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Wikipedia article
'Oktapodi' is a 2007 French computer-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, Franois-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.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf20oFtjYso WALL-E and La Maison en Petits Cubes Win Animation Awards: 2009 Oscars] It was also included in the Animation Show of Shows.[https://www.animationshowofshows.com/collections/dvds/products/the-animation-show-of-shows-volume-21 The Animation Show of Shows (Volume 21)]
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
Legacy
The Academy Film Archive preserved the film under the ACME Filmworks collection.[https://www.oscars.org/film-archive/collections/acme-filmworks-collection Acme Filmworks Collection|Oscars.org]
See also
*'Le Building' - a 2005 animated short film, also directed by students at Gobelins
References
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