Oktapodi Explained

Oktapodi
Producer:	Marie-France Zumofen
Distributor:	Talantis Films
Music:	Kenny Wood
Runtime:	2 minutes 26 seconds
Country:	France
Language:	French

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		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

External links

• • Official Homepage

Notes and References

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf20oFtjYso WALL-E and La Maison en Petits Cubes Win Animation Awards: 2009 Oscars
2. https://www.animationshowofshows.com/collections/dvds/products/the-animation-show-of-shows-volume-21 The Animation Show of Shows (Volume 21)
3. https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2009 2009|Oscars.org
4. Web site: Oktapodi.
5. Web site: Annecy 2008 Film Festival Winners. Annecy. 2009-01-22.
6. Web site: Casablanca International Student Film Festival. Hollywood Film Festival. 2009-01-22.
7. Web site: Hiroshima2008 Winners.
8. Web site: SIGGRAPH 2008 Winners.
9. Web site: Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films. Zagreb Animafest. 2009-01-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20090122233527/http://www.animafest.hr/en/index.php. 2009-01-22. dead.
10. https://www.oscars.org/film-archive/collections/acme-filmworks-collection Acme Filmworks Collection|Oscars.org