India’s ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ brings home Best Documentary Short Film
The award was presented by Pedro Pascal.
India’s short documentary ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ has brought home an Oscar
in the Best Documentary Short Film category at the 95th Oscar Awards.
‘The Elephant Whisperers’ was competing in the category alongside ‘Haulout’, ‘How Do You Measure a Year?’, ‘The Martha Mitchell Effect’ and ‘Stranger at the Gate’.
The documentary was received by the director Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga. Kartiki talked about the film and said it is for coexistence and thanked the Academy Awards for recognizing their work.
The ‘Elephant Whisperers’ marks Kartiki Gonsalves’ directorial debut.
The documentary is about the bond that develops between a couple and
an orphaned baby elephant, Raghu, who was entrusted to their care.
The 41-minute documentary short film, which was directed by Kartiki Gonsalves,
follows a family who adopts two orphan baby elephants in Tamil Nadu’s Mudumalai Tiger Reserve. Two abandoned elephants and their keepers form an everlasting friendship in the movie. The movie resembles a safari, where the viewer silently takes in the coexistence of nature and man.`
