Which Netflix documentary short won the Oscar in 2023?

The Netflix documentary short that won the Oscar in 2023 was 'The Elephant Whisperers.' It won Best Documentary Short Film at the 95th Academy Awards, held on March 12, 2023.

Directed by Kartiki Gonsalves and produced by Guneet Monga, the film follows Bomman and Bellie, a Kattunayakan couple entrusted with caring for an orphaned Indian elephant named Raghu. Their work takes place at the Theppakadu elephant camp in Mudumalai National Park, in southern India.

The film premiered at DOC NYC in November 2022 and became available globally on Netflix on December 8, 2022. Its Oscar victory was historic: it became the first Indian film to win an Academy Award in the documentary short category. The other options were also Oscar-nominated documentary shorts, which is why they can be easy to mix up.