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Article bookmarked Don't 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 his relationship with the octopus taught him about life’s fragility and our collective connection...

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 important films, and bringing them into the world,” Elrich said. “I know there are many South Afr...

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 string of festival and critics’ awards, as well as taking both the Bafta and Producers Guild awards ...

'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 Oscar for best documentary. Ten years in the making, “My Octopus Teacher” began as a personal...