Oktapodi is a 2007 French animated short film that originated as a Graduate Student Project from Gobelins L’Ecole de L’Image.
The film is about two octopuses that fight for their lives with a stubborn restaurant cook in a comical escape through the streets of a seaside town in Greece.
Oktapodi was directed by Julien Bocabeille, François-Xavier Chanioux, Olivier Delabarre, Thierry Marchand, Quentin Marmier, and Emud Mokhberi. Music was composed by Kenny Wood.
The animated short was very well received, winning a number of awards, as well as an Academy Award nomination for Best Short Film (Animated) for the 81st Academy Awards in 2009.
