All That Breathes

_In one of the world’s most populated cities, two brothers — Nadeem and Saud — devote their lives to the quixotic effort of protecting the black kite, a majestic bird of prey essential to the ecosystem of New Delhi that has been falling from the sky at alarming rates. Amid environmental toxicity and social unrest, the ‘kite brothers’ spend day and night caring for the creatures in their makeshift avian basement hospital. Director Shaunak Sen (Cities of Sleep) explores the connection between the kites and the brothers who help them return to the skies, offering a mesmerizing chronicle of inter-species coexistence_. _All That Breathes_ is a 2022 documentary directed by Shaunak Sen and produced by Sen, Aman Mann, and Teddy Leifer under the Rise Films banner. The film centers on brothers Mohammad Saud and Nadeem Shehzad, who dedicate their lives to rescuing and rehabilitating injured birds in India. The documentary premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival on January 22, where it won the Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema Documentary Competition. It was later showcased in the Special Screenings section at the Cannes Film Festival, earning the prestigious Golden Eye award. The film went on to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature and won a Peabody Award at the 84th ceremony, recognized for its “graceful portrait of empathy and interconnectivity between nature and man.”