A still from The Elephant Whisperers
Indian-made documentaries Everything that breathes and The Elephant Whisperers has been nominated for Oscars. Everything that breathes will compete for Best Documentary at the 95th Academy Awards. The Elephant Whisperers is among the nominees for best documentary short film. The nominations join RRR who is also going to the Oscars. The globally viral Naatu Naatu is up for Best Original Song. Last picture showIndia’s official Oscar entry, has missed out on a nomination in the Best International Feature Film category.
Everything that breathes, directed by Shaunak Sen is a film that revolves around a developing city and a brotherly relationship bound by purpose as it follows siblings Mohammad Saud and Nadeem Shehzad who rescue and treat injured birds. Other films nominated under this category are – All the beauty and the bloodshed, the fire of love, a house made of splinters and Navalny.
Directed by Kartiki Gonsalves, The Elephant Whisperers tells the story of a South Indian couple who devote their lives to looking after an orphaned elephant calf. The other nominees in the Best Documentary category are – Haulout, How Do You Measure A Year?, Stranger At The Gate and The Martha Mitchell Effect.
Producer Guneet Monga shared a series of tweets on The Elephant Whisperers‘ nomination. “This nomination is a great reward in itself,” she wrote
The Elephant Whisperers is nominated for the Academy Awards!
This movie is an ode to devotion and love..an ode to unconditional selfless love for the beautiful baby Ellie Raghu who felt all the emotions like us humans but only two could hear his whispers – Bomman and Bellie. pic.twitter.com/UNHr8uZOKv
— Guneet Monga (@guneetm) 24 January 2023
My dear team @sikhyaent – this nomination is a great reward in itself, let’s take the final leap with the same faith!
*This trip has also been about* the representation and making our country proud. So here’s to India and here’s to all of us.
— Guneet Monga (@guneetm) 24 January 2023
The Oscar nominations were announced today by actors Alison Williams and Riz Ahmed. The 95th Academy Awards will be held in Los Angeles on March 12. Jimmy Kimmel hosts for the third time.