknid
New Delhi: Director Payal Kapadia’s
A Night of Knowing Nothing has won the Oeil d’or (Golden Eye) award for best documentary at the 74th Cannes Film Festival.
However, in 2015, Kapadia had been at the forefront of the four-month long protests against the appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as the chairperson of the Film and Television Institute of India.
This was one of the longest ever protests seen on FTII campus, as students boycotted classes questioning Chauhan’s capability to lead an institute of such stature. Chauhan had played side roles on a few mythological dramas and was a BJP politician at the time of his appointment.
CANNES â Mumbai-based filmmaker Payal Kapadia has won the Oeil d or (Golden Eye) award for Best Documentary for her film, A Night of Knowing Nothing, at the Cannes Film Festival. A Night of Knowing Nothing has emerged the winner from a list of 28 documentaries submitted from around the world.
The announcement was made through the Twitter account of the Cannes Independent movie selection handle Quinzaine Des Real July 17.
The tweet read: The Oeil d Or, the award for best documentary presented at the Cannes Film Festival all sections combined, goes to A NIGHT OF KNOWING NOTHING by Payal Kapadia, a film selected at the Directors Fortnight. Our warmest congratulations to Payal Kapadia and the entire film crew!