Oktapodi is a 2007 French computer-animated

Computer animation

Computer animation is the process used for generating animated images by using computer graphics. The more general term computer generated imagery encompasses both static scenes and dynamic images, while computer animation only refers to moving images....

 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 find each other. Oktapodi was directed by Julien Bocabeille, François-Xavier Chanioux, Olivier Delabarre, Thierry Marchand, Quentin Marmier, and Emud Mokhberi

Emud Mokhberi

Emud Mokhberi is an Iranian-American film director. In 2009, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for "Oktapodi"...

. 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

81st Academy Awards

The 81st Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , honored the best films of 2008 and took place February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST...

. It was also included in the Animation Show of Shows

Animation show of shows

The Animation Show of Shows is a traveling selection of the year's best animated short films, curated and presented by Acme Filmworks founder, Ron Diamond. It began in 1998 with the aim of showing the most original, funny, intelligent short animated films from all over the world and presenting them...

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Plot

Two octopuses fight for their lives with a stubborn restaurant cook in a comical escape through the streets of a small Greek village.

Awards and nominations

Award	Category	Winner/Nominee	Result
Academy Awards 81st Academy Awards The 81st Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , honored the best films of 2008 and took place February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST...	Short Film (Animated)	Emud Mokhberi Emud Mokhberi Emud Mokhberi is an Iranian-American film director. In 2009, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for "Oktapodi"...  & Thierry Marchand	Nominated
Anima Mundi Anima Mundi (event) Anima Mundi is a competitive Brazilian video and film festival devoted exclusively to animation, held every July in the cities of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil.-History:...	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 Annecy International Animated Film Festival The Annecy International Animation Film Festival was created in 1960 and takes place at the beginning of June in the town of Annecy, France. Initially occurring every two years, the festival became annual in 1998...	Canal+Family Award (Student Film)	Julien Bocabeille	Won
Festival International du Film de l'Etudiant (Casablanca International Student Film Festival)	Best Animated Film	Julien Bocabeille	Won
Hiroshima International Animation Festival Hiroshima International Animation Festival The International Animation Festival Hiroshima is a biannual animation festival hosted in Hiroshima, Japan.The festival was found in 1985 by Association International du Film d'Animation or ASIFA as International Animation Festival for the World Peace...	Special International Jury Prize	Gobelins, l'école de l'image, France	Won
SIGGRAPH SIGGRAPH SIGGRAPH is the name of the annual conference on computer graphics convened by the ACM SIGGRAPH organization. The first SIGGRAPH conference was in 1974. The conference is attended by tens of thousands of computer professionals...	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	Children's Jury Award - Special Distinction	Julien Bocabeille	Won