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‘The octopus walking on the ocean floor — that’s me’ Ronan Skillen speaks about making music for the underwater world of the Cape kelp forest in My Octopus Teacher, the first SA documentary to win an Oscar. Gwen Ansell"> By Gwen Ansell - 27 April 2021 - 09:06 My Octopus Teacher scored an Oscar nomination. Image: Craig Foster Skillen is talking about his role providing additional music for the Netflix documentary  My Octopus Teacher. The film is the firs...

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A still from Oscar-winning documentary ‘My Octopus Teacher’   | Photo Credit: Netflix Filmmaker and environmental journalist Swati talks to us about the award-winning film, that features her husband Craig Foster forging a relationship with an octopus When My Octopus Teacher first debuted on Netflix, viewers were unsure what to make of it from the title. Was it a sci-fi fantasy? An animation film? But then, the word-of-mouth began, and the small project quickly grew into one of the most ...

Image: Instagram/Lady Zamar Some of Mzansi’s famous faces have joined the chorus of celebrations after the SA Netflix  documentary My Octopus Teacher won the Oscar for Best Documentary Film on Monday. The film has won more than 20 international awards and became the first nature documentary to win an Academy Award since The Cove in 2010. Co-directors Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed accepted the iconic gold statuette at the  awards ceremony in Los Angeles.  In their acceptance speec...

LOS ANGELES – And the 2021 Oscar for documentary feature goes to … “My Octopus Teacher,” Netflix’s oddly moving look at the relationship that develops between a man and a

Article bookmarked Dont show me this message again✕ Film - Awards Season My Octopus Teacher has won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. The film, directed by Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed, beat out strong competition in its category, with other nominees including Time, Crip Camp and Collective. The heartwarming documentary revolves around the South African filmmaker Craig Foster, who befriends an octopus while exploring the watery depths beneath a kelp forest near Cape Town. Foster said ...

My  Octopus Teacher took home the best documentary feature award at the 2021 Oscars, held tonight (April 25) at the Union Station Los Angeles and the Dolby Theatre at the Hollywood and Highland Center. The film documents a year spent by filmmaker Craig Foster as he forged a relationship with a wild common octopus in a South African kelp forest. “Thank you to the Academy and thank you to all of our incredible nominees who spent so many years, and I presume a lot of tears, making beautiful i...

The buzzy Netflix documentary 'My Octopus Teacher' wins the 2021 Oscar for documentary feature.

Last modified on Sun 25 Apr 2021 22.13 EDT My Octopus Teacher, the heartwarming story of a human-octopus friendship, has won the Oscar for best documentary at the 93rd Academy Awards, which are taking place in Los Angeles. Directed by Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed, My Octopus Teacher follows film-maker and diver Craig Foster as he explores an underwater kelp forest near Cape Town, South Africa. Foster appears to bond with an octopus he encounters living in the area. The film has already won a st...

My Octopus Teacher wins the Oscar for best documentary Ten years in the making, “My Octopus Teacher” began as a personal video project by South African filmmaker Craig Foster to rekindle his connection with nature. Author: MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer Published: 9:58 PM EDT April 25, 2021 Updated: 9:59 PM EDT April 25, 2021 NEW YORK — “My Octopus Teacher,” the tale of an eight-limbed creature and her human companion, has won the...