All We Imagine as Light tops Barack Obama’s favourite films of 2024, fans say, ‘The selection committee has made the biggest possible blunder by sending Laapataa Ladies over…’

After emerging as the winner of the Grand Prix award at the 77th Cannes Film Festival and getting nominated for the upcoming Golden Globes, filmmaker Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine As Light grabbed the limelight for another reason.

Former US President Barack Obama, who has an annual tradition of sharing his favourite films of that particular year, shared his 2024 list and
All We Imagine As Light grabbed the first spot.

Here are a few movies I’d recommend checking out this year. pic.twitter.com/UtdKmsNUE8

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) December 20, 2024

wow even barack obama recommends all we imagine as light, the ffi is a highly incompetent organisation#AWIAL https://t.co/q6Ko7RewSW

— Mat (@mat__nova) December 20, 2024

Even Obama likes ‘All we Imagine as Light’ but India has to send in subpar movies showcasing villages to gather sympathy votes at the oscars.

Bollywood, Indian cinema, as I knew it, is dead. https://t.co/BR9qN3swpt

— Umang Badetia (@UmangBadetia1) December 21, 2024

The list was followed by the likes of Conclave, The Piano Lesson, The Promised Land, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Dune: Part Two, Anora, DIDI, Sugarcane, and A Complete Unknown. “Here are a few movies I’d recommend checking out this year,” Obama wrote.

After a shoutout from Barack Obama, netizens slammed FFI for choosing Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao’s Laapataa Ladies over All We Imagine As Light as India’s official entry for the Oscars in the Best International Feature category, which ultimately failed to make the cut.

All We Imagine As Light features Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Chhaya Kadam and Hridhu Haroon in prominent roles. The film has also bagged a nomination for the Best Motion Picture for a Non-English Language at the Golden Globes.