00:00Please don't wait 30 years to have another Indian film.
00:09Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix has always been a celebration of daring and inventiveness.
00:17A reward for the voices of change.
00:21Art does not come from a safe place.
00:26But the Cannes Film Festival has always provided a safe place for these voices to be heard.
00:33And tonight, once more, the Grand Prix will reward the strongest of these voices.
00:40The Grand Prix goes to All We Imagine As Live, by Payal Kambadia.
01:10Thank you so much for this.
01:30It was already a dream to be selected in competition and this was beyond my imagination so thank
01:36you.
01:37And because I'm a huge fan of Miguel Gomes, I follow what he does and also invite my actors
01:46here on stage.
01:48Because without them, I don't think this film would have been possible.
01:53It's three women who've given me so much and been really contributed to the film like a
01:58family and made it their own.
02:00So thank you ladies.
02:03A big round of applause for Payal Kambadia.
02:18I'm very nervous so I wrote something down.
02:24Thank you very much to the Cannes Film Festival for having our film here.
02:29Please don't wait 30 years to have another Indian film.
02:34And thank you very much to my producers, Thomas, Julian, Riku and Zico, who supported this
02:44weird idea.
02:48And to my entire crew, who a lot of them are here today, they're all there and there.
02:58So thank you.
02:59And to all those who couldn't make it here and are hopefully watching from home, thank
03:03you.
03:04It really takes a village to make a film so it couldn't have been possible without them.
03:10This film is about the friendship between three very different women and oftentimes
03:16women are pitted against each other and this is the world, this is the way our society
03:21is designed and that's really unfortunate.
03:24But for me, friendship is a very important relationship because it can lead to greater
03:31solidarity and inclusivity and empathy towards each other, which is why these are the values
03:39that I feel that we should all be striving for.
03:44And before I say goodbye, the huge amount of people who work behind the scenes at this
03:55festival, the workers here, they've done an incredible job and I'm really...
04:02It's because of them that the festival works so smoothly and I'm really thankful to them
04:07and I stand in solidarity with their movement.
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