So many chin-up messages of encouragement: Shaunak Sen on Oscar loss

Director Shaunak Sen | Photo Credit: Reuters

all that breathes Director Shaunak Sen Says He Has Been Inundated With Messages Of “Encouragement/Support” After Climate Change lost to documentary Navalny at the Oscars.

grandson grandson From RRR and documentary films elephant whispering emerged as winners in the Original Song and Documentary Short Film categories at the 95th Academy Awards held in Los Angeles.

Sen said that his “brain still wraps around the fact that this is the end of this chapter” for the film, which was nominated in the documentary feature film section.

“So many chin-up messages of encouragement/support since yesterday. We were down there for about an hour, but we soon became disoriented in the equanimity amid a whirlwind of glowing people and things. Brain still to wrap around the fact that this is the end of this chapter,” the director wrote on Instagram along with pictures with his team.

all that breathes is a Delhi-set documentary that follows two siblings, Mohammed Saud and Nadeem Shahzad, who have dedicated their lives to rescuing and treating injured birds, especially black kites.

The critically acclaimed documentary had previously won the ‘World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary’ at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and the Golden Eye Award for Best Documentary at the 2022 Cannes.

The film is yet to release in India and Sen said that their next agenda is to explore distribution in the country.

“Next we will work hard to find out the distribution of India [HBO has ended its deal in India with Hotstar it appears, and we’re figuring out which platform it’ll come out on now], For now, it’s been great sharing this weird, bloated day with the brothers and so many other members of our crew. Many many congratulations to all the winning films from India!” He has written.