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SA's 'My Octopus Teacher' wins Best Documentary at the Oscars My Octopus Teacher has now nabbed an Oscar at the 93rd Academy Awards for best documentary. The South African film, which was produced for Netflix, follows filmmaker Craig Foster as he forges an extraordinary friendship with an octopus while exploring a kelp forest near Simon's Town.
Apr 26, 2021 The drama was named Best Picture, while star Frances McDormand won Best Actress and Chloé Zhao went home with Best Director. The drama was named Best Picture, while star Frances McDormand won Best Actress in a Leading Role and Chloé Zhao went home with Best Director. Zhao is the first woman of color to win the award, and only the second woman in the Academy's 92-year history, after Kathryn Bigelow for 2008's The Hurt Locker. Anthony Hopkins, who didn't appear at the ceremony, was named Best Actor in a Leading Role for The Father, beating out favorite Chadwick Boseman. Hopkins b...
A Tyne Valley director is celebrating after winning Best Documentary at the 93rd Academy Awards in Los Angeles last night.
April 27, 2021 NEW YORK (AP) — 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 video project by South African filmmaker Craig Foster to rekindle his connection with nature by observing an inquisitive female mollusk while free-diving near Cape Town. He filmed their interactions and became increasingly dazzled by how she could fashion tools from shells, furl herself in ribbons of kelp to avoid detection, outwit a a pajama shark and adjust her hunting techn...
People of colour and women were much more visible in this year's nominations and awards.