‘My Octopus Teacher’ won ‘Best Documentary Feature’

The 2020 Netflix original film ‘My Octopus Teacher’ bagged an Oscar for Best Documentary Feature.

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The film is directed by Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed and it documents a year spent by filmmaker Craig Foster forging a relationship with a wild common octopus in a South African kelp forest.

The movie also bagged the award for Best Documentary at the British Academy Film Awards.

Also in the ceremony, ‘Sound of Metal’ won an Oscar in the ‘Best Sound’ category.

My Octopus Teacher is a 2020 Netflix Original documentary film directed by Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed, which documents a year spent by filmmaker Craig Foster forging a relationship with a wild common octopus in a South African kelp forest.

At the 93rd Academy Awards, it won the award for Best Documentary Feature.