2024 Oscars: Indo-Canadian’s project shortlisted in the Documentary Feature Film category

Indo-Canadian filmmaker Nisha Pahuja’s latest project, To Kill A Tiger, has been shortlisted in the Documentary Feature Film category for the 2024 Oscars.

Indo-Canadian filmmaker Nisha Pahuja’s latest project, To Kill A Tiger, has been shortlisted in the Documentary Feature Film category for the 2024 Oscars.

The shortlist was announced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Dec 21. The documentary, which is set entirely in India, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) last year and won the Amplify Voices Award for Best Canadian Feature Film.

Pahuja’s film tracks the harrowing journey of a family in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand to bring to justice the culprits in a sexual assault on a teenaged girl.