State PCS PYQPrelims 2024

BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · Question 133

For which film did Payal Kapadia become the first Indian filmmaker to win the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2024?

  1. All We Imagine as Light
  2. The Shameless
  3. The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
  4. Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know
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Answer: (A) All We Imagine as Light

Explanation

Payal Kapadia's 'All We Imagine as Light' won the Grand Prix, Cannes' second-highest honour.

  • (A) Correct

    Correct: it won the Grand Prix at Cannes 2024.

  • (B) Incorrect

    Wrong: Anasuya Sengupta won Best Actress (Un Certain Regard) for it.

  • (C) Incorrect

    Wrong: a short film (Palme d'Or for shorts), not Kapadia's.

  • (D) Incorrect

    Wrong: an FTII student short that won La Cinef.