Oscar nominations 2023: 'All that Breathes' from India gets nod for Documentary Feature Film

Oscar nominations 2023: Salik Rehman in a still from Shaunak Sen's documentary 'All That Breathes'.

Indian climate change documentary All That Breathes on Tuesday made it to the final nominations list at the 95th edition of the Academy Awards.

The Shaunak Sen-directorial is nominated in the Best Documentary Feature segment alongside All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Fire of Love, A House Made of Splinters, and Navalny.

Set in Delhi, the documentary follows two siblings, Mohammad Saud and Nadeem Shehzad, who have devoted their lives to rescuing and treating injured birds, especially black kites.

Congratulations poured in for Sen as soon the Oscar nominations were announced.

This just happened. The brother's film.
Shaunak Sen's #AllThatBreathes is now an #Oscar nominee. #BestDocumentary pic.twitter.com/c0XJPIbULC

— Raja Sen (@RajaSen) January 24, 2023

Heartiest Congratulations to Indian documentary film makers Shaunak Sen , Aman Mann & Teddy Leifer makers of “All that breathes “ & makers of “The Elephant whisperers “ Kartique Gonsalves & Guneet Monga for being nominated at the Oscars.

— Ashoke Pandit (@ashokepandit) January 24, 2023

Congratulations to #AllThatBreathes, Shaunak Sen's story of connection between humans and animals, on its #AcademyAwards nomination for Best Documentary Feature. Coming soon to @HBOMax. #Oscars95 pic.twitter.com/lADDK6jXt8

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— HBO Documentaries (@HBODocs) January 24, 2023

All That Breathes is also nominated for a BAFTA Award. It previously won the 'World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary' at this year's Sundance Film Festival, a film gala that promotes independent cinema and filmmakers, and earned the Golden Eye award for the best documentary at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.

Last year, Indian feature documentary Writing With Fire was part of the final nominations list in the Best Documentary Feature section but lost out to Summer of Soul (Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised).

It was the first Indian feature documentary to be nominated for an Academy Award.

The final nominations for 23 categories of the 95th Academy Awards were announced by Hollywood actors Riz Ahmed and Allison Williams here. The Oscars will take place on March 12.

(With inputs from PTI)