‘All We Imagine as Light,’ ‘Hard Truths,’ ‘Nickel Boys’ Among Winners at 22nd ICS Awards

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Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Payal Kapadia’s “All We Imagine as Light” triumphed at the 2025 International Cinephile Society (ICS) Awards, winning best picture, director and ensemble. “All We Imagine as Light” world premiered at the Cannes Film Festival where it won the grand prize of the festival, along with a flurry of international awards.

It also went on earn nominations at the Golden Globes and the BAFTA’s, among others. The International Cinephile Society praised Kapadia’s film for highlighting “the voices, the faces, the night-lit trains of vibrant modern India.” The film revolves around a trip of women from different generations who form a quiet sisterhood to find their own peace amidst daunting personal and cultural issues. “Nickel Boys,” RaMell Ross’s Oscar-nominated drama about Black teenagers caged in an abusive reform school, took best adapted screenplay honors for Ross and Joslyn Barnes, who wrote the script based on the book by Colson Whitehead. “Nickel Boys,” which was produced by Plan B, also won the ICS cinematography award for Jomo Fray.

Mike Leigh’s contemporary drama “Hard Truths, ” meanwhile, won best actress for Marianne Jean-Baptiste, who plays Pansy, an anxiety-plagued woman unable to trust or enjoy her family’s prickly love; and best supporting actress for Michele Austin, who plays Pansy’s easy-going sister; as well as best original screenplay.

Newcomer Abou Sangaré whose performance in “Souleymane’s Story” earned him a prize at Cannes’ Un Certain Regard and best male newcomer at the Cesar Awards, won for the ICS Awards for lead actor and breakthrough performance.