Indian filmmaker Swati Thiyagarajan. File Photo.
Indian echoes at the 93rd Academy Awards, a social distancing event held in the shadow of the pandemic, were faint but distinct.
“My Octopus Teacher”, which has Indian filmmaker Swati Thiyagarajan as associate producer and production manager, won the best documentary feature at the Oscars, which also honoured actor Irrfan Khan and costume designer Bhanu in its ‘In Memoriam’ segment.
Indian echoes at the 93rd Academy Awards, a social distancing event held in the shadow of the pandemic, were faint but distinct.
“We won!!! Best documentary feature Oscar!!!,” Thiyagarajan, who has also written “Born Wild: Journey into the Wild Hearts of India and Africa”, tweeted after “My Octopus Teacher” bagged the Oscar.
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A giant forest lying along the southern coast of South Africa would have probably remained out of sight if it was not for the Netflix film ‘My Octopus Teacher’, which among other things, won this year’s BAFTA Award for the Best Documentary.
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