A Night of Knowing Nothing
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A Night of Knowing Nothing is a 2021 documentary film directed by Payal Kapadia. An exploration of university student life in India, the film centres on letters written by L., a student at the Film an
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L'Œil d'or
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L'Œil d'or is a documentary film award created in 2015. It is awarded to the best documentary presented in one of the sections of the Cannes Film Festival.
A Night of Knowing Nothing
…is not of the same caste. The film premiered in the Directors' Fortnight stream at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, where it was named the winner of the L'Œil d'or award for Best Documentary Film. It was subsequently screened at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival, where it was one of the winners of the…
2026 recipient: Pegah Ahangarani
Agnès Varda won for Faces Places (2017)
Waad Al-Kateab won for For Sama (2019)
Patricio Guzmán won for The Cordillera of Dreams (2019)