Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia continues her trailblazing journey with two nominations at the 2025 Golden Globe Awards for her critically acclaimed film, All We Imagine As Light. The film has secured nominations for Best Director (Motion Picture) and Best Foreign Film, marking a significant moment for Indian cinema on the global stage.
Kapadia, who previously won the Grand Prix at Cannes 2024 for the same film, stands alongside esteemed directors like Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez), Sean Baker (Anora), and Edward Berger (Conclave).
All We Imagine As Light premiered at Cannes and later headlined the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2024, drawing applause from Bollywood luminaries. With an international release and multiple accolades under its belt, the film is poised as a strong contender in the award circuit.
Meanwhile, Jacques Audiard’s bold musical Emilia Pérez, which tells the story of a Mexican drug lord who undergoes gender-affirming surgery to become a woman, leads the nominations for the 82nd Golden Globes with an impressive 10 nods. It edges out other major contenders such as the musical sensation Wicked, the papal thriller Conclave, and the post-war epic The Brutalist.
The Golden Globe nominations, announced on Monday morning by Mindy Kaling and Morris Chestnut, will be celebrated during a televised ceremony on January 5, broadcast by CBS and streamed on Paramount+.
The Globes, no longer under the Hollywood Foreign Press Association after years of scandal and organizational overhaul, are in a rebuilding phase. However, this year’s star-studded roster of nominees has injected new energy into the awards. Notable nominees include Zendaya, Timothée Chalamet, Angelina Jolie, Daniel Craig, Denzel Washington, Ariana Grande, Glen Powell, and Selena Gomez.
The young Donald Trump drama The Apprentice also earned nods for Sebastian Stan as Trump and Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn. The president-elect referred to the movie as a “politically disgusting hatchet job” made by “human scum.”
Highlights from the nominations:
Best Motion Picture – Drama:
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
September 5
Best Film – Musical or Comedy:
Wicked
Anora
Emilia Pérez
Challengers
A Real Pain
The Substance
Best Actor in a Drama:
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Daniel Craig, Queer
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice
Best Actress in a Drama:
Pamela Anderson, The Last Showgirl
Angelina Jolie, Maria
Nicole Kidman, Babygirl
Tilda Swinton, The Room Next Door
Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here
Kate Winslet, Lee
Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical:
Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain
Hugh Grant, Heretic
Gabriel LaBelle, Saturday Night
Jesse Plemons, Kinds of Kindness
Glen Powell, Hit Man
Sebastian Stan, A Different Man
Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical:
Amy Adams, Nightbitch
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Karla Sofia Gascon, Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison, Anora
Demi Moore, The Substance
Zendaya, Challengers
Best Television Drama:
Shogun
The Diplomat
Slow Horses
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
The Day of the Jackal
Squid Game
Best Television Comedy or Musical:
Abbott Elementary
The Bear
Hacks
Nobody Wants This
Only Murders in the Building
The Gentlemen
Best Animated Film:
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Moana 2
Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
Cinematic and Box Office Achievement:
Alien: Romulus
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Deadpool & Wolverine
Gladiator II
Inside Out 2
Twisters
Wicked
The Wild Robot
Conclave
The Brutalist
The Wild Robot
Emilia Pérez
Challengers
Dune: Part Two
This year’s lifetime achievement honorees are Ted Danson, receiving the Carol Burnett Award, and Viola Davis, who will be awarded the Cecil B. DeMille Award. These honors will be presented at a gala dinner on January 3, ahead of the main event.
The Golden Globes will air on January 6, streaming live in India on Lionsgate Play
(with inputs from the Associated Press)
Published – December 09, 2024 08:35 pm IST
