Shaunak Sen shared this picture. (courtesy: shaunak_sen )
All That Breathes director Shaunak Sen says he has been flooded with messages of “encouragement/support” after his local weather change documentary misplaced out to Navalny on the Oscars.
Naatu Naatu from RRR and documentary movie The Elephant Whisperers emerged as winners within the Original Song and Documentary Short Film classes on the ninety fifth Academy Awards, held in Los Angeles on Sunday.
Sen mentioned his “brain is still to wrap around the fact that this is the end of this chapter” for the movie, which was nominated within the Documentary Feature Film section. “So many chin-uppy messages of encouragement/support since yesterday. We were low for about an hour, but we’re soon distracted into equanimity amidst the whirl of glittery people and things. Brain is still to wrap around the fact that this is the end of this chapter,” the director wrote on Instagram alongside footage together with his workforce.
All That Breathes is a Delhi-set documentary that follows two siblings, Mohammad Saud and Nadeem Shehzad, who’ve devoted their lives to rescuing and treating injured birds, particularly black kites.
The critically-acclaimed documentary beforehand received the ‘World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary’ on the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and the Golden Eye award for the very best documentary on the 2022 Cannes. The movie is but to launch in India and Sen mentioned his subsequent agenda is to determine the distribution within the nation.
“Next we’ll be working hard to figure India distribution (HBO has ended it’s deal in India with Hotstar it appears, and we’re figuring out which platform it’ll come out on now). For now, very very nice to share this bizarre, swollen day with the brothers, and so many members of our crew. Hugest congratulations to all the winning films from India!” he wrote.
At the Academy Awards, Naatu Naatu from SS Rajamouli’s interval motion film RRR received the Original Song trophy and Kartiki Gonsalves-directed The Elephant Whisperers topped the Documentary Short Film class. The docu-short is produced by Guneet Monga.
Source: www.ndtv.com