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Sea Change Project feels honoured by Oscar nod for 'My Octopus Teacher' Share The Oscar nominations were announced on Monday and South African documentary “My Octopus Teacher” bagged a nod. Other nominees in the Best Documentary Feature category include “Collective”, “Crip Camp”, “The Mole Agent” and “Time”. Following the news, the Sea Change Project said it was delighted that “My Octopus Teacher” was being recognised at the highest level among many excellent documentary contenders. And they hope that this prestigious nomination ins...

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The South African film has been nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Documentary Feature category.

SA documentary gets Oscar nod Updated Jacaranda FM News YouTube The film, which has garnered critical acclaim since its release on Netflix, has been nominated in the Documentary Feature category. It is up against four other films.  The film, which was directed by Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed, documents a year spent by filmmaker Craig Foster forging a relationship with a wild common octopus in a Western Cape kelp forest.  It has already won two awards at the Critics’ Choice Awards in November and Best Feature Film at the EarthX fit festival. Director David Fincher's The Oscars will be ...

Photo: Tom Foster/Netflix The South African documentary My Octopus Teacher has been nominated for an Academy Award in the Documentary Feature category. The film will go up against four other movies in the category. Directed by Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed, the film centres on the award-winning filmmaker, Craig Foster who develops a friendship with a curious octopus while diving in the Atlantic Ocean. Since the film's release on Netflix, it has become an awards season darling. It won two awards at the Critics' Choice Documentary Awards (CCDA) in November 2020, the Grand Teton Award at the Ja...