Oktapodi
- June 2007 (2007-06)
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
- ^ WALL-E and La Maison en Petits Cubes Win Animation Awards: 2009 Oscars
- ^ The Animation Show of Shows (Volume 21)
- ^ 2009|Oscars.org
- ^ a b "Oktapodi".
- ^ "Annecy 2008 Film Festival Winners". Annecy. Retrieved 2009-01-22.
- ^ "Casablanca International Student Film Festival". Hollywood Film Festival. Retrieved 2009-01-22.
- ^ "Hiroshima2008 Winners".
- ^ "SIGGRAPH 2008 Winners".
- ^ "Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films". Zagreb Animafest. Archived from the original on 2009-01-22. Retrieved 2009-01-22.
- ^ Acme Filmworks Collection|Oscars.org
External links
- Oktapodi at IMDb
- Official Homepage