Oktapodi

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Oktapodi is a 2007 French animated short film that originated as a Graduate Student Project from Gobelins L'Ecole de L'Image. The film is about a pair of love struck octopuses who through a series of comical events are separated and must find each other. Oktapodi was directed by Julien Bocabeille, François-Xavier Chanioux, Olivier Delabarre, Thierry Marchand, Quentin Marmier, and Emud Mokhberi. Music was composed by Kenny Wood.

Oktapodi was well received, winning a number of awards, as well as an Academy Award nomination for Best Short Film (Animated) for the 81st Academy Awards.[1] It was also included in the Animation Show of Shows.[2]

Plot

Two octopuses fight for their lives with a stubborn restaurant cook in a comical escape through the streets of a seaside town in Greece.

Awards and nominations

Award Category Recipient Result
Academy Awards[3] Short Film (Animated) Emud Mokhberi & Thierry Marchand Nominated
Anima Mundi[4] Best Character Animation Gobelins, l'école de l'image, France Won
AniWOW! [4] Best Character Animation Gobelins, l'école de l'image, France Won
Annecy International Animated Film Festival[5] Canal+Family Award (Student Film) Julien Bocabeille Won
Festival International du Film de l'Etudiant
(Casablanca International Student Film Festival) [6] 		Best Animated Film Julien Bocabeille Won
Hiroshima International Animation Festival[7] Special International Jury Prize Gobelins, l'école de l'image, France Won
SIGGRAPH[8] Best of Show Gobelins, l'école de l'image, France Won
Audience Prize Gobelins, l'école de l'image, France Won
Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films [9] Children's Jury Award - Special Distinction Julien Bocabeille Won

Legacy

The Academy Film Archive preserved the film under the ACME Filmworks collection.[10]

See also

  • Le Building - a 2005 animated short film, also directed by students at Gobelins

References

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  1. ↑ WALL-E and La Maison en Petits Cubes Win Animation Awards: 2009 Oscars
  2. ↑ The Animation Show of Shows (Volume 21)
  3. ↑ 2009|Oscars.org
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