A Night of Knowing Nothing is a documentary film, directed by Payal Kapadia and released in 2021.

[1] An exploration of university student life in India,[2] the film centres on letters written by L., a student at the Film and Television Institute of India, to her estranged boyfriend after they are separated when he is forced to quit film school and denied permission from his family to continue dating L. because she is not of the same caste.

[4] It was subsequently screened at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival, where it was one of the winners of the Amplify Voices Award.

[6] A Night of Knowing Nothing premiered in the Directors' Fortnight stream at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.

[1] It was also screened at the 26th Busan International Film Festival and nominated for 'Busan Cinephile Award' in 'Wide Angle' section in October 2021.