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Payment controversy over ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ provokes questions about documentary storytelling

Months after the Indian film The Elephant Whisperers won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short at the Academy Awards this past March, the mahout (elephant rider or caretaker) couple Bomman and Bellie at the centre of the film filed a legal notice.

The Conversation

Indian couple who starred in Oscar-winning film say director backed out of pay promises

The stars of The Elephant Whisperers accuse Kartiki Gonsalves of failing to give them a house, car and lump sum – claims she denies

The Guardian - UK

‘The Elephant Whisperers’ couple that inspired Oscar-winning documentary allege exploitation by filmmakers

Couple claim they spent their own money to cover expenses for shoot and weren’t reimbursed

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British royalty confers environment awards to Indian filmmaker, non-profit group

Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla presented the coveted Elephant Family environmental award to Indian conservationists Kartiki Gonsalves, the filmmaker behind the Oscar-winning documentary The Elephant Whisperers and The Real Elephant Collective (TREC) of 70 Adivasi artists at a ceremony here.

The Hindu

Oscars 2023: Dear India, the Academy is not a human rights organisation

For a long time, Kamal Haasan’s fans lovingly called him Oscar Nayagan, the Oscar hero, because even though he’d never won an Oscar, he was considered the most deserving actor to potentially receive such a prestigious and popular award. But all this changed after AR Rahman’s double Oscar win for…

Newslaundry

India celebrates as RRR song, The Elephant Whisperers win Oscar

A historic night for Indian cinema at the 95th Academy Awards in Los Angeles.

Al Jazeera

‘Elated and proud’: India erupts with joy after historic Oscar wins

Oscars for song Naatu Naatu and documentary short film The Elephant Whisperers triggers wave of pride across India

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Oscars 2023: The complete list of winners at 95th Academy Awards

The 2023 Academy Awards unfolded at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, with Everything Everywhere winning big.

Al Jazeera

Academy Awards 2023: And the Oscar goes to...Naatu Naatu and The Elephant Whisperers

It’s a double win for India at the 95th Academy Awards currently taking place in Los Angeles. Indian documentary The Elephant Whisperers won Best Documentary Short and RRR song “Naatu Naatu” won Best Original Song.

Newslaundry

'The Elephant Whisperers': Short film depicts bond between couple and orphaned elephant

From brutal attacks to the spread of zoonotic illnesses, urbanisation has made relationships between people and wild animals increasingly conflictual. But in rare cases, humans and wildlife can coexist peacefully and even rely on one another, in relationships mirroring those between parents and children. In the Oscar-nominated documentary short film…

France 24

The 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary shorts spotlight human nature, and nature itself

This year's Oscar-nominated short documentaries are remarkably varied, revisiting our recent political history, examining the roots of terrorism at home and sharing snapshots of a young person's development. Even the two nature-based entries wildly differ in approach and tone.

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