All We Imagine As Light, Boong among winners at Asia Pacific Screen Awards

Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine As Light” and Boong, directed by debutante Lakshmipriya Devi, won top honours at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) 2024.
The 17th edition of the awards were presented on Saturday at a ceremony in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia following the four-day Asia Pacific Screen Forum.
According to the official Instagram page of APSA, All We Imagine… received the Jury Grand Prize and Boong was named the Best Youth Film.
Kapadia’s All We Imagine, which had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May, is the first film from India ever to win the Grand Prix award at the prestigious European gala.
The Malayalam-Hindi movie follows Prabha (Kani Kusruti), a Mumbai nurse whose life is thrown in disarray when she receives a rice cooker from her estranged husband. All We Imagine… is an official India-French co-production between petit chaos from France and Chalk & Cheese and Another Birth from India.
Whereas, Boong follows the story of a young boy named Boong, from the valley of Manipur, who plans to surprise his mother with a gift. In his innocence, he believes that bringing his father back home would be the most special gift. His search for his father leads to an unexpected gift – a new beginning.
The Manipuri film had its world premiere in the discovery section at the 49th edition of Toronto International Film Festival in September. (PTI)